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Higher by 1.6+ MPH
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41.67%
About the Same = +-.5 MPH
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16.67%
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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I'm just curious. For those of you who made runs before and after the converter install, with no other changes, what did your trap do? You should tell what converter you put in, and if you put tires on it too (and what kind).
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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mine stayed the same, i got absolutely no traction, i just spun and spun and spun everywhere everywhere. i just quit after 3 passes. My nittos were not hooking.... they suck

boltons 4000 stall and Nitto DRs
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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Mine stayed the same and I dropped about 4 tenths, but that was with no tune, so I was bouncing off the rev-limiter on every shift and i'm shure the 'ole TM was kicking in also.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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I lost 3mph but gained 6 tenths.
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I didn't vote since I did headers at the same time, however I gained 4 mph and I don't think all of that was the headers. Stall is a Yank 3600 and it was on street tires.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 05:01 AM
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Went from a 13.2 @ 106 with a 2.0 60' (dayton daytonas) to 12.2 @ 111 with a 1.7 60' with nitto drs. So a full second and a 5mph increase (winter) 108 to 109 was about regular mph.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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I picked up 2.5 mph going from a PI 3200, to a Yank SS3600 in my truck on street tires...
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by arcticwhiteTA
I didn't vote since I did headers at the same time, however I gained 4 mph and I don't think all of that was the headers. Stall is a Yank 3600 and it was on street tires.
I would credit all 4mph to the headers cause thats exactly what i gained from the headers alone.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by GT Griller
I would credit all 4mph to the headers cause thats exactly what i gained from the headers alone.
It's possible. I went from 13.4's @ 104 to 12.8 @ 108 w/ headers AND a stall. Both on 2.0X 60'. Looking at it, it kinda looks like minimal gains for those mods combined so I'll have to see what it'll do with tires.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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So it seems like the general consensus that you won't really lose any mph with it... haha. I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to the track this weekend with the same old stock F1s still......
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No, you shouldn't lose any with the Yank. I would go...You may not have many more chances at the track this year
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I went from 8.68 @ 87mph to 7.82 @ 89mph in the 1/8th with the addition of SS3800 and 3.73's (from 2.73)
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Originally Posted by arcticwhiteTA
No, you shouldn't lose any with the Yank. I would go...You may not have many more chances at the track this year
Good point. I wonder what my ET/MPH will do with the same lousy tires. lol
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