97_Trans Am

Right now I have a mostly stock 97 Trans Am with the LT1 in it. It has ported and polished heads, shift kit, 3.23s, and flowmaster exhaust. What would be the easiest and cheapest way to run 12s? I don't care if it's low 12s or high 12s. What mods would I need to buy?

No nitrous or slicks.

Lawhead

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Drag radials and stall your there depending on the head work.

boostedlt1

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it has "port & polished" heads, yet no intake mods or headers?

97Z28SS

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Put a cam, lifters, 1.6 roller rockers. long tube headers, 52mm tb, cold air intake, 3.73 gears, tubular lower control arms and relocation brackets, subframe connectors and drag radials.

onephatZ28

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my car stock with drag radials, and NX kit 150 shot went 12.49 at 114mph
the kit was $350.00 good luck with your car

MasterTomos

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Like the others said it depends on how exactly/who did the porting/polishing.

Put a set of long tube headers and a decent 3400-3600 stall behind it and it should break into the high 12's regardless. Many will reccomend Yank, Vigilante, or Circle D for stall converters.

SexyTransAm

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spray it

cgperformance1320

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spray and drag radials

05HD

I fixed it for you.

riceburnerZ28

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Stall, gears, drag radials, exhaust or cutout maybe some weight reduction should be plenty.

Black1995Z28

Slicks aren't needed for 12's.....or 11's.....or 10's.....



Or do I need to show a car in south florida running 8's in his camaro on DR's?

Slicks break parts....and for 12s...it's not worth it

nitrous2fast

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slicks break less parts than DR's.

Lawhead

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RamAir95TA

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Traction breaks parts, not tires.

Black1995Z28

lolwut

1hotlt1

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I have mid port out heads,cop cam, and bolt ons. Hit mid 12s on drag radials

gregrob

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****** a cotton

MasterTomos

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This is very true. Even an agressive high performance street tire is capable of a lot more than people give credit to. There are 11 second factory cars out there nowadays, none of which run drag radials

Not saying E.T's wouldnt improve a little with DR's, but nevertheless DR's are not an absolute necessity to go fast (traction is, of course, though)

SS RRR

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If done right your ported and polished heads with CAI and no other mods should get you real close to the high 12's. Headers and off-road y-pipe can be a huge gain. There have been many manual cars in the 12.7's at 107 with nothing more than headers/ORY/supporting bolt-ons and DR's. The first thing you should consider in this endeavor are DR's.

96lt1m6

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Depending on your DA you should run 12s with headers mids or long,3600 stall,1.6rockers,DRs and tune......
DRs,headers and a150shot............. easy 12s