is the 10 bolt good for mid 12's?
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is the 10 bolt good for mid 12's?
Stupid question I know. I will never run faster than mid 12's. i need to start thinking of getting a house soon and get out of debt . My rear end is fine but I just want to know if it is going to hold for a mid 12 second car.
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all depends how you drive it but with a m6, et streets, and 4.10 gears I don't think it will last long, an automatic would last longer, but it all comes down to how you drive it.
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I agree with not using the ET streets. I blew my 10-bolt on 16" BFG's launching at 3500rpm. I guess you could try slipping the clutch on the launch, and that should have your 10-bolt last a while. Don't dump your clutch unless you are ready to fork some cash over for a new rear.
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I've got stock 10bolt with 3.73s and TA girdle. Ran 12.73 in 2003 on BFG DR's. Didn't heat them up too much so they didn't hook 100%, but very little spin at all. Rear is still going strong.
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I'd say there are plenty of 6 speed guys running 11's and A4 guys running low 11's with 10 bolts. I've been twice on BFG DR's (my first 2 times ever on dr's) and ran 12.1x's @ 118+. I've seen many people say they've run 1.6x 60 fts with 10 bolts. One trick to help it out is to let the clutch come out just enough to bind the drivetrain when you launch so as to not shock the rear so hard. Tip given to me by Trevor@TexasSpeed.
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i havent gone to the track yet and im hoping for 12's and i outta be there....and yea im a pretty decent driver....still on the stock 10 bolt and no whine......yet.....but yea as said previoulsy dont go to the track with nittos(in ur case if ur aiming for 12's) or ur bound to snap it in a few runs....just a known fact for most out there
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I over 250 1/4 mile passes with my stock 10 bolt and very hot bfg's. consistant low low 12's with a clutch dump fo 5k rpm's. no whine or chatter. replacing the rear with a 12 bolt this month as preventitve maintenance.
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if u had an auto id say no prob as i have went top of 10s with mine several times. but my buddy has a m6 launched at 5000 with mcloud twin and 26 et drags and his lived for a lil while. but he was mid twelves. his only prob was he was stamping bearings