Help with tuning for the track
When I first got the car 4 years ago, the car had just the Magnaflow system on it. (Lucky me it was still relatively new). I dynoed the car and it made 242hp 2450tq. After that I added the K&N full Ram kit with heat shield and then tuned it. After the tune it made 270hp and 282tq. All of these numbers are at the wheels and corrected numbers
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From: hagerstown,md
i like the roll on theory,my car sometimes bogs when i hit it full on,put i just put ls1 manifold on so lew is still tuning it and for what its worth my 66 chenille ran 13.6 at 109 had 10 bolt so i just left at at about 2k,and i think my car is comparable in feel as far as seat back issue but that 66 had a muncie so i was shifting,so I'm gonna take it next week and run it and ill post,pretty much same mods as impala we talking about,think the ls1 and ls6 man swap would help here as he says not pulling at end,with this manifold this car pulls much better high,i wanted to wait until ls6 tb and headers went on put i gotta run it,got the fever,lol
i like the roll on theory,my car sometimes bogs when i hit it full on,put i just put ls1 manifold on so lew is still tuning it and for what its worth my 66 chenille ran 13.6 at 109 had 10 bolt so i just left at at about 2k,and i think my car is comparable in feel as far as seat back issue but that 66 had a muncie so i was shifting,so I'm gonna take it next week and run it and ill post,pretty much same mods as impala we talking about,think the ls1 and ls6 man swap would help here as he says not pulling at end,with this manifold this car pulls much better high,i wanted to wait until ls6 tb and headers went on put i gotta run it,got the fever,lol
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From: WEST PALM BEACH FL
My impala before it was turbocharged with ls6 Im, ls6 tb, dt headers custom 3in ls7 maf put down 312 on a dyno jet and ran 13.1 at 106 with 1.9 60 on the same tires. So u are close to what you should be try a better burnout and less tire pressure your 60 ft is key. As I really learned with being turbocharged I couldn't break 12s and was trapping 117 120 not fully tuned then a got a couple 1.8 1.9s and 11s. I know it's frustrating. I'm itching my self to get this cam tuned and shoot for really low 11s
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From: NY
Lets face the facts that FWD is a crutch when drag racing. I kinda gave up racing my monte for that fact and just enjoy rolling pulls. I run 1/8 mile with nitto nto5r 285 40 18's and launch on a progressive controller and run 8.9's @ 88mph. done all kinds of things nothing works, pretty poor if you ask me. All that time lost off the line really hurts performance. 1/4 mile might produce better results, might make that trip one day. Car is scaled in at 3745lbs, nitrous setup, subs and amps and 1/4 tank of juice.
Last edited by Killerb; Jul 26, 2015 at 11:50 AM.
Gotta get the suspension right even fwd can hook with the right components. Unfortunately are shock options are limited for direct bolt on we need compression rebound settings to fully utilize everything
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