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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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Went to the local track at Little River Dragway.
Best Et
Reaction - .7820
60 FT - 2.45
1/8 - 9.49
1/8 MPH - 81.4
1/4 - 14.1
1/4 MPH - 103.5

This is on Street tires and could not hook at all. Looking to add gears and tune my car for better results
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Havok956
Went to the local track at Little River Dragway.
Best Et
Reaction - .7820
60 FT - 2.45
1/8 - 9.49
1/8 MPH - 81.4
1/4 - 14.1
1/4 MPH - 103.5

This is on Street tires and could not hook at all. Looking to add gears and tune my car for better results
Put some DRs on it along with a nice converter & it'll run awhole lot faster
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LM97Z
Put some DRs on it along with a nice converter & it'll run awhole lot faster
He has a nice converter.
DRs should cut that 60ft by 5-7 tenths which will be huge on the big end.
Without DRs gears are not going to help you out much, just more spinning off the line. But a tune is always a good idea.
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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I'm having the same problem. Went out to the track last night on street tires ( Summitomo HTRZ ). my best was:

R/T- .447
60'- 2.470
330- 6.404
1/8- 9.429
mph- 82.19
1000- 11.966
1/4- 14.097
mph- 106.01

I'm plannng on buying a 9" and some M/T before i go again. I just don't to take the chance of snapping the 10 bolt.
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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drag radials.......
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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u need tires big time
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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Im going to attempt to buy some DR and hope my rear end doesn't give out lol
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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Default Congrats!!

Congrats on your first time out. I always tell my friends that there are 3 goals the first time out- have fun, don't run through the staging beams, and don't break anything. In that light, congrats and I hope you get to make it out more next season!!
Wayne
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