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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 12:50 AM
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My very first run, ever! The thing slid sideways in 3rd and massive peelout in 4th; holy crap my tires suck (all seasons). I was the only camaro/TA not running DR, the fastest any of them did was a 14.2 at 100mph
Anyways, let me know what yall think.
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1/8 9.15 @81.52
1/4 13.87 @105.93
I ran 6 more times, but ran 105mph every time, no more, no less?!?
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 01:58 AM
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i would say that MPH is pretty low for a M6 car, what are you shifting at, particularly your 3-4 shift?

congrats on the first passes, get that sixty foot down and the car will go
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:20 AM
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I think its pretty good,my car with lid/catback went 13.47@106.Are you at altitude? I would get some DRs,they should make a huge improvement.My car became undriveable when I put in the 4.10s without them.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:43 AM
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welcome to the 13's my man!!! Ya get the 60 down! But wtf am I saying, I've never had a better than 2.2 60 myself. You just need to mess around with your shift points and get the wheel spin down. Its really hard to control your foot, I know.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:54 AM
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Massive peel out in 4th??? :suspicou:

Your traps are a few mph low. What was the DA?
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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i thought the same thing about the losing the tires in 3rd and 4th Unit, but the rest of the post seems legit, let's leave that one alone
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverGhost
i thought the same thing about the losing the tires in 3rd and 4th Unit, but the rest of the post seems legit, let's leave that one alone
he forgot to mention the previous car blew the tranny just past the 1/8 mile and left a lil fluid.
sorry, but i couldn't burn 4th until after the cam.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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I'm not saying that my car is that powerful, my tires just really suck ***. They are Toyo FZ4 all seasons on 16" snowflakes...honestly, they are much, much worse than the ones that came with the car(eagle all seasons).
I tried shifting second anywhere between 5k-6.2k: under 5.5k=wheel hop and above 5.5k resulted in instant rev limiter from the tires never catching any? It doesn't do that on the street, that really confused me.
But as for scratching 4th, I was shifting around 6.2k; I can do that anywhere above 3k without speed shifting...is that really unusual, feels normal to me, I'm seriously not lying !!! That really pisses me off, I can't prove anything unless you call Lubbock Dragway and someone actually remembers the 105mph camaro going sideways halfway down the track instead of only the 8 and 9 second cars doing wheelies.

UNIT: what is DA? and as far as trap mph, I thought I was doing good cause the other LS1's were averaging around 95mph.
Kyle
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