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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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somewhat cool day in florida, stock tires, bone stock lt1, and 323 gears and i ran a 14.15 after a 14.19. it all depends on how kept the car is.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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I put 1.6RRs on mine with the LT4 springs......removed spare tire and jack(which is like 32lbs) and now when I go to the track I pull out my speaker box........with just doing that I pick up 2-3mph depending on the track......with that and me learning to launch the car I've went from 14.20's-14.40's down to a personal best of 13.67 in 5 trips to the track.......I have an M6 so were not dealing with the same thing here
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Z-RATED94
How old are these tires your using? There's no way you should be spinning off the line. What did you say your running the tire pressure at?
not sure, i got them used but they look really new. you couldnt hardly tell they had been used. i started at 19 lbs and eventually dropped down to 15 lbs. tomorrow i'll start at 17 lbs and then come down and see what happens.
Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:35 AM
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ok well i didnt run any faster w/my new valve springs and rockers...but i did beat my buddy in his 01 ws6 w/full bolt on's. i'm gonna put the video up on my fquick. i have been trying to race him for a while now. he has ram air w/k/n filters, cat back, no cats, edelbrock headers, nitt dr's, and best of all, ls1. but it wasnt enough for my little lt1
i ran 13.5 against his 13.6 i'll have the video up soon.
Old Jun 13, 2009 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by budgetlt1
ok well i didnt run any faster w/my new valve springs and rockers...but i did beat my buddy in his 01 ws6 w/full bolt on's. i'm gonna put the video up on my fquick. i have been trying to race him for a while now. he has ram air w/k/n filters, cat back, no cats, edelbrock headers, nitt dr's, and best of all, ls1. but it wasnt enough for my little lt1
i ran 13.5 against his 13.6 i'll have the video up soon.

What was your and his MPH?
Old Jun 13, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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i was 102 he was 105.
Old Jun 13, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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i was 102 he was 105.
That sucks for a bolt-on LS1. Are you above sea level?
Old Jun 13, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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no, bakersfield is pretty much at sea level. it was pretty humid and about 85 degrees. i realize that if we raced 10 times he'd prob win at least 8 times, but we've both been bolting stuff on and waiting for a chance to race eachother so i was so proud of my little lt1
Old Jun 25, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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13.8 for me with a 2.59 rear end and its a y-body.
Old Jun 29, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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how much do you have invested in this thing all together???

here is your race against that dude in the 96 cobra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIUDy3oEEg

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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:01 AM
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i am up to 1750.00 now because i just got the hotcam, i also sent out my pcm to have ion retune it for the new cam and rockers, stall converter. thanks for the video-i love killing mustangs.
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:25 AM
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hey dude. i was thinking. you wanna try and swap rear wheels next time out just to see how they work with our setups???

if we dont like it, we can switch back when we're out there....
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