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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Grimlock1968
...And dont forget what Shinerbock said, buy good used parts (at least locally so you can kick the guys azz if he's a fraud) when you can. I have found a few things that popped up for almost half the price right after I bought the same thing brand new.

thanks for the addvice. i do think that is a good idea about holding off on buying parts for my car. i've been reading tons of stuff on the website.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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so the last few days i went 2 the track 2 see what my 1/4 mile time was. friday night i ran a 14.1 (best time out of 5 runs) sat morning ran a 14.2 (best out of 4 runs) sat night i ran a 13.9 for my first run and smoked a dodge charger and then ran a 13.801! so damn close 2 a 13.7! its 100% stock and wanted 2 see where i stand before i start doing my upgrades. what do stock T/A run? i thought they run around low 14s. am i right?



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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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Do you know what the DA was? You should be well into the 13s if the DA wasn't anything rediculous (a few bone stock LS1 F-bodies have even seen 12s). Work on that launch!

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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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how do i launch a auto?
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