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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Has anyone taken a 2002 ss with a tire lid and catback ran at the track the did a 3600 or so converter and seen the gains just curious
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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with a good tire and a good converter i dont see why you couldnt drop a half a sec or more.
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i was thinkin like 12.4 or so or hope to be close to that
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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well what does your car run now?
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I did a Z28 With a lid and full exhaust, 12.6 at 110, it was a real cold night.
Went back with a 3600 converter and ran 12.3 at 110 on a hot night, but DA corrected it ran 12.001

Both days were pretty boring because it ran damn near the same exact time and mph each run.
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.5 tenths should be obtainable from a quality converter. call or pm and we can show you what a true performance converter can do for you.

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Just picked up the car havent ran it yet but thats what i was hoping for Thanks
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