Racers.... post your times

[LowETz]

"gave away"? Ouch. Damn nice 60' on a 3600# all steel body w/9" slicks.... that gear didn't hurt a bit either.

[lowsonoma1999]

'69 Camaro
496ci big block
never on dyno
powerglide, with Coan transbrake
best pass was with 4.52s, now has 4.10s (slowed it down to stop breaking transmissions and torque converters)
9.07 1/4 @ 148 1.24 60'
Hoosier 33x14x15 slicks
~2600lbs with driver
www.agbulletracing.com <--website
video of a 9.12 pass last year -->http://www.agbulletracing.com/Videos/04video2.wmv

[LowETz]

Nice car and a real clean pass! Loved that launch/60' from the in car camera! Sounded like that 4.52 had you tapping the limiter a bit through the lights. What did the 4.10 do to ET vs. the 4.52?

Thanx for posting up!

[lowsonoma1999]

Originally Posted by LowETz

Nice car and a real clean pass! Loved that launch/60' from the in car camera! Sounded like that 4.52 had you tapping the limiter a bit through the lights. What did the 4.10 do to ET vs. the 4.52?

Thanx for posting up!

On a good cool day we can now get into the high 9.30s. We also blew another motor earlier this year, and tried a new engine builder. Slowed down another tenth after he built the motor. He didn't like the cam we were using, so he put something else in, and obviously it didn't work. Also dropped launch RPMs down to 4400, from 4800. Last year we did a lot of Super Gas racing, and went through 2 transmissions and 4 torque converters. Thats why we changed gears. One thing we did learn, Coan torque converters suck for Super Gas racing.

[chevytrucks92]

Its interesting that you mention launch RPMs. We went from launching at 3800 rpms to 3400 rpms before I blowed up my 406 and there was no drop off in performance.

We even raised it to 3600 RPMs for one weekend to see if it would pick it up a little and all it did was throw off my reaction times.

I'm back to launching at 3800 RPMs with this 355. Probably could go a little higher but I think it'd just lead to alot of breakdowns.

Before I drove we did leave on 4400 rpms with a TCI converter. Swapped that to a B&M and that's when the sub 4000 rpm launches started, lol. With a B&M converter and a 406 leaving at 4400 rpms, the car was big time radical and impossible to drive. It'd just come up way too high, lol.

[LowETz]

Hey Chevytrucks.... are you running any travel limiters on the car?

[chevytrucks92]

Wheelie bars. We also have a steel cable on the driver side running from the front to the rear to try and reduce body roll.

We also have metal braces bolted to the heads and frame to try and keep the motor from twisting (again, trying to minimize body roll).

There's only so much you can do with a Vega and their 96 inch wheelbase though. I think we've got the 4-link and rear shocks adjusted pretty close now. It doesn't twist very much at all and it just does bring the left front off the ground. Of course, I dont have near the motor that it has had, but even with the 406, it didnt twist too bad (by twist I mean bring the left front way higher then the right front).

[bigbadbowtie]

1) Car
2) Motor- 4,6,8,10 cyl.
3) Horsepower/Torque, NA/PA
4) Transmission- auto/stall, manual/pro shifted
5) Gear
6) 60', ET, MPH... NA/PA
7) Tire- street radial/ drag radial/ slick
8) Race weight


1978 z28 camaro. glass hood/trunk lid,cage,
355 sbc lunati roller,TFS heads,flat top pump gas engine.
No idea of what it makes.
th350 TCI manual valve body with a 9" 4000 stall
4.56 with a spool
best 60 has been a 1.52,best MPH was 127, best ET 10.78 in 1/4 Its been quick enough 1/8 to run in the 10.6x range.
28x11.5 et streets
3440 without me.

All passes have been footbraked,on pump 93 octane and 125 shot of nitrous.

[Slowprocess]

1) 99 Chevrolet Silverado RCSB
2) 6.0L V8
3) No dyno
4) 4l60e, 3000 stall, put it in D and go
5) 3.73
6) 1.92(spinning), 1/8th-7.60@91.7mph No 1/4 mile before tranny screwed up
7) Mickey Thompson ET Street
8) 4400 lbs
9) stock leaf spring setup with 3/4 drop

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by bigbadbowtie

125 shot of nitrous.

Shit, I was going to say there's no way a 3500 pound car with a flat top 355 running on pump gas runs 10.70s.

[90redgt]

1) 1990 5.0 Mustang GT
2) 331 5.4L stroker
3) 352rwhp- N/A
4) TKO 600 w/ pro5o shifter handle
5) 3.73 gears
6) 1.95, 12.77, 115 MPH... NA.
7) Drag radial
8) Full weight, nothing taken out (hatchback)

[DeViL]

'01 S-10 Xtreme 2wd auto
-Hypertech Power Programmer
-Headers
-Cat-back exhaust
-4.10 Gears

10.2 <- 1/8th mile
*Soon to be improved with M/T ET Streets and a supercharger.

'88 Trans Am GTA auto
-Factory Stock, full weight
-5.7L V8

9.6 <- 1/8th mile

[-Jayson-]

no offense devil but looking at your 1/8th mile im kinda glad now i didnt get an S10 extreme. I thought they would be good for alteast a 15 second quarter mile. My stock automatic Z24 cavalier ran 10.3

[Chiquae07]

1) 2001 Nissan Sentra Se
2) 4 cylinder high port sr20de
3) crank 160/130 maybe, N/A
4) Auto
5) Stock...can't find out what they are,,,
6) dont remember,dont remember, 15.8
7) street
8) took out back seat and air freshiner....

[LowETz]

Originally Posted by bigbadbowtie

1) Car
2) Motor- 4,6,8,10 cyl.
3) Horsepower/Torque, NA/PA
4) Transmission- auto/stall, manual/pro shifted
5) Gear
6) 60', ET, MPH... NA/PA
7) Tire- street radial/ drag radial/ slick
8) Race weight


1978 z28 camaro. glass hood/trunk lid,cage,
355 sbc lunati roller,TFS heads,flat top pump gas engine.
No idea of what it makes.
th350 TCI manual valve body with a 9" 4000 stall
4.56 with a spool
best 60 has been a 1.52,best MPH was 127, best ET 10.78 in 1/4 Its been quick enough 1/8 to run in the 10.6x range.
28x11.5 et streets
3440 without me.

All passes have been footbraked,on pump 93 octane and 125 shot of nitrous.

Ray-
Sounds nice.... got pics or vids?