I went to the track a couple weeks ago to see what my winter mods did for me. I went from a bone stock 2000 SS to a H/C/I car over the winter. Im on 18" Z06 rims with a Yokohama street tire. My time slip was as follows.

2.4082----60 ft
5.8240----330 ft
8.6029----1/8 ET
12.8409----1/4 ET
115.66----1/4 MPH

18'' street tire, M6 Tranny, 347 LS1, No power adder.

Here is a video of the pass, Im the car on the left, listen to me lifting because I had absolutely no traction

http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...=race6mpeg.flv

 

with decent dr's your a mid 11 second car

 

Yea man, but unfortunetely I dont have the coin for a 12 bolt at the moment, so Im just going to have to wait patiently.

 

Man with a better 60' you should easily be a mid to low 12 with your power level. Even with the stock 10-bolt.

 

Well, if I went to a 17" rim and tire combo so that I have a little more side wall, im sure that I could get my short time down, but these rims tend to either want to go into a violent hop or a mad fishtail, so I have to let off in the middle of first and shift to second early to avoid excess tire spin. If you listen closly you can hear me doing that in the video.

 

Your car should be a beast. You just need to figure out some traction now.

 

2.4 short time??? Ouch.

 

Yep, Im sure it has something to do with that shorter side wall and the fact that I shift to second at about 5000 rpm to save some traction.

 

I think if work on (lot of practice) your launch, you certainly can improve your short time, possibly into 1.9xx with street radials.

 

I got a 1.9 once when I was stock but with all the extra power I have now on stock tires, its pretty hard not to spin badly. I have the short shift into second which is also hurting my short times.

 

ok, time to look at suspension then. Get some LCA's w/relocation brackets, panhard bar, & torque arm. You should loose wheel hop. And these will definetly improve your 60' & help you keep hooked up.

Also don't forget to just barely spin the tires if they are street tires. I only spin mine enough to clean them & get em' a little tacky. I also avoid the burnout box & then back into it just enough to get a little wet patch on the tire, then spin em' & line up.

 

Thanks for the tips! Suspension parts are farily inexpensive aswell arnt they?

 

Talk to Ryan @ UMI. They have a package with LCA's/Panhard for like $185 or so. Then all you would need would be relocation brackets (about $60). Thats should give you a better start. Then as you get more money get the torque arm & some Sub Frame Connectors.

 

Cool thanks! I have SFC's already so, all I would need is the torque arm and then the 12 bolt

 

So does that get me into the 12 second club?

 

Congrats & welcome to the club.

Coach

 

You can't spend all that money in horsepower without spending some in suspension/traction to lay all that power to the ground