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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 04:56 PM
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So I'll be getting another LT1 car in the next couple of weeks. My last one was an M6 with bolt ons and 3.73s. It ran 13.4 on mismatched street tires. Anyways, I want an A4 this time. I will have roughly 1500$ left to spend after purchasing the car. I was thinking gears and stall maybe nitrous if I can scrape up enough extra cash. Probably going to run a Yank 3600 or similar with 3.73s. What can I expect in the 1/4 with only the stall and gears? I'm thinking low 13's? That is before I gut the fat bastard and N2O. Is that a reasonable expectation?
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So I'll be getting another LT1 car in the next couple of weeks. My last one was an M6 with bolt ons and 3.73s. It ran 13.4 on mismatched street tires. Anyways, I want an A4 this time. I will have roughly 1500$ left to spend after purchasing the car. I was thinking gears and stall maybe nitrous if I can scrape up enough extra cash. Probably going to run a Yank 3600 or similar with 3.73s. What can I expect in the 1/4 with only the stall and gears? I'm thinking low 13's? That is before I gut the fat bastard and N2O. Is that a reasonable expectation?
Low 13s is very reasonable with all supporting mods (intake, exhaust, headers, at least LCAs and TQ arm for suspension, a good tire, etc).

With bolt-ons + 3200 stall and DRs I ran 12.8s with a tired old ~145k engine, and some have gone a lot faster with similar mods.
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