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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 12:01 AM
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So I went to the local 1/8th mile track for the first time tonight. I got there late and only got 1 run in. It wasn't so great. My car is a 2002 Camaro Z28 with Pacesetter long tubes, ory, slp catback and K&N FPIK.
60 ft 2.60
330 ft 6.26
595 ft 8.65
1/8 9.18 @ 85.52
I babied the launch a little too much. Any tips? I slipped the clutch from 2500 rpm but obviously a little slowly. What kind of times can I expect if I get the 60 ft down to around 2.0? What kind of times do cars normally run trapping 85.5?
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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 12:08 AM
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Ah I missed the correct forum by one. Feel free to move this.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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gotta get that 60' down to at least 2.0....you'll be running low 13s maybe high 12s
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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I agree you should be in the low 13s or high 12s....it's all in your 60' time.
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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the trap is good for a high 12, just work on that launch.
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sw07gt
So I went to the local 1/8th mile track for the first time tonight. I got there late and only got 1 run in. It wasn't so great. My car is a 2002 Camaro Z28 with Pacesetter long tubes, ory, slp catback and K&N FPIK.
60 ft 2.60
330 ft 6.26
595 ft 8.65
1/8 9.18 @ 85.52
I babied the launch a little too much. Any tips? I slipped the clutch from 2500 rpm but obviously a little slowly. What kind of times can I expect if I get the 60 ft down to around 2.0? What kind of times do cars normally run trapping 85.5?
Here is my time slip from the second time I was there is my 2002 Camaro SS it has Pacesetter LT,3inch trual duals with x pipe no cats and bald street tires. It ran
60 ft 2.16
330 ft 5.74
1/8 8.68 @ 84.22
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