95 Trans Am vs. 98 Trans Am-both modded
06-29-2008, 02:56 AM
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06-29-2008, 12:11 PM
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I don't have anything but stock times for my car.
I also have learned that he has gotten the time down to 12.5
06-29-2008, 08:21 PM
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Well turns out i found out a little more about my friends 98 Trans Am. Hes got what i believe he called the "Magic stick 3" cam in it, havent heard about it but he said the size is like .603/.609 w/113 lsa. Also his heads are milled and polished from what he said. He raced a what looked like Honda hatchback last night that looked like a sh!tbox and sounded like it too. The only thing is, this car was outrunning every tuner out there. So they take off from a dig (T/A spinning pretty badly) and the honda has him by half a car. Half way down the road his LS1 performs like a jet and blows the honda's doors off. Turns out the honda was spraying a 200 shot and other mods unknown. All in all last night there was plenty of street races in my city and it was fun watching them. Just thought i'd let y'all know that. Comments would be great. Oh and i didnt race him since my engine has been making a strange chirping noise lately and i didnt want to make it worse.
06-30-2008, 05:18 AM
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Well turns out i found out a little more about my friends 98 Trans Am. Hes got what i believe he called the "Magic stick 3" cam in it, havent heard about it but he said the size is like .603/.609 w/113 lsa. Also his heads are milled and polished from what he said. He raced a what looked like Honda hatchback last night that looked like a sh!tbox and sounded like it too. The only thing is, this car was outrunning every tuner out there. So they take off from a dig (T/A spinning pretty badly) and the honda has him by half a car. Half way down the road his LS1 performs like a jet and blows the honda's doors off. Turns out the honda was spraying a 200 shot and other mods unknown. All in all last night there was plenty of street races in my city and it was fun watching them. Just thought i'd let y'all know that. Comments would be great. Oh and i didnt race him since my engine has been making a strange chirping noise lately and i didnt want to make it worse.
I think that if you go from a roll he'll eat you up. JMHO
07-09-2008, 09:28 PM
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I think Al is right on this one. been thinking it since reading post #1. TONS of LS cars making 400RWHP with cam only. your car is very similar to mine. with 3:42's I went 11.69. but I got a much better 3800 stall. so you should be somewhere in the high 11's. problem is, thats where he should be too with a cam and 4:10s. IF he can launch.
make it a 20mph roll, you holding 1st gear manually. maybe try 15mph. trust me thats enough preload that neither of you should hurt any parts. atleast not that wouldnt also be hurt from launch at 30mph.
you guys should also try best 2 out of 3.
07-09-2008, 11:19 PM
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ok thanks for the advice. I'm pretty sure if i have it in 1st at 15-20 mph, i will spin my street tires like crazy though. I think since learning from what he's done to his car, he could be north of 400 to the wheels. we might just end up going to the local dragstrip instead of the street but who knows. Everyone's advice is very helpful.
07-10-2008, 06:28 PM
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oh yeah, wasnt thinking. your right though, I always drove around with my 15" et streets, no burnout problems there. but I did play around a few times with my 17" drag radials and yeah, all kinds of sideways doin that.
ok thanks for the advice. I'm pretty sure if i have it in 1st at 15-20 mph, i will spin my street tires like crazy though. I think since learning from what he's done to his car, he could be north of 400 to the wheels. we might just end up going to the local dragstrip instead of the street but who knows. Everyone's advice is very helpful.
07-10-2008, 09:26 PM
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yeah those cam only ls1s can be nasty but you shouldnt have a problem with him. ive ran a 98 ta with a ms3 cam in it that made around 430 rwhp. ran him 4 times and we were tied twice an the other 2 times i beat him by like a car. its all mainly on the driver, an who can get the better hit. at 30mph you should be able to stay in first, just try to keep your rpms around 3500 to 4000 cause thats probably where you make peak torque at. you will spin but not as bad as him with those 4.10s plus he'll have to shift at like 40 or so an u still be in forth. another thing is depending on how tall his tires are he'll have to go to 5th gear at around 115 and your 3rd (which is way stronger than his 5th) will run out till like 135 or so. in the end i think you will have him the whole way.
oh an my car is a 97 lt1 formula 6 speed with stock short block and full bolt on with the le2 package. car made 415 and 385 at the time with the 10 bolt an 3.42 gears an all 4 races were from 60 and 45 i think an we went to around 135 to 140. i was also shifting at like 6500
oh an my car is a 97 lt1 formula 6 speed with stock short block and full bolt on with the le2 package. car made 415 and 385 at the time with the 10 bolt an 3.42 gears an all 4 races were from 60 and 45 i think an we went to around 135 to 140. i was also shifting at like 6500
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07-21-2008, 12:33 PM
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07-22-2008, 01:46 AM
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am I the only one thinks that?