96trans am

I have a 96 Trans am, M6. No weight reduction. Full bolt-ons. Torque arm, lower control arms, panhard rod. Running 315's in the rear on 17inch TTII's with BFG's.

Pacesetter LT's w/ OR Y-Pipe, cutout
Basically running Lloys old LE1 setup with the cam being the same as what Joe use to grind for the LE1's(22x/23x)
1.6RR's
30# inj.
52mm TB
Cloyes Double Roller w/ electric WP


I ran something like a 13.3 with a 2.01 60ft with full bolt-ons and shortys w/cats. Didnt have any suspension mods, and tires were sorta worn out.

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Valkyn71

Im running about the same setup, and after sticky tires and QA1s i plan on going high 11s.

With your current setup i think mid 12s are probebly what your looking at, the tq arm and LCAs will help with traction, but adjustable shocks (QA1s) would help alot more.

96trans am

Thanks for the reply. My car, with what i mentioned in my post, went 13.3 @103 with a 2.01 60ft without the suspension mods and bald Nitto's. The car was capable of going at best high 12's with a decent 60ft. I only ran it once and pulled a 13.3 Im definately expecting better then mid 12 timeslips after a set of LE1 heads are installed and a nice Joe O cam as well as Longtubes and an offroad y-pipe. Im looking at anywhere from 350-380hp at best to the wheels with a nice tune. I think its capable of better then mid 12's wouldnt you say? -Matt

Valkyn71

Probebly low 12s, but alot will be in your 60' and how well you can drive a stick.

A friend of mine went 11.76 on a setup similiar to the LE1, but it was in an auto. Ive pretty much resigned myself to feeling that a setup is always going to be a few tenths slower infront of a manual as opposed to an auto. But the manual will trap higher.

Tho there are guys out there who can drive a manual very well.

Your going to need a 12bolt and heavy clutch to get there tho.

96trans am

I do and im glad you mentioned that because i totally forgot to mention that in my post. I am running a Moser 12-bolt w/ 4:11's with a SPEC stage 3 clutch.