View Poll Results: Who's gonna win?
Larry's '94 'vette
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07-14-2006, 10:22 AM
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Guess who'll win: Today is the day for the office grudge match. I'll be running Larry's '94 'vette at the Huntsville Dragway. It's an 1/8th mile track and it's usually prepped pretty well.
Larry's car is a '94 'vette with a recently rebuilt LT1 and an auto tranny. He's ported the heads himself, put the hot cam in it, and he's got long tube headers. On the chassis dyno he put 300 to the wheels. He'll be running on street tires.
My car is an automatic '02 WS6. I've put a lid and a cat-back on it. On the same chassis dyno, I put 317 to the wheels. This will my first trip to the track with my ET Street Radials. 8.6@84 is the best I've done at Huntsville with my street tires.
Who do you think is going to win, and by how much? I'll come back and post results either late tonight or tomorrow. People with the correct predictions can pat themselves on the back.
Larry's car is a '94 'vette with a recently rebuilt LT1 and an auto tranny. He's ported the heads himself, put the hot cam in it, and he's got long tube headers. On the chassis dyno he put 300 to the wheels. He'll be running on street tires.
My car is an automatic '02 WS6. I've put a lid and a cat-back on it. On the same chassis dyno, I put 317 to the wheels. This will my first trip to the track with my ET Street Radials. 8.6@84 is the best I've done at Huntsville with my street tires.
Who do you think is going to win, and by how much? I'll come back and post results either late tonight or tomorrow. People with the correct predictions can pat themselves on the back.
07-14-2006, 10:41 AM
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Just make sure you heat htose radials up good, and plan on launching alot harder then you normally do, as the tires are gonna hold it alot better.
I'd advise you take a pratice run before you actually race, as the tires are gonna meka a big differnence. What was your 60 foot when you ran the 8.6@84? I'm guessing you should be able to cut at least .2 off that alone with those tires vs a regular radial. On the same day same track I'd guess those tires hsould be about .3 faster in the 1.8th then you are with the stret tires.
94 vette's are heavier then c5's by alot, your mods would be able to beat a stock C5 I'd think, and they were alot quicker then the lt2 vettes were.
Good luck!
I'd advise you take a pratice run before you actually race, as the tires are gonna meka a big differnence. What was your 60 foot when you ran the 8.6@84? I'm guessing you should be able to cut at least .2 off that alone with those tires vs a regular radial. On the same day same track I'd guess those tires hsould be about .3 faster in the 1.8th then you are with the stret tires.
94 vette's are heavier then c5's by alot, your mods would be able to beat a stock C5 I'd think, and they were alot quicker then the lt2 vettes were.
Good luck!
07-14-2006, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
I'd advise you take a pratice run before you actually race, as the tires are gonna meka a big differnence. What was your 60 foot when you ran the 8.6@84? I'm guessing you should be able to cut at least .2 off that alone with those tires vs a regular radial. On the same day same track I'd guess those tires hsould be about .3 faster in the 1.8th then you are with the stret tires.
07-14-2006, 11:21 AM
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Without knowing how good of a driver you are and how well his heads were worked, I'd say your car should win by a half car.
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07-14-2006, 09:32 PM
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We only got one run in before the rains came. It must have been nearly eleventy-billion degrees (well, nearly 100F) on the track. Even with the new tires, I was off my best time by about two tenths and a few mph. It was enough, however, to defeat the prattman.
Left ---------------- Right
.4520 --- Reaction - .0736
2.1899 -- 60 FT ---- 2.0619
6.4967 -- 330 FT --- 5.8357
9.7830 -- 660 FT --- 8.8549
77.91 --- MPH ------ 82.45
Left ---------------- Right
.4520 --- Reaction - .0736
2.1899 -- 60 FT ---- 2.0619
6.4967 -- 330 FT --- 5.8357
9.7830 -- 660 FT --- 8.8549
77.91 --- MPH ------ 82.45
