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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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so i ran at the dragstirp this last Saturday and ran my best times I have so far only ran 5 times but i know i could have gotten much better had i been able to get more runs in. I feel like i can hit 13.5's

my car is an 80k mile 96 Firebird Formula mostly stock just with pacesetter long tube headers 3 inch ORY pipe and SLP loudmouth 1 cat-back and an intake. its a 6 speed as well. running on 255 wide street tires.

R/T .170
60' FT 2.068
330' 5.801
1/8 8.908 at 80.27 MPH
1000' 11.539
1/4 Mile 13.761 at 102.22
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 05:16 PM
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Those times are pretty good get a tune for that thing that would help. my car with LT's True duals intake and tune runs 13.3's
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lawhead
Those times are pretty good get a tune for that thing that would help. my car with LT's True duals intake and tune runs 13.3's
Must be nice.... My A4 with cai only 3.42 rear t/a ran a 14.75
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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givin the 102mph trap speed, yeah, shes got more in her. At my track, a 2.068 60' with 255 street tires would be considered very good.

the 2.06 60's and 13.7 @ 102mph isnt adding up tho

My last run was a 13.8 @ 98mph with a 1.9 60'. stall/cutout only

She has more in her

EDIT: Now that i think about it, how bad are you spinning 2nd gear?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Brando5641
Must be nice.... My A4 with cai only 3.42 rear t/a ran a 14.75
Thats where I was with A4,CAI & 2.73s..
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by trilkb
givin the 102mph trap speed, yeah, shes got more in her. At my track, a 2.068 60' with 255 street tires would be considered very good.

the 2.06 60's and 13.7 @ 102mph isnt adding up tho

My last run was a 13.8 @ 98mph with a 1.9 60'. stall/cutout only

She has more in her

EDIT: Now that i think about it, how bad are you spinning 2nd gear?
i don't really pay attention to if I'm spinning that much only unless im in 1st obviously, but i believe I'm spinning pretty decently in 2nd now that i think about it cause occasionally it'll feel like the clutch starts to slip but its the tires lol I've had that issue other days when I've ran and was running 14's still.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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also this was on a bit over 3/4's of a tank of gas.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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Not bad depending on your track altitude and actual DA, a tune and 1.6rr will help along with a 3600 stall..


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when you say DA do you mean like how many feet above sea level?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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well the track elevation is 515 feet and the DA was 1015. and my car is a 6 speed so a stall wouldn't help.
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