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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396
What does you building your car for road courses have to do with the Chevelle running faster than I thought it would? I've owned the Chevelle since I was 16. When I first started racing it it ran mid 14's. Also, the Cobra isn't set up for drag racing and it ran right where I thought it would.
My point was that just because someone has something done to their car and you do the same thing to your car (assuming they are the same type of cars) doesn't mean yours will run the same as theirs. I've talked with many prople who were racing their cars at the track for the first time and they think their car will run deep in the 11's only to run high 12's or 13's.
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I mean the more you practice and run a car the quicker you go. You have to set the car up for what you are going to use it for. You have to get accustomed to how many revs it can handle of the line, how much you need to slip the clutch, which torque converter it likes best, how much spray it can handle of the line, etc....
I've basicly have done the same thing with my car except it's more like how much will air pressure in the tires increase during the first few laps, what brake pads provide me the best initial bite without being too diffucult to modulate, can I stay in this corner in second and still be smooth.
How many runs did it take in your cobra to hit that 11.69 @118 with 6000rpm Launch
? What driveline suspension mods do you have in order for it to survive that? Still the stock T-5? Got some stiffer drag arms holding the rear end in place? Yeah your cars are quick for what's under the hood, but you (being the most expierenced drag racer that normally pots here) should know that there is alot more to it than just horspower.
I'm not trying to say that just because some guys ran tens in a Z I can, but:
1) I straight walk Z's (even some with light mods).
2) 120 on a Super hot day on like the fourth or fifth time out on 19" michellenes, to me says the car has 3-5 more MPH on a cooler day and drag radials.
3) There have been vettes with alot less power than mine in the tens.
Now the biggest barriers for me breaking into the tens:
1) Road racing suspension (the coilover are going in before October 8th for TT at buttonwillow)
2) Except the Z all the N/A stock displacement Vettes I've seen in the tens have been automatics with high stall converters and gears (Mine is a stick and it will not be getting gears anytime soon).
3) Me, I like going srag racing primarily to see cars and meet people. I don't take it seriously enough to go to every test and tun and get everything dialed in/ learn how to drive.
