snake95

I'm jellyfish of those with time to fix things like bent axles

This weekend, I hope...

big hammer

just do it and then run that **** meat sandwich.

snake95

I'm trying to get it in this weekend, have studs and 2 spare axles in the garage. Getting new differential cover bolts, too, since I twisted a head off of one of the stock ones when I changed the fluid a few months ago.

big hammer

is the bolt still in there?

snake95

Yes, but it snapped off clean at the head, so there's 1/4-1/2" of the bolt's shaft still protruding from the carrier itself. When I pull the cover off, it "should" turn right out.

Sticks n Stones

Me and my brother personally witnessed two brand new straight off the dealer lot 2002 SS verts running 12.9's back to back back in 2002. My brother was shocked and even looked the cars over (along with a bunch of mustang and fellow LS1 fbody guys) to verify it was stock. My brothers bone stock 2000 M6 firebird ran 13.4's on crappy all season tires with 2.76? or 3.08? gears at same time the vert SS's were running 12.9's on there summer tires. Temps were in the 80's and track was Seattle International Raceways (now Pacific Raceways), a slow track according to everyone who knows it.

big hammer

best way is to weld a nut on it.. if you have access to one.

snake95

If it doesn't just turn out with vice grips, that's what I'll do.

HioSSilver

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Not at all off in reality. Very much right on par actually.
Go buy one dude.......put your money where your mouth is instead of 3 cheese burgers.
For starters I don't even really consider a 03 04 cobro to be direct competitors with the fcar. The base price was separated by $13,000. That alone puts them in different categories imo. Besides that it was made after the fcars stopped being made. I also never seen where they were very dominant. .......still don't after owning a termi swapped notch.
They were as quick as 13.3 in tests. I consider that a very doable time. The great part is there is a very large amount that has been faster. Unlike the furd **** that most have problems even equalling the mag times.
Not.....I would much rather agree with him than you.
I don't use them as gospel. I use the as the best indicator to what they are capable of in stock form in similar conditions.
You also stated evan smith ran over 100 passes to get there. I'm calling bullshit. A stock fcar clutch won't last 100 passes hardly and if it does it is for sure out of its prime.
The apparatus on top your engine makes its own negative da.......jus sayin

islander033

So blowers aren't affected by DA? Or do you think that it's the same as a turbo?

"MAC"

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DA and weather, temperature can change through out the day man. Only real test is to have the same person driving 2 different cars at the same time but bc that is impossible people use magazine as a base line and its hero run times by more experienced drives as its limitations. In other words you should be wanting to drive faster than the magazine's drivers did and try to be as close as possible or set a new record.

islander033

Most mags correct for DA to try and even the playing field.

Gt4urass

I truly enjoy you being here, but if you think, for even one shred of a second that anything spewing from your smelly gape is to be taken seriously, seek help. The fact that Hio agrees with you on occasion just shows how desperate he is to prove his incorrect points...you just happen to be the closest straw to grasp.

OVA1

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Turbos and blowers were originally designed to enhance performance of aircraft at altitude.

SOooo... While all I/C engines suffer at lower density altitude, forced induction was designed as the cure for that effect.

Irunelevens

True story again.
Crutch*. Especially for a blower. A turbo operating with a wastegate will boost until it hits a certain psi, a blower will only spin as fast as engine rpm/pulley size allow it to. So the further away from sea level it gets, the less boost is being crammed into the engine.

OVA1

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The farther from sea-level, the lower the density of the air, thus less air available to be sucked OR pushed into the engine. Forced induction shoves more air into the engine, without regard to where that engine is, relevant to sea-level.

There seems to be an attempt here, to debate something that is otherwise irrefutable. What would be the purpose of such a debate?

HioSSilver

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Because they want to use the same correction factor equation as a n/a car should. They think their fi engine is affected the same way.....it's not.

Sticks n Stones

supercharged cars barely suffer from bad DA like Ova1 is saying. That's a irrefutable fact and if you are arguing it then you don't know what the hell you are talking about. He never said it doesn't make any difference, just that it is minor.

Irunelevens

Who's debating? Think of it more as an augmentation.
I don't think anybody here thinks that, actually.
Again, don't see anybody arguing. But as I said, it is not a "cure" for altitude. It doesn't make it all better, it just helps to offset the damage done by high altitude/DA. You guys need to stop looking for fights where there are none

big hammer

while boosted cars do suffer some, it's maybe half of the correction as an n\a application.

http://www.dragtimes.com/da-density-...calculator.php