Watch out once I get my tranny fixed/upgraded I should be breaking into 15s.
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Originally Posted by ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='Feb. 05 2002,22:18
Watch out once I get my tranny fixed/upgraded I should be breaking into 15s.
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It seems a bit odd to me to risk breaking my car to run so slow. If you arent breaking 13's, seems like a waste of time to beat on the car, and pay to do it at a dragstrip as well. But thats just me.
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Feb. 11 2002,16:03
It seems a bit odd to me to risk breaking my car to run so slow. If you arent breaking 13's, seems like a waste of time to beat on the car, and pay to do it at a dragstrip as well. But thats just me.
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Feb. 10 2002,16:03
It seems a bit odd to me to risk breaking my car to run so slow. If you arent breaking 13's, seems like a waste of time to beat on the car, and pay to do it at a dragstrip as well. But thats just me.
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I guess you have a point. I went to the track once with my 1981 Cutlass ( basically the last style before they stopped making the full size rear-wheel drive Cutlass ), I got 2 passes off and then they politley asked me to leave on the account I had no safety equipment besides a helmet and a driveshaft loop. This was over 10 years ago, first pass was 13 something, 2nd just broke the 13, and the car only had 3.73 rear, wish I would have put the 4.13 rear in it and got the thing to hook up, I had a full Rancho suspension in it, not a drag race set up.
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the drag strip is also a good way to measure if your car is actually working to its potential https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png sounds like a mean cutlass you had there https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
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I always like to think the guys that stole it from the front of my house New Years Eve enjoyed it, lol. I had a 454 Chevy motor in it, 11:1 compression, aluminum heads, 850 Holley double pumper, reverse manual valve body turbo 350 transmission, the whole bit, that was then, this is now. :frown:
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Launching at the track is so important... I never understood why I couldnt get my first RX7 under a 2.2 60' time (probably because that was 6 years ago and I had no idea what I was doing). Another problem I had with that car was wheel hop on every launch. The best I pulled was a 15.72@87.5. It was an 86 base with header, no cat, dynomax exhaust, bonez intake, alum. hood, and electric fan. Don't hate me guys but I've been racing CRX's for the last 4 years. My 85 ran 15.01@88mph on slicks. I hooked up better with that FWD than I ever did with the 7.....I just mounted a pair of BFG drag radials for my 88 SE and did the suspension so hopefully this time around I can get better 60' times.
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vosko
Dyno your car... The result will allow you to know your torque, HP's, and shift points. More than a few years ago, I had my T2 dyno'd at a local shop...$75 an hour. Anyway, the chart told me where my torque started to kick. That told me that I was launching at the wrong RPM's. With knowledge in hand, I went back to Sear Point for some trial runs....Ran a low 13.9....basically stock. I could of ran a 13.8 but I had to work on my reaction times and launches. Dyno do help......oh...I made 225 HP's and 210lbs at the rear wheels. |
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