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Old 07-01-2007, 12:49 AM
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Well I took my vette to the 1/4 track this past fri hoping to hit 12's. Sadly this didn't happen. My best turned out to be a 13.2, with a 2.2 -60 and trapping at 110mph....Now i'd imagine a lot of the problems where driver error, meaning me launching it like ****, or maybe it were the track conditions too idk. Well i'll be out there again soon enough, so I can compare times. Any tips on take off ?
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Automatic? Manual? Year? Z06?
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Originally Posted by ultradriver10000
Well I took my vette to the 1/4 track this past fri hoping to hit 12's. Sadly this didn't happen. My best turned out to be a 13.2, with a 2.2 -60 and trapping at 110mph....Now i'd imagine a lot of the problems where driver error, meaning me launching it like ****, or maybe it were the track conditions too idk. Well i'll be out there again soon enough, so I can compare times. Any tips on take off ?
Always good to include a description of the car. Dug this out.

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Well I'll introduce myself I'm Josh and I'm running a 97 m6 vette. I have LG Pro long tubes w/o cats x-pipe, corsa touring, K&N with cut box intake, hurst short throw, c6 z51 brakes, 295/35/18 rears-285/35/18 fronts, 3.90's....
These are hard cars to drive; so no reason to be discouraged. Improvement will come with learning the necessary techniques and then practice, practice, practice. I'd suggest freezing further mods until you digest the power you already have.

Here is a link to get you started: Launch Tips.

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yup you guys are all correct....it seemed like i can hook up on the street better then at the track! I just need a few runs in me it seems but thanks for the advice!
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Vettes is no where near as easy as my SS was to launch. Just need more practice
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Practice is key. You are off ot a good start, it took me a few weeks to hit 13.3 on the runflats.


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