12 Second Club - Its that time of the year again. PB time.

Its time to go back up and do this. The goal is break into 11s before I cam it.
Stats and times last time up...
+500 da
60'...1.686
1/4...12.062
mph...111.57
Car weighed in around 3190 with 1/4 tank gas.
Mods...lid, ssra, full exhaust, ss3600, tuned, mt drs 275 40 17 all around.


I plan on going wed or and fri. I expect the weather to be around 15 degrees cooler than before. Mods are the same except some small changes I made...
Swapped the pacesetters, tsp ory, and borla to arh with their catted y (but gutted) and a new borla. This time Im disconnecting the brackets on swaybar. I also added 20-30lbs when I put the carpet back in.

I think I should have this as long as I hook. I hope with the swaybar disconnected it really does help.
Any advice?

what tires?

just remove the swaybar (it's like 4 more bolts) and you'll lose most of the carpet weight. not to mention, weight off the nose is the best kind.

Its going to come down to DA. If you can get something around 0 or better, you should make it.

what tires?

just remove the swaybar (it's like 4 more bolts) and you'll lose most of the carpet weight. not to mention, weight off the nose is the best kind.

mt drs 275 40 17

I was going to take it off but the ends are so rusted I cant imagine the bolts coming off unless it breaks off. I didnt wanna lose the bar permanently anyway. I want it on for the street. Today is the first time I have driven without it and while its not bad its still not the same. Kinda boaty floaty feeling.


Its going to come down to DA. If you can get something around 0 or better, you should make it.

Yep thats what I figured. That and hopefully the ricers dont drag the waterbox to the line and down the track.

you will get it with a little better DA man! you got this........haha how the hell did yours weigh 3190? i weighed mine at 3610 without me in it and not even a 1/4 tank of gas. what you have removed out of the car?

you will get it with a little better DA man! you got this........haha how the hell did yours weigh 3190? i weighed mine at 3610 without me in it and not even a 1/4 tank of gas. what you have removed out of the car?

This! I wanna know how you got it so light.

you will get it with a little better DA man! you got this........haha how the hell did yours weigh 3190? i weighed mine at 3610 without me in it and not even a 1/4 tank of gas. what you have removed out of the car?

Yea dude im pretty excited to get this.

Heres my list. I actually weighed the stuff myself. Weights could be off from other peoples but its all somewhat close so take it fwit.

Air pump and all attachments-8
Stock disk changer-8
T top holders-2
Windshield wiper reservoir-2
Spare tire and jack-35
Stock TC 50 minus Yank Tc 30 - 20
A/C-33
Back seats with seat belts/bolts-33
Front pass seat with seat belt-35
Front bumper support-19.2
rear bumper support 20.8
carpet 50.4

TOTAL 264.4LBS

Also I probably lost some weight with going full exhaust over stock.
I would like to weigh it again to see if the weight is accurate or not.
It was all free and didnt hack my car up at all.

Good luck man, I'm right there with you. I went for 11's last weekend after running a 12.23, ran 12.04 w/ a crappy 1.77 60'. If my new budget suspension setup comes in before Friday night I will be going to the track and trying everything to get that 11 sec slip.

Good luck man, I'm right there with you. I went for 11's last weekend after running a 12.23, ran 12.04 w/ a crappy 1.77 60'. If my new budget suspension setup comes in before Friday night I will be going to the track and trying everything to get that 11 sec slip.

Thanks! This is exciting I love this shit :burn:
Gl to you to man.
I need to start prepping soon. Im gonna try to get my swaybar all the way off. The ends are so rusted and I dont wanna trash it.

Thats crazy i have just as much off my car as you do and weigh 600 pounds more? isnt the 6 speed lighter also? theres gotta be something off with your scale haha. But good luck you will get those 11's you want. I'm hoping to do the same last run i had 12.07 115mph 1.68 60ft SO CLOSE

Thats crazy i have just as much off my car as you do and weigh 600 pounds more? isnt the 6 speed lighter also? theres gotta be something off with your scale haha. But good luck you will get those 11's you want. I'm hoping to do the same last run i had 12.07 115mph 1.68 60ft SO CLOSE

If you have just as much off your car as me and your car weighs 3610 then I would have to say your scale is off more than mine! IDK where you get 600lbs from...my math is 420 from our weights. Yes a manual is lighter than auto for sure. I really dont know how acurate any scale is so who knows? I can say that my weight seems to be more of the norm than your does though just saying.
Hey man just got the swaybar off so ill be 10-15lbs lighter and hopefully it will make me hook good.
Thats a nice 60' for a manual isnt it?!

If you have just as much off your car as me and your car weighs 3610 then I would have to say your scale is off more than mine! IDK where you get 600lbs from...my math is 420 from our weights. Yes a manual is lighter than auto for sure. I really dont know how acurate any scale is so who knows? I can say that my weight seems to be more of the norm than your does though just saying.
Hey man just got the swaybar off so ill be 10-15lbs lighter and hopefully it will make me hook good.
Thats a nice 60' for a manual isnt it?!

Ya it was a pretty good 60 thanks. Especially for a junk 10 bolt haha i bet u get 11. 89 w that car. Those automatics are very impressive. Ya mabe my scale was off oh well I know tthis car is a fat pig these wwheels alone are very heavy

And i didn't read yours all the way haha i full interior and ac. Just removed the Jack and tire I will take out as much as i can for weight but not those bumper supports lol

Ya it was a pretty good 60 thanks. Especially for a junk 10 bolt haha i bet u get 11. 89 w that car. Those automatics are very impressive. Ya mabe my scale was off oh well I know tthis car is a fat pig these wwheels alone are very heavy

I assumed you had a 12 bolt or 9"! Wow I hope you have a trailor lol.
Ill be leaving around 2 hours. Hopefully I dont break anything or crash. I dont have a trailor or health insurance :jest:
And we will see how close your guess is!

And i didn't read yours all the way haha i full interior and ac. Just removed the Jack and tire I will take out as much as i can for weight but not those bumper supports lol

Yea I know, I feel like I should have supports on. I might put everything back on the car after I get 11s the way the car is now. I just wanted to say I have 11s with just minor bolt ons and ss3600. :burn:

Oh and fwiw my car full weight did 12.0 in -1000 da

Ya tell me about it everyone thought I had a 9" hahaha its kind of cool doing these 60s with that junk I know it won't last much more I have AAA! Good luck man maybe ill take out the seats they just seemed so light didn't think they were worth it. I need some skinnies for the front my 18s are heavy

If I didnt plan on anyother weight reduction mods then the back seats would stay. But for me this was a group effort with all the parts together. Obviously just taking 30lbs out wouldnt be worth it but everything I took off together was the goal. Seemed to work for me seeing how my car did 12.08 full weight in -1000 da then did a 12.06 in +500 da with weight reduction. Hell yeah I bet skinnies would help.
Were you talkin bout goin up this fri or next fri? Depending how the car does tonight I might go up fri to who knows.

Your going to Lebanon????? I was thinking about going this Saturday or next. Where you taking it must be ned right? Lebanon is closed for street night already. I'm pissed about that

No I go to ned. Only times I usually can make it are on stupid street nights. I hate those idiot ricers that drag the waterbox to the line and down the track.
I thought you go to ned my bad lol

No I go to ned. Only times I usually can make it are on stupid street nights. I hate those idiot ricers that drag the waterbox to the line and down the track.
I thought you go to ned my bad lol

haha ya i know that feeling they do that shit on street night at LVD but i havent been to NED yet i want to go i hear the DA is better there. I could try one of these days (if my rear end doesnt blow before then) but its about 2.5 hrs from me and lebanon is about an hour

My SS Weight was 3265 lbs w/ the Pro Stars and no front pass seat and no front sway bar !!!!!! I Want to see that 11 Sec time slip soon !!!!!!!!!

certainly got me a new pb tonight 12.457 @ 110.24. i was parked next to you in the pits but you took off before i made my way over.

prob last outting for me this year, i misshifted and blew something up in the top end of the motor.

certainly got me a new pb tonight 12.457 @ 110.24. i was parked next to you in the pits but you took off before i made my way over.

prob last outting for me this year, i misshifted and blew something up in the top end of the motor.

Holy shit man what you think it is? That's fucking awful I'd say. Congrats on the 12.4 but not at that cost sorry man

lifter or pushrod, went to 1st gear on the 2-3 shift, mechanical over rev.

haha ya i know that feeling they do that shit on street night at LVD but i havent been to NED yet i want to go i hear the DA is better there. I could try one of these days (if my rear end doesnt blow before then) but its about 2.5 hrs from me and lebanon is about an hour

Only 1 hour? I dont blame you thats where I would go to. Google says its 2.5 hrs for me going to lvd or ned both same distance but I cut it down to 2 hrs going to ned. I dont mess around driving there and back. Idk how I have never been pulled over yet lol. Its like 150 miles one way :burn:


My SS Weight was 3265 lbs w/ the Pro Stars and no front pass seat and no front sway bar !!!!!! I Want to see that 11 Sec time slip soon !!!!!!!!!

I estimate the car to be very close to 3200 if the scale was acurate when I weighed it a few months ago. Since then I put back the carpet but took swaybar off.
I didnt get the da that you got but results were good! I will post in the forum below the 12s forum :)
Thanks Joe and now I want your Vette! :jest:


certainly got me a new pb tonight 12.457 @ 110.24. i was parked next to you in the pits but you took off before i made my way over.

prob last outting for me this year, i misshifted and blew something up in the top end of the motor.


Oh you have the orange yea there was so many people over there I didnt know whos it was lol. Thats a nice car I like that hood! I saw you run a bunch of times and looks like those hoosiers did the job for ya. Your car runs great! I wish I went with hoosiers again this time around cause these mts are 7lbs a piece heavier!
Damnit I hope your car isnt messed up to bad. I hate that.
Congats on the new pb though man your car ran great thanks to a good driver!

Ill work on a thread and post asap. I was lucky that Brian (BDKZ28) was there and he got the 2nd best of one of my runs on vid. So you will see the vid in the thread. Thanks to Brian!

Did you get those 11's you wanted man????

Did you get those 11's you wanted man????

Its possible :burn:
http://ls1tech.com/forums/11-second-club/1473990-11-918-minor-boltons-ss3600-weight-reduction-vid-inside.html#post15476031

Oh you have the orange yea there was so many people over there I didnt know whos it was lol. Thats a nice car I like that hood! I saw you run a bunch of times and looks like those hoosiers did the job for ya. Your car runs great! I wish I went with hoosiers again this time around cause these mts are 7lbs a piece heavier!
Damnit I hope your car isnt messed up to bad. I hate that.
Congats on the new pb though man your car ran great thanks to a good driver!

yeah that was me! thanks! im actually considering buying BKDs old hood, the cowl is just to big for my taste!
i usually run MT ET street radials on my car but they wont pass tech so i borrowed my buddies hoosier quick time pros, first time i ran the car on bias plys. sucks cause it probably would have went a little quicker if i was running my radials but oh well. all in all it was kinda a bad night for me, had a couple things workin against and ended up breaking it but atleast i ran a good ET, prob the only thing keeping me from being really pissed!

your car goes really good, i watched that video, you pulled the left front a little bit on that run!

yeah that was me! thanks! im actually considering buying BKDs old hood, the cowl is just to big for my taste!
i usually run MT ET street radials on my car but they wont pass tech so i borrowed my buddies hoosier quick time pros, first time i ran the car on bias plys. sucks cause it probably would have went a little quicker if i was running my radials but oh well. all in all it was kinda a bad night for me, had a couple things workin against and ended up breaking it but atleast i ran a good ET, prob the only thing keeping me from being really pissed!

your car goes really good, i watched that video, you pulled the left front a little bit on that run!

Why wont they pass tech? Ever try the hoosier drs? I used them last year and once this year. They are 7 lbs a piece lighter than the mickey thompson drs. I love them. Wish I went with them again. But for now the mt drs are great and good on the street to.
Yea! I didnt even know BDK was getting that vid. It was a nice surprise. I wanted to get a good run in before they closed but that car crashed and that was that. I think I might go up on a early morning test and tune to see how much better time I will get with a -1000 da lol
I hope you get that figured out and its not to bad to fix man.

theyre completely bald in the center, theyre real sticklers up there about that stuff. theyve been givin me shit since they hit the wear bars, every time i go to tech in it takes an extra 5-10 min because 3 people have to look at the tires before they pass me. so i didnt even bother with them this time, even tho i know they are safe and they still hook great.

i havent tried the hoosier DRs, theyre probably pretty good but for whatever reason theyre 275 50 15s run way small, they advertise them at 25.7" which wouldnt work with my gears.

I know what you mean. Last summer they failed me on my rear tires. Then this year the same guy failed me for having a small rip in my pants lol. At least he let me go to walmart to get some new pants wtf. Couldnt believe it.

they failed you for a rip in your pants? thats BS. ive been there almost every wednesday and it seems like every time i go theyre trying to target something else on my car even tho theres nothing wrong. this past time the guy asked if i had a driveshaft loop, and sfi balancer lol. i teched in on my zr1s mind you. i politely told him the engine was stock and that i do have a safety loop but i dont need one on a DOT tire.

yea dude I couldnt believe it! total bs. its that one older guy up there that always gave me bs. i always try and avoid him if possible. you dont need a dsl untill what 11.9 this year? maybe they were still thinkin bout last years rules. i think it was 12.5 or something like that. but yea on dot tire idk.

Wow talk about up-tight, I run in basketball shorts almost every time I go to our track. Pants weigh too much. :jest:

a friend of mine failed tech for torn pants last year , I loaned him some duct tape so he could pass tech....

for tires when a pair of dr's I had for one of my fwd cars failed on wed ( they were fine for fridays since slicks are allowed) I started passing tech on street tires ad swap after one pass to my dr's ....

everyones issues solved lol :burn:

Wow talk about up-tight, I run in basketball shorts almost every time I go to our track. Pants weigh too much. :jest:

Hell yea dude I was thinkin bout ditching the shoes after passing tech :)


a friend of mine failed tech for torn pants last year , I loaned him some duct tape so he could pass tech....

for tires when a pair of dr's I had for one of my fwd cars failed on wed ( they were fine for fridays since slicks are allowed) I started passing tech on street tires ad swap after one pass to my dr's ....

everyones issues solved lol :burn:

Thats what I was doing last year. I would go through tech with my brand new street tires then swap them so I knew for sure they wouldnt give me shit lol.
The pants thing is just retarted!

The Vette runs Good for Just for ARH 1 7/8 LT & 3''X-pipe,Air Intake & a Tune in Good Air it will run mid 11's w/ 2:56's and 28 MPG on the Highway !!!!Maybe a stall soon for low 11's i will see !!

The Vette runs Good for Just for ARH 1 7/8 LT & 3''X-pipe,Air Intake & a Tune in Good Air it will run mid 11's w/ 2:56's and 28 MPG on the Highway !!!!Maybe a stall soon for low 11's i will see !!

If you get mid 11s out of it right now in good air ill bet you can get high 10s with a stall :burn: