hey i thought i recognized that car!, i was out there saturday night. your vette was haulin ***, everyone was talkin about it. good runs! good drivin!

 

great run, I had a few questions. Sounded like you were in 4th gear going through the trap. What RPM and what tire size ?? The reason I ask is I've been wanting to go 4:10's but everybody says I'll regret it. The 1st gear in my C5Z M6 is short and they say I'll probably be row'in it to 5th before the lights. Just wanted to here it from someone who's been there done that.

Thanks...

 

O, and bye the way what did it run N/A ?? And if you would be willing to tell me some cam info ?? Haha... Your C5 is very similar to my project, so of course I'm interested .

 

Damn dude, thing moved the **** out.

 

Thanks, man! I seen all you guys out there but I couldnt make it out and about because I was with family.

 

Thanks, man!

I was in 4th gear. I have 4.10's of course and I run a 28X10.0X16 in the rear. I come across the traps at between 6900 rpms if its a good run. I wouldnt go 4.10's in a C5Z because you have the MN12 tranny which is geared different than the M6 in the reg Corvettes (unless you have done a swap to the M6). Ive never had to go into fifth at this point but the cam and valvetrain helps a lot with that. Im actually reving the car at some points to 7300-7400 rpms.

The cam is a small nitrous grind. Its a Cartek 2X cam and the specs are 228-232 582/598 116. I dont mind putting the numbers out there because Cartek wouldnt give me a cam card or tell me what the cam was but I have an email from them when the cam got installed telling me what their Cam Pro read it as. LOL

On motor (without the two step) I ran an 11.3 at Temple Acadamy but im sure at San An I can get it into the 10's on motor. Much better hooking track.

 

Thanks, man!

 

nice run

 

Hey not to get off topic, BUT... It seems you have a pretty good handle on the nitrous. My project is almost put back together. Where I need the advice is gearing with tire size in reguards to running nitrous. I'd like to keep the factory 18's with DR's so sizes are limited. Gearing it for a N/A run is pretty easy math, but how should I calculate for a 125-175 wet shot ? By the way the car is a C5Z, 346, 6speed, should be around 430rwhp N/A. I'll be shifting around 6600. Any input would be greatly appriceated.

 

Well thats going to be kind of hard. the C5Z has the MN12 so its gearing is a little different than the M6 in mine. I rev my car to 7000 on motor and spray. When im spraying im coming across the line between 6700 and 6900 running a 28" Hoosier with a 150 shot at 136 mph. Im not sure on a 18" rim how that equate to a 28" tire but you will definetly need at least a 28" side wall when you spray.

For what its worth... I wouldnt run a DR. Too much of a possibility of wheel how with a radial and thats what will blow the rear end.

 

Yeah, I've always ran slicks on previous projects. Just wanted to give the DR's a chance. Because I get a lot of "street" encounters. But at the track it will be slicks for sure! So gearing is the main question, with the ZO6 6speed gearing its hard to nail down a diff gear that will be decent for a N/A blast but not over rev on a nitrous run. So I'll look forward to some opinions on gearing or some proven combos.

 

i hear ya no biggie, next time i see ya out there ill come say hello!

 

What kind of clutch are you running ?

 

Congrats. Nice awesome runs!

 

I'm running a Spec stage 3 with the billet aluminum flywheel.

 

Cool! I'm already getting excited about getting back home from overseas and I haven't even left yet. Lol it's going to be a looonnng year!!

 

Thanks, man!!

 

I was out there at midnight madness that night. Your car was flying. Hopefully I can get my 6 speed down the track a little better next time. Beautiful car!

 

Thanks. I look forward to meeting some of you guys the next time I go out there. I will post up here next time we go. It won't be till next year though. I'm headed back across the big lake again next week.

 

Please tell me you don't have CATS.