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Well.... I had to race it in street mode. My wheel spacers were too thin and my Pro Stars would not clear my calipers. So I ran the 17" MT ET Street Drag Radials instead. Here is how the night went.
1st pass - tires at 20psi, I heated them up real good. 12.2@119 with a 2.17 60'. It spun well over 100'
2nd Pass - Tom the Roofer suggested a quick burnout just enough to clean the water off. I also lowered them to 17psi. It went 11.17@122 with a 1.62 60'. I was petty happy considering. My A/F was at 12:1 from 5600rpm and up.
3rd Pass - I leaned out the top end on my fueling. Left the tires alone. Did a quick burnout again since it worked so well the time before. I launched to another 1.62 60' and boom went my 10 bolt. Couldn't believe I broke my rear on drag radials.
I knew I was on borrowed time with it. The weather really sucked. Warm and muggy, the DA was in the 3000' range give or take a couple hundred feet. Over all I was very pleased. I know I could have ran a 10.9x before the night was over. That may not sound fast but I was running 17" rims with Bilstein Shocks, full leather interior and a BMR lowering kit... Wait until I get this puppy sorted out and in race trim with some fall weather.
1st pass - tires at 20psi, I heated them up real good. 12.2@119 with a 2.17 60'. It spun well over 100'
2nd Pass - Tom the Roofer suggested a quick burnout just enough to clean the water off. I also lowered them to 17psi. It went 11.17@122 with a 1.62 60'. I was petty happy considering. My A/F was at 12:1 from 5600rpm and up.
3rd Pass - I leaned out the top end on my fueling. Left the tires alone. Did a quick burnout again since it worked so well the time before. I launched to another 1.62 60' and boom went my 10 bolt. Couldn't believe I broke my rear on drag radials.
I knew I was on borrowed time with it. The weather really sucked. Warm and muggy, the DA was in the 3000' range give or take a couple hundred feet. Over all I was very pleased. I know I could have ran a 10.9x before the night was over. That may not sound fast but I was running 17" rims with Bilstein Shocks, full leather interior and a BMR lowering kit... Wait until I get this puppy sorted out and in race trim with some fall weather.
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Sorry about the rear, but AWESOME RUN! ![Cheers!!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_cheers.gif)
FWIW, more rears are broken when drag radials really stick than with ET Streets because there's no give in DR sidewalls, so your rear takes the whole load/shock of the launch.
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FWIW, more rears are broken when drag radials really stick than with ET Streets because there's no give in DR sidewalls, so your rear takes the whole load/shock of the launch.
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Tom, I really appreciate all of your help last night and your AAA Plus card ![Thumb](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/thumb.gif)
XTrooper - A broken rear on Drag Radial was the last thing I was expecting. I think the car wheel hopped because it broke 60' out.
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XTrooper - A broken rear on Drag Radial was the last thing I was expecting. I think the car wheel hopped because it broke 60' out.
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Originally Posted by imslow
i wish i had a fast car. congrats man! good runnin... the car should 60' 1.5's in race mode, and you should easily hit high 10's.
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Originally Posted by 2001 Pewter WS6
Tom, I really appreciate all of your help last night and your AAA Plus card ![Thumb](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/thumb.gif)
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Sorry about the video's. I guess I'm better at driving than taking video's. I really screwed that up.
I had a good time last night.
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I got the chills when they called the slick cars to the staging lanes
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Originally Posted by XTrooper
Sorry about the rear, but AWESOME RUN! ![Cheers!!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_cheers.gif)
FWIW, more rears are broken when drag radials really stick than with ET Streets because there's no give in DR sidewalls, so your rear takes the whole load/shock of the launch.
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FWIW, more rears are broken when drag radials really stick than with ET Streets because there's no give in DR sidewalls, so your rear takes the whole load/shock of the launch.
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BTW really impressive #'s man & 10's comin after 12bolts
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good luck !!
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Damn, that sucks. Well at least I know what I got to look forward to. Ill prolly buy an extra 10bolt just so I can race at least once then I swap them & take it easy on the rear till I save for my 9in. Once all is dialed in, on a set of welds or etc with sticky tires you have an easily mid 10 sec car. After reading this I cant wait to get mine to the track. It want be much longer. Congrats on the times (street tires) thats crazy. I went 11.002 on a full set of welds, et streets cam only on the jug. Now Ill be running faster all motor. Plus I still have the bottle.
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Originally Posted by kp
Congrats man, I thought you gave up trying to go fast
Didnt even notice you were doing a 408..
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Maybe I will use Tom's rear since he isn't using it
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Originally Posted by TondSS
wow man great job good numbers sorry about your rear i wish i had a 408 stroker and i bet you wish you had a 9 inch want to tradr J/K haha
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Originally Posted by 2001 Pewter WS6
At that point of time I was forced to liquidate. I have since slowly built the car back up pretty inexpensively. I learned from the first time around. Give me a week or two and I will be back at it trying to get some solid numbers with a 12 bolt.. I will try the 17" route again just to see if I can lay down a 10.9x in street trim N/A. I am still impressed how well they hooked.
Maybe I will use Tom's rear since he isn't using it![The Jester](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_jest.gif)
Maybe I will use Tom's rear since he isn't using it
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Originally Posted by kp
I understand, thats why I did this car, started from scratch with the idea of making it a 10.0x car right off the bat that I could drive and skipped all the in-between BS, way cheaper that way. I'm sure with a good rear/tires you will be well in the 10's. I am heading to the track tomorrow to see how I can do on some DOT 11.5x28 QTP Hoosiers that I use for street tires for the heck of it. I'm in the minority around here and I am actually happy with how this thing runs ![Winky](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_wink.gif)
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