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Finally!!!!! For the last 3 months I have been fighting to get my car into the 11's. I have seen the car go as fast as 11.6 with the previous owner on some slicks and skinnies but never had the rims and tires for that. Tonight I finally broke into the 11's with a 11.994 @ 116.85 with a 1.74 60 ft. I did 2 12.0's with the front tires off the ground (total first for me
) slipping the clutch out fast. I tried to dump it at around 5500 and ended up pointing at the tree.
Here is the list of mods. Stock bottom end on a 98 TA, T-Rex cam, stock heads unworked, ls6 intake, ported t/b, QTP headers, spec stage 3 clutch, built 6 speed, welded in SFC's, BMR torque arm and LCA's, Moser 9" with 4.56 gears, and some M/T E T streets 26/10.5 on some prostars.
I'm sure I have forgotten something but I am still shaking from all the fun. I tell you, its the coolest feeling lifting the front end up and rolling out like that.
) slipping the clutch out fast. I tried to dump it at around 5500 and ended up pointing at the tree.Here is the list of mods. Stock bottom end on a 98 TA, T-Rex cam, stock heads unworked, ls6 intake, ported t/b, QTP headers, spec stage 3 clutch, built 6 speed, welded in SFC's, BMR torque arm and LCA's, Moser 9" with 4.56 gears, and some M/T E T streets 26/10.5 on some prostars.
I'm sure I have forgotten something but I am still shaking from all the fun. I tell you, its the coolest feeling lifting the front end up and rolling out like that.
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I'll be lying if I told you I was paying attention but I would guess it was somewhere in the upper 5K range.
I had it at 2500 when I was staged and once the second yellow came on I floored it and when the third one came on I slipped the clutch out really quick like.
I had it at 2500 when I was staged and once the second yellow came on I floored it and when the third one came on I slipped the clutch out really quick like.
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Just to make sure the 11.9994 wasn't just a fluke I went again tonight to try my luck. Only this time I has some 28" BFG's on there. I was skeptical at first but a 4K launch yielded a massive bogg in RPM's but still managed a 12.10 with a 1.97 60ft. Went for higher next go round and cut a 1.79 60 ft but missed second and ran a 12.4. I had to jump back in line due to the massive number of people out there and this time was gold. I cut a 1.78 60ft and went 11.804 at 118. Those 28's were the key. I tried for higher but alas, the BFG's have there limit and that limit is somewhere around 6K.
Oh well, at least it eased my worry about having just an 11.9994 car and now putting it well into the 11 second range.
That's my excited rant, and I'm sticking to it.
Oh well, at least it eased my worry about having just an 11.9994 car and now putting it well into the 11 second range. That's my excited rant, and I'm sticking to it.
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Man.....I can't believe this thing!!! I have owned this car for the last 8 months or so and have always thought it to be "quick" for a street car but I had no idea that I needed a driver mod this bad.
I went to the track tonight and made 5 passes. Not a ONE of those had a 12 on it! I came right out the gate smoking with a 11.86 backed up with another 11.86, then as it cooled off it went 11.83, then 11.73 and finally I gave it hell at the line and managed a 11.67 @ 118.55
Not trying to toot my own horn here but DAMN!!!! That thing moves for some stock 98 perimeter bolt heads, a cam, and some bolt ons.
I'm just happy as hell with this car but it all came at a price. For some reason the clutch isn't holding during normal driving now
It will stick when I do a quarter mile pass but other than that it is slipping its *** off. My question is this, how long does a spec stage 3 usually last when street driven with some occasional track visits?
I went to the track tonight and made 5 passes. Not a ONE of those had a 12 on it!
I came right out the gate smoking with a 11.86 backed up with another 11.86, then as it cooled off it went 11.83, then 11.73 and finally I gave it hell at the line and managed a 11.67 @ 118.55 Not trying to toot my own horn here but DAMN!!!! That thing moves for some stock 98 perimeter bolt heads, a cam, and some bolt ons.
I'm just happy as hell with this car but it all came at a price. For some reason the clutch isn't holding during normal driving now
It will stick when I do a quarter mile pass but other than that it is slipping its *** off. My question is this, how long does a spec stage 3 usually last when street driven with some occasional track visits? Thread Starter
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How cool....My buddy took a vid of me making my 11.73 run. This was a 1.76 60ft on this pass. You can hear the little 347 struggling. I can almost hear it begging for more torque.
http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r...rrent=alex.flv
http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r...rrent=alex.flv