Is My Z A Freak?
You never know whats done to a car. I always thought I was being optimistic when I thought my car was a "freaK" since I was beating cars I shouldn't have. My car was 100% stock externally, but had ported heads and 1.6 rockers without me knowing it.
^ Agreed.
It depends on how well the care has been taken care of, and the condition of the drivetrain. Sure they are made to be harped on some... but some cars are just ragged out.
My Hardtop 95 with only a K&N air filter, new 245/50's and Mobil 1 ran a 13.89 @ 99.
Not to shabby for a nearly stock A4 2.73 car.
It depends on how well the care has been taken care of, and the condition of the drivetrain. Sure they are made to be harped on some... but some cars are just ragged out.
My Hardtop 95 with only a K&N air filter, new 245/50's and Mobil 1 ran a 13.89 @ 99.
Not to shabby for a nearly stock A4 2.73 car.
On The Tree
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From: Northern Kentucky
Seems the LT1s are all over the board like the LS1 cars. My 94 Z28 6-speed went 12.98 @ 108.87 MPH with M/T radials, a basic PCM tune, home ported throttle body, Moroso CAI, Random Tech cat back, MSD 6AL and Blaster coil. I still had stock manifolds and a single cat y-pipe. DA was about +1100 ft and car weighs 3625 with me in it.
My 01 Formula is an A4 car (3.23s) and went 12.76 @ 108.81 MPH with a lid and drag radials. Bone stock otherwise. DA was about +900 ft.
Weather and altitude and the biggest factors in ET variances on stock cars. Sometimes those manufacturing variances work out in your favor too.
My 01 Formula is an A4 car (3.23s) and went 12.76 @ 108.81 MPH with a lid and drag radials. Bone stock otherwise. DA was about +900 ft.
Weather and altitude and the biggest factors in ET variances on stock cars. Sometimes those manufacturing variances work out in your favor too.
Launching!
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From: Lewisville, TX
hell no. you don't want a monday car, the guy's still trying to recover from the weekend. you don't want a friday car, he can't wait to leave for the weekend. wednesday, the guy to get, he's recovered and hea hasn't got anything to look forward to so he just gets the job done and right.
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On The Tree
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From: Northern Kentucky
Sounds like some poor tuning or poor cam selection. See above post, I did almost 109 MPH with minor bolt ons and a basic program. I know of another 94 Z that went 111+ MPH with full bolt ons and 1.6 roller rockers, stock heads and cam.
, though I think Ill be going Ls1 . 
My car traps a 107 with just bolt one not even all the bolt on at that. I still need to do rockers, electric water pump, under drive pulley(Most likely wont do) I Mods that made a difference was long tubes, madz28 tune and cutout. Car has 154k on it at that, just getting stronger with age.
On The Tree
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Jditlfm, is that a mail order tune? Get a good hands on program in the car and you'll be amazed at the difference. Mail order tunes aren't perfect for every car in any way. The program in your car cannot be optimised unless it is done for your specific vehicle. Two identically equipped vehicles will like two different programs.
We put a quick program out of another bolt-on car into mine at the track just to see if it would help and I went from 105 MPH to mid 108 MPH range. Over the winter I put the car on the dyno for some tuning and gained another 18 HP at the wheels. I haven't hit the track with it yet but the dyno numbers and seat-of-the-pants dyno feel say enough for me.
Simply put, LT1s LOVE a good tune....and they NEED a good hands on program to ralise their full potential. Not a mail order.
We put a quick program out of another bolt-on car into mine at the track just to see if it would help and I went from 105 MPH to mid 108 MPH range. Over the winter I put the car on the dyno for some tuning and gained another 18 HP at the wheels. I haven't hit the track with it yet but the dyno numbers and seat-of-the-pants dyno feel say enough for me.
Simply put, LT1s LOVE a good tune....and they NEED a good hands on program to ralise their full potential. Not a mail order.
Mine is a bolt on mail order tuned stock rocker LT1 and I ran neck and neck with an intake only LS2 M6 gto. We were in the same weather so ti couldnt have worked in my favor.
Jditlfm, is that a mail order tune? Get a good hands on program in the car and you'll be amazed at the difference. Mail order tunes aren't perfect for every car in any way. The program in your car cannot be optimised unless it is done for your specific vehicle. Two identically equipped vehicles will like two different programs.
We put a quick program out of another bolt-on car into mine at the track just to see if it would help and I went from 105 MPH to mid 108 MPH range. Over the winter I put the car on the dyno for some tuning and gained another 18 HP at the wheels. I haven't hit the track with it yet but the dyno numbers and seat-of-the-pants dyno feel say enough for me.
Simply put, LT1s LOVE a good tune....and they NEED a good hands on program to ralise their full potential. Not a mail order.
We put a quick program out of another bolt-on car into mine at the track just to see if it would help and I went from 105 MPH to mid 108 MPH range. Over the winter I put the car on the dyno for some tuning and gained another 18 HP at the wheels. I haven't hit the track with it yet but the dyno numbers and seat-of-the-pants dyno feel say enough for me.
Simply put, LT1s LOVE a good tune....and they NEED a good hands on program to ralise their full potential. Not a mail order.