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Old May 3, 2013 | 02:21 AM
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With my newly modified 2002 firehawk. Bought the car last year and ran all summer totally stock. Over the winter I swapped in a trex cam, ported stock throttle body, 85mm truck maf, exhaust - tsp 1 7/8 longtube headers and off road y with a borla catback, 410 rear end gears, and a blackwing airlid. Those are my performance upgrades. Im on street tires so I couldnt get a good 60ft.

2.0 - 60ft
12.4 - 1/4 at 116 mph

I think if I bought a good clutch and some drag radials that I may break into the 11's

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Old May 3, 2013 | 02:27 AM
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No longtubes or exhaust? Lid? UDP? If those mods are the only ones stated then thats pretty good!
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No longtubes or exhaust? Lid? UDP? If those mods are the only ones stated then thats pretty good!
Sorry you are correct, I just edited original post. My bad
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Old May 3, 2013 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Slowbird780
With my newly modified 2002 firehawk. Bought the car last year and ran all summer totally stock. Over the winter I swapped in a trex cam, ported stock throttle body, 85mm truck maf, exhaust - tsp 1 7/8 longtube headers and off road y with a borla catback, 410 rear end gears, and a blackwing airlid. Those are my performance upgrades. Im on street tires so I couldnt get a good 60ft.

2.0 - 60ft
12.4 - 1/4 at 116 mph

I think if I bought a good clutch and some drag radials that I may break into the 11's
that's pretty impressive for a bolt on car with no slicks.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 02:56 AM
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12.4 seems a little weak considering the mods.

There's a 2.73's auto, stalled LS1 with a catback and lid running 12.27 with DR's on it.

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The 1/4 mile is greatly affected by the 60ft. Thats the most important part. My mph shows I could easily reach 11's

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Do you have a dyno of the car? I'd be expecting a better trap speed out of a geared m6 crammed car. Some bolt on cars only trap a few mph less than that.

I'd get a set of good tires and get that 60ft down and see what happens hopefully the trap goes up. That car to me should be running 11's at 118 or a little more no prob
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Hey where are you located Slowbird? Did you make these runs at Milan?
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Originally Posted by redbird555
Do you have a dyno of the car? I'd be expecting a better trap speed out of a geared m6 crammed car. Some bolt on cars only trap a few mph less than that.

I'd get a set of good tires and get that 60ft down and see what happens hopefully the trap goes up. That car to me should be running 11's at 118 or a little more no prob
Not all ls1's are the same. Like I said though, it was my first time at the track. I like to have fun in my car but I dont push it so hard as to break something. I have zero suspension mods and definitely need some better tires. The dyno shows 432/389.

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Hey where are you located Slowbird? Did you make these runs at Milan?
Im located in monroe and yes made my runs at milan. Where are you located?
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Im in the Howell area. I need to get to Milan soon too
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Originally Posted by HCI2000SS
Im in the Howell area. I need to get to Milan soon too
Ya they recovered the track so its actually kinda nice again. It was so damn run down last time I went a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by Slowbird780
Ya they recovered the track so its actually kinda nice again. It was so damn run down last time I went a few years ago.
That's cool! We don't have a lot of good choices for dragstrips here in MI lol.
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BTW, who tuned your car if you don't mind my asking? Stock heads right? At some point i'll be looking for a better tune for my ride
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Old May 29, 2013 | 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by HCI2000SS
BTW, who tuned your car if you don't mind my asking? Stock heads right? At some point i'll be looking for a better tune for my ride
Yes stock 241 heads. And dr phil tuned it. If you haven't heard of him I can give you his email
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For the guy said times were weak and comparing the stalled a4 to a m6 is apples and oranges. Those are great times with streat tires. Shifting is not that easy and takes some skill not just mash the pedal and go
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