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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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ok i ahve some questions.. i have a 2002 Trans Am see sig for mods. and i am running street tires on my stock 10 bolt

here are some questions:

what PSI should i set my rear and front tires at?

I ahve a little bit of a slipping problem from the clutch. so what RPM should i feather the clutch out of the hole at?

What do you think i will trap? And what speed? i think 13.4 @ 106 with a 2.3 60'

What else should i know or expect?


this will by my first car i ever own to get in to the 13's god damn 97 Mustang GT i had every thing on that car known to man N/A of course and still could not brake 14. My best time was a 14.01 @ 96.28 with a 1.87 60' yes it was a 5 speed too...

wush me luck and give me some input..
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
ok i ahve some questions.. i have a 2002 Trans Am see sig for mods. and i am running street tires on my stock 10 bolt

here are some questions:

what PSI should i set my rear and front tires at?

I ahve a little bit of a slipping problem from the clutch. so what RPM should i feather the clutch out of the hole at?

What do you think i will trap? And what speed? i think 13.4 @ 106 with a 2.3 60'

What else should i know or expect?


this will by my first car i ever own to get in to the 13's god damn 97 Mustang GT i had every thing on that car known to man N/A of course and still could not brake 14. My best time was a 14.01 @ 96.28 with a 1.87 60' yes it was a 5 speed too...

wush me luck and give me some input..
A lot has to do with weather or not you can hook any. Street tires suck at the track. You're probably not going to notice too much of a difference with different tire pressures, but I ran mine between 20-22 the few times that I ran on street tires. You're going to have to find a happy medium with your tires on what rpm you can launch at.
I can tell you that you won't run a 13.4 @ 106 with a 2.3 60'; Now, you might run a 13.4 you might run 106 mph and you might run 2.3 60'...you just won't run them all at the same time. I'm auto, so a little different but I went 13.5 @103 on a 2.0 60' when i was stock on street tires. Good luck, have fun. Let us know what you ran.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 01:13 AM
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hey you will will run right behind my tail lights ha ha ha ha ha
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jonas, my friends 2000 SS ran a best of 13.8 at 105 with a 2.1 60'. he has LTs, ORY, a loudmouth, 12 bolt w/3.73s, MT drag radials and lots of other small things. o yea its a brand new crate LS1 as well. we went last night to GLD and he pulled 1 or 2 of those runs, all the rest were 14.0s at 104 or so. like i said tho, he was was running mickey thompsons and still couldnt do a sub 2.0. what track are you gonna be going to?
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hey you will will run right behind my tail lights ha ha ha ha ha


hhahhaha :rofl: keep wishing see ya sat
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jonas, my friends 2000 SS ran a best of 13.8 at 105 with a 2.1 60'. he has LTs, ORY, a loudmouth, 12 bolt w/3.73s, MT drag radials and lots of other small things. o yea its a brand new crate LS1 as well. we went last night to GLD and he pulled 1 or 2 of those runs, all the rest were 14.0s at 104 or so. like i said tho, he was was running mickey thompsons and still couldnt do a sub 2.0. what track are you gonna be going to?

wow, that is weird is he A4 or M6?? if M6 that has a lot to do with it... but i am going to US41.. i guess i will have to see what happens when i go...
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his is 6 speed. also, a local cop met with us there with his procharged LS1 WS6. it puts down about 490 at the wheels, with a 6 speed, Nittos, 12 bolt with 4.10s and all supporting mods he ran a 12.3 at 116. im not sure if its the track but i dont know anyone with a 4th gen who can hook well there. at least i havent seent it yet on Drag radials.
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wow, that is weird is he A4 or M6?? if M6 that has a lot to do with it... but i am going to US41.. i guess i will have to see what happens when i go...
if you feather it right, **** right before the limiter 60ft around 2.0-2.1 should see low 13's easy us41 has some awesome bite...what night you going...maybe i will bring my heap out of storage if i get home from school this weekend...
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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if you feather it right, **** right before the limiter 60ft around 2.0-2.1 should see low 13's easy us41 has some awesome bite...what night you going...maybe i will bring my heap out of storage if i get home from school this weekend...

we are going this sat! you should come
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not going home this weekend...but will be home next
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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Well my car is no longer a virgin.. Broke her in real good today..

Her are the resluts.. See sig for mods.. This was on Street tires 32 psi

Run #1

Reaction.......... .7501
60 ft.......... 2.2009
330 ft.......... 5.8219
1/8 ET.......... 8.7507
1/8 MPH......... 84.44
1/4 ET......... 13.3109
1/4 MPH........ 108.20

Run #2

Reaction.......... .6711
60 ft.......... 2.3308
330 ft.......... 6.0558
1/8 ET.......... 9.0018
1/8 MPH......... 83.96
1/4 ET......... 13/5819
1/4 MPH........ 106.88

Run #3

Reaction.......... .6180
60 ft.......... 2.2237
330 ft.......... 5.9270
1/8 ET.......... 8.9149
1/8 MPH......... 83.18
1/4 ET......... 13.5109
1/4 MPH........ 107.47

talked with some guys, if i had a 2.0 60ft with LCA and torque arm i would have been a 12.7 pass with the MPH that i was trapping.. Not to bad.. next mod is torque arm, LCA 12 bolt with DRs...

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would not have ran a 12.7 with a 2.0 60 ft...more like 13.00's or maybe 12.9's...not bad mph though...congrats
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