LT1TONY_

Hey guys this is Tony with the Black SS. Technically its a Z28 but have the SS hood and spoiler.

I put a post up on LTX forums and thought i'd come by here.

First off great group of guys and i'm glad I met a few of you and wish I had more time to talk to you guys. I almost didn't make it down as I had a wheel bearing fail 45 min away from the track.

Literally got there and made a quick rush test pass and went 10.66 at almost 132 with a horrible 60 ft rushing right off the trailer.

That was my problem the whole day trying to hook as most of you experienced. Couldn't get a good qualifying round but did well during the eliminations but still 60ft sucked.

Wish we could run ET Drags but that's the rules.

Anyway great time and can't wait for next year.

LT1TONY_

Great 60' you had.

Usually I run in the low 1.4's and have gone a best of 1.38 but that's on ET Drags.

It was too hot and I couldn't get it to hook as my best 60' was in the mid 1.6's.

TwoFast4Lv

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Thanks Guys! Yes we showed up to the first one and were lucky enough to help sponsor the event and give away door prizes and key tags.

It will be tough but I REALLY want to go. We hurt the 6.6l LT4 in the Nova so that was a bust. We will be looking for a sponsor to help cover the $1,800 fuel cost to get there and back. We will also have to close the shop for almost two weeks for the travel time and that hurts to.


Nitro Dave called me friday night giving me crap ...knowing full well he still has my intake LOL!

What happen to Chris? I was hoping to see the TT terror ripping up numbers!

TwoFast4Lv

iTrader: (8)

I have gone low 1.3s on QTP Hoosiers you should try a set!

LT1TONY_

Ty is the silver third gen I raced in the Semi? That was a great, close race I thought. Anybody have that on video?

Is Brian the 3rd gen convertible owner I raced in the finals?

AChotrod

iTrader: (17)

Hey Tony good to see ya on here. Nice meeting ya and the car worked great for the conditions.

Ellis he is a 6spd car. 1.38 is awesome and in Taners range

3rdgenvert

iTrader: (7)

Hey Tony, yes thats me, nice meeting you and congrats. Good race there in the finals!

3rdgenvert

iTrader: (7)

Here is a video of final round.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZNhl...e_gdata_player

TwoFast4Lv

iTrader: (8)

Then he DEFINATELY needs them QTPs plus tubes FTW!

LT1TONY_

Hi Mike,

It was very nice to meet you too and I'm sure i'll see you around maybe at 41. My car was definitely off its mark but at least it was still trapping good in the heat which I was happy about. That is the hottest race i've ever attended.
Hopefully next year it will be a lot cooler.

LT1TONY_

I might have to try them. Then again it was so hot and bald spots on the track not sure anyone hooked really well that day. The track temp was insane.

AChotrod

iTrader: (17)

It was literally HOT AS HELL. lol
Tony Ill def try and get to a SCC or 2 by the end of the season. I had QTPs but didnt run tubes and hated them. Think tubes would be that much better?

TwoFast4Lv

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adding tubes makes them a stiff wall tire and seems to work best on stick cars

I am going to tubes mainly because I can not afford double bead locks and I am tired of ripping the beads off the tires with screws

LT1TONY_

Hey Brian,

Nice to have met you and great final race!! Very nice car!!

LT1TONY_

I've always ran stiff wall tires on my 6 speed but I took my ET Drag tires off of my '69 Camaro as I wanted to try a different combination and I experimented with the stiff vs non stiff. I've come to the conclusion and went faster on a non stiff wall ET Drag testing at the same track I always go too. Went 1.38 on non stiff wall tires with no tubes.

Each combination is different for everyone but those were my results. Best 60' on stiff wall were 1.42. compared to a non stiff wall with 1.38.

LT1TONY_

Thanks for posting the video!!

AChotrod

iTrader: (17)

Brain put your top back on now please. lol

quik95lt1

iTrader: (7)

hahahaha i heard skizzy say that too........."would the owner of the green 3rd gen please put your top back on!!! thank you..."

good stuff good stuff.......i cant wait till next year!!

CamaroRacing12

iTrader: (5)

how much cam they could get away with? didnt we deciede you needed to run a bone stock lt1 cam? i'd like to keep this class a bolt on only class as much as possible rather then a stock internals class to be honest. encourages the street cars to enter and keeps away the stockers.

ahhh i wish i got to run you N/A in time trials! would of been a good race a hotcammed car tuned for spray against a bolt on only car!

ah man did we talk at all? legit you were the one guy i wanted to meet the entire day i just thought u ended up not coming.. and what happened i thought u were going to run the scales?

been looking up to u for a long time thx for all the advice and parts man. i've tried to soak up as much knowledge from you over the years. how'd i do? lol

same here man me and u came the furthest 18 hours me about 20 hours.

i hear ya on the fuel costs it costed me about $1,000 in fuel and im just a recent college graduate with noo $$ it sux but it was one thing i have always wanted to do! and it was well worth all the money in the world!

joelster

Next year we should get name tags!