1/4 mile time question
 

what do you think this car would run in the 1/4?

its a 96 trans am lt-1 with 90k miles with an slp cold air intake, and a borla exhaust. its a 6 speed manual. and its running on normal street tires with good tread, also he said he has upgraded gears..i duno what....

thanks guys

13's.. any suspension mods?

Should be in drag racing section I think. And as usual, it depends largely on the driver, especially being a stick. Could be as good as 13.6, could be any time slower, depending on basically everything.

yeah sorry about the sectioning lol.. no suspension mods, i was just curious because i might buy this car and i wanted to see what it might run

traction depending.....high 13s

yea .. i vote for high 13's.

Another vote for high 13's

First time @ the track... 14.2 @ 97

I had a hard time getting into 13's at first with mine the first time. I thought is was just me sucking

Well you do <3 the taste lol

different type of sucking alltogether.....

haha..i'm just curious about the times, i just want to get more mods then take it to the track, pro 5.0 shifter, electric water pump, t-stat and headers so it might be a little time before i take it to the track.:lol:

make sure you get some good tires. i had an lt1 before my trans am and it was hard to hook even when it was near stock. the torque is just crazy.

If you want to have fun with the car at the track and on the occasional empty road, do suspension stuff first. Get yourself a good torque arm and LCA's before you worry about adding a bunch of power.

yeah, thats what my brother and other ppl were saying, thanks for the tip

i vote for high thirteens.


lca's are an awesome mod. have em on my 98. theyre slick

suspension mods and a good tire ftw

what are LCAs?

LCA = Lower control arms

E-town, October, 3:42's, stock tires: 13.9
E-town, October, 3:42's, drag radials: 13.7
E-town, October, 3:42's, dr's, headers- slp loudmouth: 13.3

Launching a manual 4th gen takes allot of practice. You can't just dump the clutch and go, so getting your 60' times to near 2.0 is key to running in the mid - low 13s.

What gears can have a big effect on your ETs. Without good tires 3:73s and 4:10 can actually hurt your ETs are traction becomes a big problem.

What my car was a heads/cam package I went from 3:42s to 3:73s I lost ET due to traction problems and not really having enough HP to get the car to pull hard in 4th gear. Car was allot more consistent with the 3:42s for bracket racing.

So 14.0 to 13.6 is my guess.