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Nov 5, 2006 | 11:22 AM

#21

BicketyBam

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From: CT

RE: Track Results!

The fact that he went into 5th around 1200' tells me he left some mph on the table.

Nov 5, 2006 | 02:29 PM

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HaV

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From: Okla.

RE: Track Results!

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ORIGINAL: stanger88

To hit high 11's you will start breaking stuff. Awesome runs!!! unless you want to spend money on some axles and a diff, I would say stay happy with 1.7's or higher on the 60' and see what you can get like that.

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At 108 I think you are only low 12's. My friend ran 12.2@109 and he drives like a freak, has a 86 notch with MT slicks and he launches from 5K without wheel-spin. I dont think your car will out-launch his and his mph is a little higher than yours. You ran a 12.6 with a 1.9 and I dont see you going much below 1.7, even if you are okay with snapping things, that equates to about a 12.2.

I left soo much on the table @ the track. Seriously, I launched the same way as on the video every time.. got between a 1.9 - 2.1 on all my passes, and this was on a slipping clutch where I couldnt launch at all. I was rolling into my launches a bit to keep from roasting either the tires or the clutch and basicaly bogged every time. With a stiffer clutch I could definatly launch for much better times.... tweak my shocks for the drag setting (set in the middle right now) and I could really bite hard.

Also I was shifting into 5th at atleast the 1200' mark. Looks earlier than that in the video and on hte other video I have of a 12.9 run that went on for 5 min... Between short shifting/clunky shifting since I just got hte car, and the long search for 5th gear and over 100' in it.. I lost quitea bit of MPH and with out a doubt some time on the clock..

Not making any excuses.. for my 3rd day owning the car, getting in it and pulling a 12.6 made me extremely happy [8D] I just need to work and get used to the thing and probably get a new clutch before I go again. Something will snap sometime at the strip I'm sure, but thats the way it goes.. when it does, I'll replace it with something that wont do it the next time [&:]