I just ran my 1998 camaro z28 at the track for the 1st time

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Old 04-15-2010, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by GTRACER88
Come on lemons... give him some break.. He only has 3 posts. I know it gets tiring but at least give him a link to go in the rights direction. Then tell him to search.
Sorry.. Been in a bad mood past week, long story.

http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...r_free_mod.htm
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins..._bump_stop.htm
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...am_air_mod.htm
http://www.installuniversity.com/lsx...documents.html
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins.../tb_bypass.htm

Might have posted some twice.. Also you can descreen your maf.
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Originally Posted by pimpinpaco
What do you mean what i DA?
Density Altitude.. It is the main contributing factor of why cars run better in some conditions and worse in others... Heat/humidity/elevation play a roll in making you run slower times.. Go to a lower elevation track in cool weather and you could potentially knock off .5 or more, all depends..

A DA of 2000+ is about average
3000+ is on the high side
1000+ or less in good air

The rest of us dream of running in -DA.

This is also where a lot of "internet numbers" come from. When someone says, "my buddy ran 12.9@110mph BONE stock". That doesn't necessarily mean his car is faster than a car that ran 13.4@107mph. The 12.9 car could be running in a -DA and the other could be running in a 3000+ DA. Which would make the 13.4 car faster (if DA was equal of course).

Hence why when comparing setups or drag times you have to ask what DA is or it tells you little. Just like if you run in June and run 13.5 in a bone stock 2.73 car and then change gears to 373s and run in February with a 12.8.. Guess what, gears didn't make you drop almost a full second, DA did.

Hope that explained it a little bit.

Link- http://www.dragtimes.com/da-density-...ect+ET+and+MPH
Pretty self explanatory, just keep your slips after you run.

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Also you can descreen your maf.
i wouldn't recommend doing that for a daily driver. leave the screen on and if you are gonna track the car, just get another stocker and take the screen out and swap them out at the track.
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Originally Posted by KL20
i wouldn't recommend doing that for a daily driver. leave the screen on and if you are gonna track the car, just get another stocker and take the screen out and swap them out at the track.
Why? Me and countless other people have been doing it for years with no problems, but seriously i am curious why you said that.
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If it's a 3.23 geared car the following will net you mid 12's. Good set of DR's on your 16 inch stockers, longtubes, 3200 stall, tune, and a lid. I had a buddy that ran mid 12's all day with this combo on a 99 z28 auto.

Also, keep it out of overdive, and turn off the asr if you have it.

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Oops, it's an m6. Well then, for mild bolt ons, do the same minus the stall. Then get 4.11's.
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For free mods installuniversity is AWESOME .. check them out. Heres another one just incase too .. LS1Howto.com. There is tons of info on stalls and coolers on the auto trans section. Just go there and start reading .. you will learn alot.
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Originally Posted by KL20
i wouldn't recommend doing that for a daily driver. leave the screen on and if you are gonna track the car, just get another stocker and take the screen out and swap them out at the track.
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Why? Me and countless other people have been doing it for years with no problems, but seriously i am curious why you said that.
There are **** TONS of people that have had zero of problems with them.. You would have about just as much trouble with that as the TB bypass.
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Originally Posted by redz_02
If it's a 3.23 geared car the following will net you mid 12's. Good set of DR's on your 16 inch stockers, longtubes, 3200 stall, tune, and a lid. I had a buddy that ran mid 12's all day with this combo on a 99 z28 auto.

Also, keep it out of overdive, and turn off the asr if you have it.
yea I guess I have 3.23 gears on mine to. I have the black 17's ZR1's on my car. I keep my car on drive, my car don't got ASR. I been looking into getting a SLP Lid SLP MAF sensor and a tune for my car right now. Fast Friday (the event at the motorplex) won't b till 05/14/10 I got some time


and is koo lemons12, thanks for the links.
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I've seen in the past as well as myself that over time it seemed there was a carbon buildup on the sensors inside the MAF which caused them to misread and cause engine issues. Nothing major, just bogging and little things. But also the risk of sucking something through to the intake is possible. That could be a rare chance but still could happen. Maybe it's just me being overly-cautious, I don't know.
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....all the mods in the world won't make you faster until you can plant the power you already have.

Like was said multiple times before.........you need tires. And practice launching a little.

But, on a side note, I'd recommend checking out Dallas Raceway. IMHO, much better track.




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