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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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I ran a 13.90@109.9 with a 1.96 60' doing my normal clutch slip and slam on the first pass and on my second I really boiled the nittos with a 2nd gear burnout and brake hold.I kept the revs up to 3k and reved it out of the hole to a 1.90/12.74@110.5 So last pass I did the same and dumping and reving at the same time netted me a 1.87/12.66@112.2 It seems I've finally gotten a handle on driving this thing without dumping the clutch at 6k and scattering the 10 bolt all over the track.I'm real suprised at the ET/MPH this car gets with the few mods I have and UNTUNED after the LT install.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 08:48 AM
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Nice! I bet on a 1.7 60' you are looking at a good 12.5-12.4 ET. Nice MPH I trapped that consistently w/ my 4.10's with my 10 bolt. Get rid of your sway bar so you can transfer weight for a better/lower 60'

Sounds like you got it down for sure.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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The sway bar was taken off just before I left for the track. I forgot to mention the clutch was slipping at all the gear changes on the last pass.I was suprised it ran the ET/MPH that pass.Spec clutch time.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 01:12 PM
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60 ft is every thing, I leave at 4000 (sometimes 4500) on Nittos and let the car jump just a little before hitting the gas. I have pulled 1.67's on 245x5x16 Nittos.

It sounds like you are catching on the the trick and they will just get better from here... Nice runs man
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