CamaroSS621

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12.400@117mph
2.045 60ft.
Mods:
VaraRam
BFG drag radials at 18psi launching at 2900rpms

Buddies SRT-4 in the other lane... 12.10@122mph

CrazyChris

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Awesome time! Get those BFGs working and drop that 60' down and you will be in the low 12s.

V-seriesTech

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Werd.

CamaroSS621

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i know there is more in it. I just gotta get it off the line. It likes to bounce a little when it hooks

BRIAN98Z28

Where did you run at? You don't have your location listed. Reason I ask is because I was at Cecil county dragway in MD on saturday and was talking with a guy that had an SRT4 running basically that same time, and he told me about a buddy of his that was having trouble getting past 12.40s in his Z06. I had a new personal best on sat. too, time is in the Sig. Good luck bro...get that 60' down and you've got an easy 11 second car on your hands. I plan on cracking 11's bone stock before we do anything to our vette.

CamaroSS621

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yup that was him. he told me there was a Z06 stock running 12.20's I can only get down there friday and the track isnt the best. Sat I work all day. are you going back soon??

chummmma

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im trying to find DR's for my vette.. went 12.58@109 on kumhos with just ls6 intake done.

Nice times in the Z

pdd

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congrats

BRIAN98Z28

Haha, small world eh? Yeah the cars runnin really well, I think there's still room for improvement. I'll be back a couple more times before the season is over. The track must be better prepped on Sat. then because I've NEVER had a problem hooking at Cecil. Any chance of you getting a saturday off and heading up there for Test and Tune? Work keeps me away from the track during the week....not to mention I live in northern, VA right outside DC, which is close to a 2 hour trip to Cecil. If you're interested, the g/f and I will be heading out to Capitol raceway on Sep. 17th for the semi-annual Corvette Club of America drag day. Should be 100+ Corvettes there and pretty good track prep. Here's the PDF flier. http://www.corvetteclubofamerica.org...eFallFlyer.pdf

Also, if you're looking into improving your times, you might check this thread out by Ranger. He is probably one of the best drivers around the LS1/vette boards. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...65&forum_id=49

Send me a PM if you'd like to meet up some time and do some racing. Good luck with the car!

96-speed

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Wow, that's running really well. Congrats.

Any idea what the DA was? Temp?

BRIAN98Z28

Who is this question directed at?

CamaroSS621

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I wish, Im in car sales so sat is the money day. I read that before from ranger. Trying out different things. I launched it at 3500 the time before and it went 12.450@118 spinning the tires off the line. I gotta get down there soon. Im ordering a little mod today for it anwyway

Ill try to make it down there. Little bit of a drive but with the advnaced notice, I can try.

CamaroSS621

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No idea. didnt even take notice of the exact temp. It was a beautiful night though

BRIAN98Z28

I understand about the car business and Saturdays. ;-) I would say first of all lower your launch RPM. I found the sweet spot for me was right around 2800-2900. You'll come out of the hole quicker, trust me.

**EDIT** Just saw you were running DRs....err.....I dunno what to tell you buddy. If I was on DRs I would be launching at close to 4 grand. The only way I can see you spinning the tires is if you're just dumping it and stabbing the gas pedal immediately. Ranger described it best.....what you don't want to do is STAB the gas, its more of a "squeezing" effect. Let/ride the clutch out smoothly and squeeze the gas pedal steadily toward the floor until you have aquired full throttle. Play around with your launch rpms until you find which speed works best for you. My guess is you should be at or approaching 4k at launch. Hope it helps buddy!

Also....lower your tire pressure. On DRs I would reccomend starting out at around 16psi and lowering from there to find the correct launch pressure.

96-speed

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Brian,

Was directed at the original poster, though your times are similar given the mods/same track. So, either one of you may answer .

Raceweight?

Again, really moving .
Ryan

BRIAN98Z28

Ryan, for some reason the DA wasn't printed on the timeslips. I'm not sure what the race weight is but take the weight of a stock Z06....we'll just say 3100 pounds (not sure off the top of my head what the exact spec is) add me at 185 pounds...and the 25-30 pounds of CRAP that I had in the trunk and forgot to clear out. Oh and I accidentally filled the gas tank up completely the night before, so I had 3/4 of a tank of gas as well.

CamaroSS621

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thats my issue. I just drop it and punch it. Kinda affraid to ride the clutch lol its a expensive fix. Ill try it again and slowly let it go next time.

96-speed

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Glad you mentioned the DA: The DA is never printed on the timeslips here at Houston Raceway. What an incredibly useful piece of info to have comparing old timeslips!

Regardless of what the "norm" on the 'net it, 116mph in a stock Z06 is pretty stout. Just my opinion. Good luck hitting 11s

BRIAN98Z28

Thanks bro....some cooler weather and more seat time just might do it!

robz*

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Yeah bro, you need to slip the clutch a little bit, don't just dump it. If your drag radials are bouncing then they may not be hot enough. Do a strong burnout at around 16psi and get right up to the line. I would come out harder and slip the clutch. You should be 1.7x and better and that will give you an 11 sec timeslip. Keep at it!