Anyone know what the quickest all-motor LS1 on regular radials is (not drag radials)?

I went to HRP tonight and ran on my 18" Racing Hart wheels and Pirelli PZero radials, just for the hell of it. Raceweight was 3702 lbs with these heavy wheels and a full tank of gas. I had to leave easy and go about 3/4 throttle until 3rd gear, otherwise it was spin city! It was fun anyways.

Here was my best timeslip:

60'=1.90
1/8=7.48
mph=97.65
1K'=9.63
1/4=11.41
mph=125.94

Not bad for real street trim I suppose.

Bad news is that on the 6th run of the night I heard a loud pop at the top of 2nd gear and I put on one hell of a smoke show. I had to hitch a ride back home to get the truck and trailer (Thanks to Zan, Weatherguy's wife). Its too dark outside to see the total damage, but it sounds pretty bad and smokes a TON. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

I think I could have run an 11.30 tonight, had fun driving this M6 down the track on street tires LOL!

-Tony

 

thats an awsome time on stock tires but it sucks what happen to your motor. do you got any more info on the damage yet? hopefully, its only a head gasket and not a sleave.

 

I'll get a better idea tomorrow in the daylight. I'm pretty sure its worse than a headgasket or sleeve. There is oil everywhere on the passenger side of the engine bay. The engine turns/runs but sounds awful, like metal grinding.

<img border="0" alt="[kaboom]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />

Too bad I didn't have the slicks on the car tonight, I'd have run a new best ET for sure in the -400 DA we had.

-Tony

 

man I cringed when I heard Tony. That sucks, your gonna be down for a bit.

 

Tony- It's sucks to end a night like that , but Boy is that car a sleeper in street trim. Actually you are a brave man to even attempt it it.lol. I am guessing it would be comparable to trying to foot race on an ice covered lake. Kudos to ya. Keep us posted man.

James

 

Tony - that sucked watching your car smoke on the track. I went to the stand to watch your radial pass, and got to unfortunately watch that happen. Glad we could help out with the ride.

Finally got my 10s all motor later. 10.93 @126. Happy with the pass, especially since the converter I am using is an easy 0.2 penalty.

 

Good run tony. Expecially on true street tires.

Sorry to hear about the smoke show though, I had a couple of those and the last Big smoke show ended up with a big hole in the side of the block. Think god for your MTI warrenty

Albert

 

Tony, sorry to hear about your motor…. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

That’s a real impressive numbers on real street tires.
I’m much more impressed when people run their cars as is – which means street tires. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />

BTW: Looks like I was right that both ET and MPH suffer when you can’t launch as hard as you can on slicks.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I had to leave easy and go about 3/4 throttle until 3rd gear, otherwise it was spin city</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That’s an interesting idea, I gotta try that one time, ‘cause I usually just back out and then back in and back out again in first 2 gears…. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

 

damn, sorry to hear about that Tony. Thats terrible news. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

 

Great numbers on street tires!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> To bad about the motor. I hope it will be ready for the Spring Break Shootout. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

Tony, last time to the track I put my Goodyear F1's back on in preparation for the drive home. Just for kicks, I decided to make a run with the car in true street trim (275 F1's on all four corners). 11.62 @ 119. That was with a spinning 1.86 60'. Not too bad for a 346...

Dave

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That sucks about the motor Tony. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Keep us posted as to what the outcome is.

 

Holy **** Tony you are having real hard luck with bottom ends!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

 

Tony, too bad about the motor... I know how it feels, buddy. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

As far as "regular" radials, I've been 11.0 on some worn out Grand Am GT 275/60/15 radials. Scary ride, though. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

Dang it Tony, that sucks about the motor. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Let us know what's happened to it.

Les

 

Congrats on the new best. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. You'll be back at it soon I'm sure.

Patrick

 

Damn George, 11.0 on regular tires? That had to be fun. Scary, but FUN!

EuG, you are correct, ET and MPH both suffer vs slicks. My 1/8 mile times suffered the most, because I couldn't floor it until 3rd gear.

Now I know why I've spanked a few 11.50 cars on the street lately <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

-Tony

 

Sweet times at that weight for sure Tony. Sorry to hear you had problems. We looked for you to see if you needed a hand but Greg said that you all had it covered.

Dave

 

Thats a bummer about the motor damage. Hope you get it fixed up soon. Good luck.

 

Sweet times Tony, sorry to hear about the misfortune. Any updates on the damage?