Chevyfest = A new Personal Best for the lil bolt on only LT1!
10-14-2008, 04:44 PM
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Chevyfest = A new Personal Best for the lil bolt on only LT1! First off i want to say that for everyone that made it to chevyfest either sat or sunday, it was a great event.... (i only made it sunday, fri night was a shitshow 
couldnt wake up early enough for racing lol) there was a lot of cool cars and awesome bracket racing competition....
So i arrived at 7:30am on sunday, got teched in and found a nice pit area... the weather was so nice and the DA all day ranged from -100 to +800 so the weather was pretty damn good... i ended up just racing the street chevy class...
First Pass (Time Trials) she ran a 12.50 @ 107mph with a 1.70 60ft right out of the gate... i was pretty thrilled because that was the goal for the weekend... and was a new personal best over the previous 12.61 @ 106mph
2nd Pass (1st round of eliminations) i lined up next to a high 10 sec malibu, very clean car but the guy wasnt an expirenced bracket racer, i could tell by talking to him, so i dialed soft with a 12.53 and didnt go after the tree with a .096 light (crap) but had him by a mile so i lifted about 150ft pass the 1000ft mark and coasted to victory... she ended up running a 12.58 @ 98mph with again a 1.70 60ft
From the looks of the entire timeslip i was on another 12.50 pass or maybe even a 12.49 pass, so i was excited and i took it into account for my next round dial in
3rd Pass (2nd round of eliminations) I had no idea who i was lining up agianst until i pulled up to the beams... so i dialed tight with a 12.48 dial and i went after the tree which turned into my downfall in the bracket race i got a -.002 light,i knew right away when i saw red it had to be damn close... i was pissed at myself but i knew it was my oppurtunity for a new PB so i dented the floorboard and didnt let up until after the stripe... when i came around the slip looked like this:
R/T -.002
60ft 1.696
330 5.066
1/8 7.915
MPH 85.87
1000 10.394
1/4 12.495
MPH 107.32
Raceweight 3364lbs
all new personal best 60ft, 1/8th ET and 1/4 ET!!!!!!!!! i was so phsyced!
then i looked at his times he was 2 tenths off his dial in and had a wicked shitty light with a .126, if i just didnt red light i would of had him and another oppurtunity for another personal best... but w.e im happy, i never dreamed of getting a 12.4 pass this year and i am very satisfied with the car... i went from a personal best of 13.3 in perfect weather last year to 12.4 in good weather this year... almost a full second gain.... not too shabby for a bolt ons only lil LT1 street car driven to and from the track!
i retired the car for the year, and next year im just gonna do weight reductions and some small suspension mods (im broke) lol but i still got a crap load of weight to get out of it, full emissions, a/c, front and rear bumper supports, and crash bars....just off the top of my head... the goal is a low 12 sec pass or a high 11 sec pass by the end of next season!
thx guys for reading!! it was a great year!! and a great season!!
couldnt wake up early enough for racing lol) there was a lot of cool cars and awesome bracket racing competition....So i arrived at 7:30am on sunday, got teched in and found a nice pit area... the weather was so nice and the DA all day ranged from -100 to +800 so the weather was pretty damn good... i ended up just racing the street chevy class...
First Pass (Time Trials) she ran a 12.50 @ 107mph with a 1.70 60ft right out of the gate... i was pretty thrilled because that was the goal for the weekend... and was a new personal best over the previous 12.61 @ 106mph
2nd Pass (1st round of eliminations) i lined up next to a high 10 sec malibu, very clean car but the guy wasnt an expirenced bracket racer, i could tell by talking to him, so i dialed soft with a 12.53 and didnt go after the tree with a .096 light (crap) but had him by a mile so i lifted about 150ft pass the 1000ft mark and coasted to victory... she ended up running a 12.58 @ 98mph with again a 1.70 60ft
From the looks of the entire timeslip i was on another 12.50 pass or maybe even a 12.49 pass, so i was excited and i took it into account for my next round dial in
3rd Pass (2nd round of eliminations) I had no idea who i was lining up agianst until i pulled up to the beams... so i dialed tight with a 12.48 dial and i went after the tree which turned into my downfall in the bracket race i got a -.002 light,i knew right away when i saw red it had to be damn close... i was pissed at myself but i knew it was my oppurtunity for a new PB so i dented the floorboard and didnt let up until after the stripe... when i came around the slip looked like this:
R/T -.002
60ft 1.696
330 5.066
1/8 7.915
MPH 85.87
1000 10.394
1/4 12.495
MPH 107.32
Raceweight 3364lbs
all new personal best 60ft, 1/8th ET and 1/4 ET!!!!!!!!! i was so phsyced!
then i looked at his times he was 2 tenths off his dial in and had a wicked shitty light with a .126, if i just didnt red light i would of had him and another oppurtunity for another personal best... but w.e im happy, i never dreamed of getting a 12.4 pass this year and i am very satisfied with the car... i went from a personal best of 13.3 in perfect weather last year to 12.4 in good weather this year... almost a full second gain.... not too shabby for a bolt ons only lil LT1 street car driven to and from the track!
i retired the car for the year, and next year im just gonna do weight reductions and some small suspension mods (im broke) lol but i still got a crap load of weight to get out of it, full emissions, a/c, front and rear bumper supports, and crash bars....just off the top of my head... the goal is a low 12 sec pass or a high 11 sec pass by the end of next season!
thx guys for reading!! it was a great year!! and a great season!!
