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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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went to the track today for my first time ever. i have a 99 SS m6 with stock gear pacesetter longtubes and 3in tsp true duals, on street radials. first run, i thought was half way decent get my timeslip. 13.6 im like damn this thing is a slug. i look at my 60' 2.6!! hahaha, mph was 108 though. so im like she has some potential. best time i could muster on the street tires was a 13.129 with a 2.3 60' here comes the good part. it was at 112.22 mph. that seem high? with some 1.90 60's perhaps 12.70-80 ish?
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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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went to the track today for my first time ever. i have a 99 SS m6 with stock gear pacesetter longtubes and 3in tsp true duals, on street radials. first run, i thought was half way decent get my timeslip. 13.6 im like damn this thing is a slug. i look at my 60' 2.6!! hahaha, mph was 108 though. so im like she has some potential. best time i could muster on the street tires was a 13.129 with a 2.3 60' here comes the good part. it was at 112.22 mph. that seem high? with some 1.90 60's perhaps 12.70-80 ish?
With a 1.9 60ft and 112+ mph your looking at low 12's bro. I ran 12.489 at 109 Mph with just under 2.0 60 ft. I'm guessing with a "perfect" run you can drop close to 3/4 of a sec off your time.
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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Good Job Man! Get some DR's and ill get my TC and will go back to the track and hope for 12's!
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Let that bad boy go!!!!! Run her and smile!
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Your car can be in the low 12's!
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