Had Some Fun at the Dragstrip
 

Well with the car being setup for the road course vs the dragstrip, its not easy trying to put the power to the ground. Even when launching it softly off idle and getting wheel spin it was still pretty fun. Ran 10.6 @ 134mph on some crappy old 275/40r17 drag radials. Need some full slicks and softer shocks if I ever want a serious 1/4mi et.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz7nVaWzoos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1_wR-UvqQA

What was your 60' and what the hell kind WHP are you putting down?

1.68 60ft was the best I could muster up today and that was taking off lightly and feathering the throttle due to wheelspin. Almost 700rwhp.

Nice! You have the Chevelle by 1 mph but you're putting down about 150rwhp more than me. If you can put that power down you will see more mph on the top end. With a softer front spring and some slicks you should be able to pull off 9 second passes. I pull high 1.4 low 1.5 60ft in the Chevelle. Depending on your stall speed you should be somewhere in that range I'd guess.

I was thinking, just to see what it can do, to put some old stock base shocks on, remove the front sway bar and put on a real slick and skinnies up front. Thing is with no roll bar I'd have one shot at it before I'd get kicked out lol. I have a 3200 stall.

Supposed to have a roll bar under 11.5 aren't you, unless your car can run sub 11.5s stock, like the ZO6. :huh: IOW, why didn't you get booted with a mid 10?

Man idk. They were so anal on tech and safety that they even were checking people's helmet chin straps in the staging lanes. What was new to me was when the tech Iinspector told me that 2008 and newer vettes were allowed to go 10.0 before needing a roll bar and 11.5 for older models. Idk since C5's and c6s share the same frame pretty much. Anyway, with the body modifications my c5 has they probably just weren't sure what year it was. I was ready to just get one run in but the girl at the booth just gave me my time slip and that was it. There was maybe less than 100 cars there too so it's not like I could hide in a crowd.

That's what I remember basically, but I didn't know that was applied to non-ZO6s. There are a handful of cars that can run 10s stock now, and not just the > $1 million cars either.

I never did get a clean pass in my 08 to confirm times, however I did trap between 112 and 120. They told me the same thing, any faster, regardless of time I would need a rollbar. Older vehicles they would have booted, but since the truck was pretty new they were allowing those ones to run faster.

Nate, you're a little bit slower than Ron's Chevelle in the quarter, but not by much. Given that you take it to track days, high speed runs as well as cruises on public roads, I'd say it's the overall fastest street car on Motorgen. Ron's Cobra is (or at least was) the most heavily used fast street car. Hauling kids, entertainment system, still ran 11s and was the fastest track car at that Go-Kart track!

Thats why Ive always loved Corvettes. They seem to do so many things well..except for hauling kids. Lol. Its a fun car. Still got a ton of power on the table with this setup tho. Stock heads, stock intake and the cam isnt the best for boost. I just put on bigger 1 7/8 headers but havent tuned for them yet. Also I still gotta finish my return style fuel system and Im hoping to upgrade to a ysi blower soon. I think I really should get that roll bar now.

Well, if you're a daddy you have fundamental responsibilities, like trying not getting yourself killed n' stuff.

What is your current build? How many pounds of boost? Are you running 91? Are those the L92 heads?

True, Ethan needs his poppa lol
Its a forged piston and rods LS3, stock crank, displacement and cr. Stock LS3 heads with upgraded valvesprings. 11psi on e85.

It's the most important job you'll ever have. :)

Intercooled? What problem do the upgraded springs address?

Yup, nice big intercooler up front. GM springs suck and dont handle bigger cams very well. I got double springs with much higher pressures to handle the lift and valve control. Cam is a 231/236 114lsa, .644/.614 lift

Did that cam pass smog?

lies

Umm, sure lol. ;)

Kinda figured. . .

Already working on upgrading from the V2-si to a V7-ysi, 15-20psi. See what she does.

Motivation here, very similar build to mine,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RycsNudVQGE

Do you have an end game in mind or just sorta wandering according to mood?

I say that he's just meandering, since he did say a few weeks ago that he was going to leave it alone. :jester:

I had been thinking of a bigger blower for a while. Just getting the most outta the car as I go. The ysi and a roll bar are some of the final mods on my list...for now

Hey, I said I probably wouldnt get into another build again but not necessarily that i was done with this one lol

Pretty sure at Panera Bread you said that you were done fucking with it, unless something breaks :leaving:

It's OK, i'm fairly certain every car owner has said that lie a few times :smack: