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Old Oct 9, 2002 | 10:13 PM
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I've been tweeking and bal blah blahing about my car for months and I'm sure everyone is sick of it including me.I'll be racing it in the next week and really starting dial her in for max et...

I want some HONEST opinions of what I should be running as far as et/mph with my currect power and weight.....

3520lbs
430RWHP@6400
400RWTQ@4700
TP4400/4.10/26X10X15 ET DRAG
Shifting at 6800,NO LU switch
Figure -500DA's

Once and for all I wanna know what I SHOUD expect
Honest answeres please

I need something to shoot for,an honest,realistic goal
The car wont be under 3500lbs for a while.I'm losing weight but now its 3 to 4lbs a month..

I've come to realize,
11.00's might be about it for my combo at 3500lbs?

JS
Was 360lbs
Now 295lbs

<small>[ October 09, 2002, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: JS ]</small>
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 12:05 AM
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Default Re: NEED SOME INFO---->PLEASE!!!!

WOW, I'm not exactly an authority on drag racing (as someone once told me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> ) but you personally losing 65lbs is a big deal. You've gotta feel better physically, i.e. more energy and less body aches from carrying around that extra weight.

Congrats on that alone Joel and keep it up. Even if you only lose a pound a month, your still progressing which is important.

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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 12:38 AM
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JS we think the car has a 10.99 in it on a good day. Get an EWP. If you really want to go fast put some MMS parts on.. <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 01:28 AM
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Default Re: NEED SOME INFO---->PLEASE!!!!

JS, I think your prediction is a safe, yet adequate guess. Also congratulations on losing 65 pounds! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Terry, are you going to tell how to make the EWP work with thermostat and such?
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 06:33 AM
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JS...just come racing at cecil in late nov/early december...its not uncommon to get some of those blessed -2000 ft DA days....then watch the 10s roll in <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 06:49 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fireball:
<strong>JS...just come racing at cecil in late nov/early december...its not uncommon to get some of those blessed -2000 ft DA days....then watch the 10s roll in <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Agreed! I am counting on one of these to put me in the 9's.
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 07:21 AM
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I think you have 11.00 maybe a 10.9x in the car in -500DA if you hook to a 1.4x sixty and get good crisp shifts from the tranny.

You should lock up the converter at the big end.
Might not help ET as much but the mph sure looks good <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Good luck, I am trying to shed approx 90 pounds before my next track visit and tweak my suspension some more to hook these ET streets <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
If you run 11.0s you know with a 3200 pound raceweight you have 10.80's maybe even 10.70s.
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<small>[ October 10, 2002, 07:22 AM: Message edited by: Chris ARE 360 ]</small>
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 08:29 AM
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Terry u are the Sienfeld of LS1TECH <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
11.00's/10.90's is the goal then.....

Thanx guys.....

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Terry, are you going to tell how to make the EWP work with thermostat and such?
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've posted about it before. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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