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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 11:04 AM
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I'm just curious when I should be happy with my 60s. Its a stock bottom heads/cam n/a T56 car. Its cut a best 1.51 off a 2 step set at 6500 on a 27 x 11.5 Hoosier. Limiter is set at 7100. Car made 445.8 on a dyno dynamics (told 10 percent low compared to a jet) and guessing the raceweight would be 3350-3400 just guessing. I've never weighed the car. What do you think?
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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 11:39 AM
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Not bad
Are you spinning any??
Any suspension mods?
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 08:03 AM
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not bad for a 6 speed car! my buddies auto car cut a 1.46 to run a 10.87@123 w/ h/c/I so your doing pretty good IMO!
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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I'm running strange double adjustables up front, bilstein rears with cut stock springs, after market lower control and panhard bar, no front sway, and a long arm mwc set up. Leaving a 6500 it spins very little but if I leave harder it spins and my 60s go down. The engine doesn't peak until 6900. Until I found the sweet spot it was cutting high 1.5x then dropped to the 1.51. I haven't got to run the car alot or play with the shocks any. I've got a anti roll bar still to install. If I can figure out how to get the car to hold the higher rpm I would think I should pick up a couple hundreths possibly.
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by VandykeT/A
I'm running strange double adjustables up front, bilstein rears with cut stock springs, after market lower control and panhard bar, no front sway, and a long arm mwc set up. Leaving a 6500 it spins very little but if I leave harder it spins and my 60s go down. The engine doesn't peak until 6900. Until I found the sweet spot it was cutting high 1.5x then dropped to the 1.51. I haven't got to run the car alot or play with the shocks any. I've got a anti roll bar still to install. If I can figure out how to get the car to hold the higher rpm I would think I should pick up a couple hundreths possibly.
That seem's pretty good to me.
Looking at your sig, I am assuming your not on the 10 bolt/3.42 gear rear?
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 11:43 AM
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What clutch are you running?
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 02:14 PM
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if your not peaking until 6900 have you tried running the car out to 7400 to see if it carries the power, if so bump the limiter to 7200.

i think more seat time and dialing the suspension in will yield mid 1.4s

-brandon
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 11:39 AM
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No, I'm running a 31 spline MWC 9" with the billet clutch posi and 4.30 gears. The clutch I was running then was a Ram Powergrip HD. I've got a 11" Monster Ceramic Race in it now thats never been to the track yet. The Ram HD did great though. It had probably 25k hard street miles and quite a few 6k plus launches. I haven't tried running the car that high of rpm. I'm still on the stock 02 bottom end so it kind of scares me with the 7100. I honestly haven't even attempted to shift off the shift light. I know I'm short shifting the car with it at the 7100.
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Old Feb 22, 2014 | 07:21 AM
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what does it weigh? I cut some 1.4s back in the day when I had the T56/ stock 347 and 100 shot but @ 2900# raceweight.

I think I was leaving at lower RPM too like around 4500ish
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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 01:34 PM
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I'd be guessing on the raceweight but maybe 3400.
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