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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Went to the Newton Iowa Speedway today for the 1/8th mile track. The track was cold, and I am on shitty 275/40/17 Sumitomo tires, so spinning was crazy. I literally spun and sat sideways til about 60mph

Ink seemed to be kind of low on the slips, so hard to see. Will upload pics later.

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Best ET
(feathered it out of the hole, and then mashed on it)
1/8th: 8.85
75.88mph
.508 reaction time (terrible, first time at the strip)
60 ft: 1.925
330ft: 5.647

Stall Launch Slip (I launched at about ~3500rpm) CRAZY BAD SPINNING. terrible 60ft because of it
ET: 9.532
79.08mph
Reaction time: .189
2.537 60ft

Next mod will definitely be some drag radials! lol
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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First 60' time isn't bad for street tires, but the mph seems pretty low for your mods.


Be careful it gets addicting!
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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Yes some DR's would help alot!

I will guess that with some good DR's like M/T et street radials and some LCA's and/or brackets you will see 60' times between 1.65-1.70' which will greatly improve your 1/8 mile times.

Your mph seems a little low, I trapped that and a tad higher when I was bone stock. However, I would get some tires and go back out and see what it does, should do alot better!
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by My95Z
First 60' time isn't bad for street tires, but the mph seems pretty low for your mods.


Be careful it gets addicting!
Yes, I had alot of fun despite the terrible conditions I was faced with! Definitely want to do it alot now! lol

But yeah I forgot to mention that it feels like my fuel is cutting out a little after 60mph.. New opti, DR's, plugs, wires, LT's, and ORY are the plan for spring.

Alot of my money is tied up into investments, so whatever I spend on the car now is money I make part-time (which is minimal now that I'm in college)

Everybody was spinning terribly.. I'm not sure if the sensors are off.. my buddy with a fully built ls1 (prc 2.5 heads/ms3 cam, full bolt-ons, intake) and same SHITTY tires ran a best ET 8.7 @ 84-86mph? or something around there.. He was spinning bad too but I felt like I was spinning terribly

Cam/full bolt on LS1's were running 8.8-9.1 which isn't right in my book.

Hopefully when I go in spring I will run a much better time with the additional mods, tires, and tune. I thought my MPH was low though too. So thanks for the comments guys
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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yea something dosent sound right. they must of been spinning badly
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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my first time at the 8th i ran a 8.78 with a 1.8 60ft at 77mph that was with a 3000stall catback, 3.42 gears and CAI with pcm4less tune... so your mph looks a little off but i dont kno what the DA is where your at i know that makes a difference..

after i put my cam kit in from Ai i went to the track and ran 8.6 at 84mph with a shitty 2.3 60ft i was spinning pretty bad but i still gained 7mph with that horrible 60ft
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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Tires and practice will help alot.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Yeah, like I was.. was the first time legitimately at a drag strip. Hooking was terrible for alot of people out there. Cold track is definitely not as traction friendly as a warmed up one.

Reaction time got consistently better with each run... I think I got it down to about a .108.. still working on it though.

My Sumitomo's did the car no justice.. people on the sidelines were like "Jesus, get some DR's!!!" when I walked over to get my slips before the next couple of runs.

Will work on the car more this spring. And AChotrod, I've always been jealous of your beast
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There were also a fair ammount of cars that were hooking decent mark, My 2nd pass I Nearly dead hooked running around a mid 7. it was all in launch technique and having some tires. And that was with the hotcam and stock heads still on my car with stock suspension.
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correction his buddys fastest time was an 8.6 and fast trap was 89-90mph.... i didnt have 3rd gear due to my master cylinder being out..
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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My bad Mike!

We'll see what she runs this spring with some new tires and a different setup with some more power
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next season will turn this bad day around
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You need some drag radials or even slicks
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