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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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The first track day is coming up Saturday and I'm kind of nervous. I have a 1999 Firehawk Trans Am M6 (mods in signature) with 3.42 gears and the adburn differential. Will it hold up to drag radials at the track?
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Since you're only bolt-ons, i don't see you having a problem. I tracked my M6 several times with DR's and it did fine. Depends on if you're dead hooking or not, track prep, launch rpm, etc, etc. what tires are you running?

Oh, and i'll see you at GB. Look for the Orange streak.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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I would say so too but may want to start throwing some change in an account for a rear swap
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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I look forward to seeing you, STEEPSS.

As for the gears, I'm looking at getting a set of 4.10s or 3.90s sometime during the summer.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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If you're going to be hitting the track often, you might want to look into some rear suspension mods to get rid of wheel hop
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Originally Posted by Strahley
If you're going to be hitting the track often, you might want to look into some rear suspension mods to get rid of wheel hop
x2. Wheel hop is a 10 bolt killer.

You get that rear back in your car yet Strahley?
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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always assume the worst and bring tools to fix a problem if one turns up. or be easy on it off the line.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:36 AM
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yea track wasnt so nice to me, but then again my tranny was going out neway lol. But yea expect as least something to break and take tools just incase, you can never be to prepared.
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I've seen gears spit out of a m6 10 bolt car on the street, so your playing Russian Roulette
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
I've seen gears spit out of a m6 10 bolt car on the street, so your playing Russian Roulette
well in that case, lets hope im luckey
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yea and hope you dont hook really well lol, otherwise might be investing in a new rear end.
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Originally Posted by 09jyounger
well in that case, lets hope im luckey
Well the thing is your not going to get your best time due to only the weakness of the rear, but you also cannot leave at max effort so any time slips are garbage.

What some people do and i do NOT recommend is ride the clutch to soften the hit but then now your frying the clutch so it is a lose, lose in the end.

Just be careful, have fun, and hit all your shifts.
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