New best in the Z

[ar0ck]

12's are so close I can taste them. I'll be back next week hopefully at Atco or Island.

1st Run w/ Cut-Out open
R/t - .199
60' - 2.296
330 - 5.835
1/8 - 8.672
MPH - 87.40
1000 - 11.112
1/4 - 13.156
MPH - 110.38

2nd Run W/ Cut-Out closed
R/t - -.024 (Red Light, who cares)
60' - 2.349
330 - 5.923
1/8 - 8.710
MPH - 88.89
1000 - 11.077
1/4 - 13.070
MPH - 112.97

All on my stock 16" Bridgestone Potenza 245's @ 18psi. No burn-outs, just rolled up to the light and staged at 3k RPM's and slipped it out at the light. Launches to me were pretty good, but there was some tire slippage as expected but I think I controlled it pretty good.

[Tru2Chevy]

That's really high 11 / low 12 second mph Alex....you need to launch that thing! You might have been better off with the fatter tires, even if they don't have much sidewall to flex.

Go update the Timeslip list!

- Justin

[Mike]

yeah alex your only trapping a little lower than me.......the car has a TON in it for you to work with, congrats to you and to josh for turning out a killer product.

let me know when your going back to the track and ill try to make it down

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

yeah alex your only trapping a little lower than me.......the car has a TON in it for you to work with, congrats to you and to josh for turning out a killer product.

let me know when your going back to the track and ill try to make it down

Or up if he goes to Island :nod:. Congrats man! I hear ryan told you 12s or bust when i told him how you did last night.

[JSPERFORMANCE]

slide rule says a perfect run is 11.76... get that thing outta da hole just remember you only have a 10 bolt back there.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

slide rule says a perfect run is 11.76... get that thing outta da hole just remember you only have a 10 bolt back there.

He'll save his rear as long as he doesn't get sticky tires....never get enough traction to break the rear, like Paul! :-P

[JSPERFORMANCE]

Its a stick shift..... Dosent have to hook to break. wheel hop is enough.

[bad64chevelle]

He'll save his rear as long as he doesn't get sticky tires....never get enough traction to break the rear, like Paul! :-P

I broke my 10bolt on the street :shrug:


Nice times Alex, that car has ALOT left in it.

[slaptastic]

You're almost there, Alex. I'm heading to the track as soon as I get mine tuned. I'm gonna shoot for low 12's. I definitely think you can do better. I had the same speed with my 12.85 last year.

[Blackbirdws6]

glad to hear you finally got it to the track. what are the specs on the motor? cam?. Did you weight the car? There is certainly more in it. Good luck.

-Brian

[68pont455]

email melissa at island or post on the track rental thread for 04/18 island track rental. you will have enough runs to figure out your launch technique and maybe hit some of those faster et's your looking for.

[bubba428]

yea dude you need to open that thing up off the line, I'm running more than a second slower and cutting 60's 3 tenths faster, with 215s and a ton of hop

[Mike]

yea dude you need to open that thing up off the line, I'm running more than a second slower and cutting 60's 3 tenths faster, with 215s and a ton of hop

runnind a second slower helps your 60 compared to his, the power difference is huge, you also have an automatic.......its not a comparison

[ar0ck]

That's really high 11 / low 12 second mph Alex....you need to launch that thing! You might have been better off with the fatter tires, even if they don't have much sidewall to flex.
- Justin

The problem with running the 18's and the 315's is the tires rub when I accelerate, and I haven't rolled the fenders yet so any wider then a 275 is going to rub and tear life off the tires.

glad to hear you finally got it to the track. what are the specs on the motor? cam?. Did you weight the car? There is certainly more in it. Good luck.

-Brian

Its just a healthy cammed LT1 :mrgreen:

I'm going to search for a used pair of 275/16 or 17" drag radials.

[IROCdan330]

With that kind of power I hope your 10 bolt will last a couple of good launches for you so you can get that 11 second slip.

Almost 113 MPH is down right awesome man...congrats!

[bubba428]

runnind a second slower helps your 60 compared to his, the power difference is huge, you also have an automatic.......its not a comparison

true, but he should be sub 2.0

[IROCdan330]

true, but he should be sub 2.0

The way Alex's car is setup suspension wise (auto-x if im not mistaken), with a heavy road race k-member up front, a "healthy" lt1, 6 speed, and 245 street tires...his 60' isn't that bad, and a little more seat time it might come down, but sub 2.0 with that setup might be hard.

A low horsepower car with decent gearing and an automatic has more of a chance getting a sub 2.0 60' and raping his car out of the hole...because he will most likely be spinning through his first 3 gears or feathering the throttle to try and get ahold of the ground.

[Mike]

why? it was his first time launching the new set up and he was using 18 inch street tires

it will take some getting used to and maybe a tire, and he will get those short times easily

[sweetbmxrider]

All on my stock 16" Bridgestone Potenza 245's @ 18psi.

not 18's

[IROCdan330]

no need to nitpick, what cbrrmike said still applies.

[Mike]

ok, he would have been better off on the 18s with the better/wider tires...

[JSPERFORMANCE]

the suspension in alex's car will not allow enough weight transfer even with it softened all the way up. The best you can do with a car like that is run the math off of the MPH on the big end..

[Mike]

i think all the 14-16 second guys need to get off alex's case.

[bubba428]

i'm note "on his case", I'm just saying the 60' is kinda high for that kinda time

[JSPERFORMANCE]

i think all the 14-16 second guys need to get off alex's case.

or race him for $$$ since they have so much to say..

[IROCdan330]

i'm note "on his case", I'm just saying the 60' is kinda high for that kinda time

thats what high horsepower cars on street tires do. its not unusual by any means.

[bubba428]

thats what high horsepower cars on street tires do. its not unusual by any means.

think you got jokes....ok, thats fine

[IROCdan330]

think you got jokes....ok, thats fine

who is laughing? im dead serious.

[Teds89IROC]

glad you finally got it out to the track! we need at least some 12's now lol

[deadtrend1]

who is laughing? im dead serious.

I'm laughing now. :lol:

Congrats on the new times Alex...

[Mike]

bubba, how about when josh puts my clutch in, i let you try to launch it without bogging or spinning the etstreets.....then you can comment

[bubba428]

bubba, how about when josh puts my clutch in, i let you try to launch it without bogging or spinning the etstreets.....then you can comment

OK, you really think I can't handle that car?

[Mike]

no, my car is slow. i just dont think you couldnt launch it your first time out, which is what this thread is about

[bubba428]

just get your clutch...I'm not going to argue about this retarded crap anymore.

Congrats on the times alex, the cars got alot more in it

[Mike]

wanna buy it?

[deadtrend1]

wanna buy it?

ehhh, good clutches are overrated ...... :nod:

[IROCdan330]

bubba, how about when josh puts my clutch in, i let you try to launch it without bogging or spinning the etstreets.....then you can comment

one of Josh's clutches...

I would say even before the whole "launch" part...staging without stalling would be a feat in itself.

I dont think I could do that...but then again im not a world class driver either.

[Mike]

one of Josh's clutches...

I would say even before the whole "launch" part...staging without stalling would be a feat in itself.

I dont think I could do that...but then again im not a world class driver either.

well theres that, and the fact that it gets launched somewhere in the vincinity of the revlimiter

[12secondv6]

I watched Alex make his first pass..... he spun pretty bad.

Considering that this was his first time out in a while.... and a drastically different car, he did pretty damn good.

The mph shows the true potential. His car will never be a super 1/4 mile king.... it is a road race car... very difficult to 1/4 mile race and get super low 60's etc.

Don't worry alex, you did quite fine first time out - keep it up.

[WayFast84]

CONGRATS alex!, It must of felt good!

Bubba when are you gonna learn to just shut your mouth?

[JerzyIroc]

nipples

[Pampered-Z]

Nice times, keep practicing, launching our cars does take some time to learn. And that MPH is killer. Start saving for a 12 bolt. I use Nitto DRs and launch easy to try the save the rear, same deal, 2.1 60s rolling into it off the line. But both times I broke it, it was down track on the 1-2 or 2-3 shifts.

Go do some bracket racing! My old setup I was running 13.0 @ 109. People will think they have you covered at the 1000' mark and back off, then you go tearing past them the last 100'! :twisted:

[GP99GT]

let me drive it....low 12s will be had

[ar0ck]

let me drive it....low 12s will be had

The price to drive it will equal the cost of a Dana S60, Moser 12-Bolt, or Strange 9"

[JSPERFORMANCE]

Told you that you would be drag racing it!!!!

[ar0ck]

Told you that you would be drag racing it!!!!

I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a slouch in a straight line :mrgreen:

Once I knock off a sub 12 second or faster time slip I'll be happy and have it out of my system, but now I've got the bug to obtain those times.

[Tru2Chevy]

If you wanna knock off a sub 12 second slip, your gonna need tires and some prayers (for the 10 bolt).

- Justin

[98tadriver]

back in december of 05' I ran a 12.97 @ 110 mph in my 98 m6 with a lid/catback new clutch and 17" street tires, full weight. how come your times are slower? your mph is a lil higher but timewise, its slower. dont get much seat time at the track?

[98tadriver]

He'll save his rear as long as he doesn't get sticky tires....never get enough traction to break the rear, like Paul! :-P

I beg to differ there. i broke my first 10bolt in march or april of 06 on street tires!

[Mike]

back in december of 05' I ran a 12.97 @ 110 mph in my 98 m6 with a lid/catback new clutch and 17" street tires, full weight. how come your times are slower? your mph is a lil higher but timewise, its slower. dont get much seat time at the track?

it was his first time out on a drasticly new setup and i dont think he had all that much track time under his ass to begin with

[JSPERFORMANCE]

plus his car is set up for minimal weight transfer even at the loosest settings his front struts are still way stiffer than stockers