In the 12's !!!!
 

My vette has a hurst shifter and the old style Varam other wise pretty close to bone stock. Just got back from Byron Dragway. Made 7 passes with the best a 12.89. Two others were 12.98 and 13.07. My 60' times were pretty
bad at 2.1 and 2.2. Instead of a hard launch with some wheel hop and burning up 1st gear the secret was to come out easy and gradually apply the throttle until on the floor. Speed shifts only as I didn't want to break any thing. I went to the same track 2 years ago (13.4 ET) without the Vararam and Hurst and this time I had a shift lite (Raptor) set at 6000. I'm satisfied and can now feel good about doing any mods and trying to get the car into the 11's.
If I stay with natural aspiration then heads, cam, headers, clutch, hardened axle shafts could get it there. I think a little more practice might allow you to break 12.50 on this car.
The most fun was when I lined up with an older Z28 and we went neck and neck until I got 4th and pulled him by a quarter car lenght or so. He did red light so I would have won anyway but it was COOL.
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Fred
Hurst, MGW, K&N, HDSeal, Cags, VR-1B, Raptor, NCM #17336, SilverStars

Congrats & welcome to the club.

Coach

Thanks for the welcome into the club Coach! That shot pullin the wheels in your signature is cool. I really like the 2001 and 2002 Camaro's. I'm an old gear head from the 60's (61 years old) and still love to drag race. When I get to it I've got two ways to go. Add the mods to the vette and keep all the stock parts like heads, cam, headers etc to restore later or better get a late model Camaro and build it to get into the 11's on the street or make it a drag only car and shoot for the 10's. I don't plan to use the bottle although it is the cheapest mod. I like the AFR heads, LGM headers, Textralia clutch, hardened axle shafts, cam etc. I hear guys on the Z06 site saying 11's are possible with those mods on either the Vette or a Camaro. The Camaro is better without the independent rear suspension the Vette's have. The Camaro will probably be a better bet to take the stress and strain of drag racing than the Vette too. There are tons of Firebirds and Camaros up here sprayin their way into the 11's. I don't know how long they'll last though.
Fred

congrats man