Went to track....watched some interesting stuff

EZRIDN · 05-03-2001, 10:05 AM

Just took the dialy driver (87 GT) there to watch some runs. What was interesting was a couple LS1s that were there. One was a 99 Z28 stock 6 spd....ran 14.1-14.4s @ 95-98 mph all night. Another was a stock 2001 SS 6 spd. that ran 14.6s @ 100-101 mph all night. Fastest LS1 there was a WS6 6 spd that ran a 13.8 @ 103 once. Saw a 99 GT auto--4.10s, h-pipe, cat-back-cold air--chip...he ran 14.0-14.3 all night....Stock 2001 GT 5 spd ran 14.3......Stock '98 Cobra that ran 13.9s @ 99-100 mph...Last was a Civic 3 door that ran 12.7s all night @ 111-112 mph....Turbo VTEC. Did not have the ricer look either....kind of scary.....

Just some numbers for you street racers!

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

SkarodoM · 05-03-2001, 10:07 AM

bar har haaar.. i love watchin ppl who cant drive

Ty'97Cobra · 05-03-2001, 10:13 AM

Ahh, you beat me to it. The driver does have a lot to do with it.

Did the civic look like a daily driver?

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1997 Black Cobra Convertible. #2788 of 3088
Mostly Stock - Vortech Anyone?
1988 5.0 LX Convertible -Work Car...Few Mods.

EZRIDN · 05-03-2001, 10:20 AM

The civic had no stickers, no tint on the windows.....although it did have a carbon fiber hood...but other than that...it looked stock....all the gauges were in the middle console so u could not see them if you pulled next to it at a light.

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

smooth · 05-03-2001, 01:06 PM

haha.. you set yourself up good for flames over on ls1.com.

sedanman · 05-03-2001, 01:33 PM

You went to the track without me!!! Opps Thats right I had a final, damn it. Guess it would not be as much fun without the car there anyway, and racing the jeep is out of the question....honest.....

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1991 Lx sedan 5.0, 5spd, GT-40 Heads, Cobra intake, 73MM mass air, 65mm TB, FPR, 24lb injectors, E303, Headers,off road H-pipe, Flows, K&n , hurst, 3:55's, pullies,electric fan, mac upper and lower control arms, HD trac-loc, lakewood 50/50's on back, shift light, centerforce dual friction, and rebuilt heavy duty T5, A/C SP delete 255/50/16 BFG DR AL D/S
New time
13.2@105.5

EZRIDN · 05-03-2001, 01:40 PM

Smooth....yea i know..ha ha.

Gotta love it...but hey its just what i saw

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

FivepointOH · 05-03-2001, 02:30 PM

intresting

FivepointOH · 05-03-2001, 02:31 PM

Hey ez just curious what did ur 87 run?

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92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 mph before the headers and hpipe

sedanman · 05-03-2001, 07:58 PM

Ezridn car runs like 16.8@73 or something, damn thing is weighed down with duct tape! The hole damn tranny is duct tape!

LT1 Z28 · 05-04-2001, 06:29 AM

Wow! 14.6 at 101! It must have been interesting to see these people launch!

Drag racing is not as easy as most people think. No matter what car you are in.

EZRIDN · 05-04-2001, 08:46 AM

I did not run the '87..i'm trying to keep it stock so....

LT1 Z28...that SS would launch, bog bad and then try to recover every time......Hopefully he will get better....but yea the driver was not the greatest. But all it takes is practice.

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

LT1 Z28 · 05-05-2001, 12:27 PM

Drag racing is so technical and it takes lots of practice. I improved my times from 14.6's to 14'1's my first day at the track. Actually, my first run was a 16.8, I was so nervous I missed 3rd and cruised through the traps.

But it's all fun!

Unit 5302 · 05-05-2001, 12:58 PM

I'm not looking at the times, I'm lookin at the trap speeds.

101mph for an SS, and 103 for a WS6?

Not soooo gooooood.

EZRIDN · 05-05-2001, 02:40 PM

Yea it wasn't a good showing for LS1s that night. With pratice those people should bring those times down. The 99-00 GTs were traping like 97-98 mph with the low 14s. It was interesting to see those LS1s in the hands of not so great drivers. Reminded me that anything can happen on the street and track!

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

smooth · 05-05-2001, 04:14 PM

the thing about ls1s and their trap speeds has a lot to do with the drivers. a lot of people shift them at 5500 and such, when they really need to be wound out to 6200. another thing that can hurt traps is granny shifting. these guys running 107+mph are running these cars hard, not pussy footing down the track.

EZRIDN · 05-05-2001, 04:34 PM

Smooth....i totally agree....i feel to get these cars to run those low times..people have to beat them pretty bad to get that. Powershifting, slippiing clutch, etc. At least that is what the LS1 drivers i talked to have said.

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'86 GT.
Gears & Flows

'87 GT.
Stock

LT1 Z28 · 05-07-2001, 12:55 PM

I agree with that. But don't forget, the Borg Warner T-56 is a great tranny and can take lots of power shifts whitout problems. Of course, the clutch takes a beating but a McLoad or Centerforce is cheaper than the stock replacement clutch.

It makes me laugh when I see guy racing their F-Bodies like they are fragile or something.

90dpscoupe · 05-08-2001, 01:30 AM

I saw some ricers running 12.7-129 all night too, an integra and riced out civic turbo, these cars had a butt load of $$ in them, and i was laughing at the front slicks they looked like they had about 2lbs of air in them, a bit unstable, and a front wheel drive? hold on to the wheel!!! lol pretty impressive though, sound like motorcycles.

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90 lx coupe: Mac cold air fenderwell, accel supercoil,advncd ignition,3-core radiatr, FMS alum D/S, Black magic fan, 3.27grs, 3chbr flows.
Best time: 13.9116(on 225/60/15 firehawks)
Best mph: 98.17
Best 60': 1.9607

next mods: subframes, mac h-pipe

90dpscoupe · 05-08-2001, 01:32 AM

oops, i meant 12.7-12.9 not 129 lol

05-03-2001, 10:05 AM	#1
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	Went to track....watched some interesting stuff Just took the dialy driver (87 GT) there to watch some runs. What was interesting was a couple LS1s that were there. One was a 99 Z28 stock 6 spd....ran 14.1-14.4s @ 95-98 mph all night. Another was a stock 2001 SS 6 spd. that ran 14.6s @ 100-101 mph all night. Fastest LS1 there was a WS6 6 spd that ran a 13.8 @ 103 once. Saw a 99 GT auto--4.10s, h-pipe, cat-back-cold air--chip...he ran 14.0-14.3 all night....Stock 2001 GT 5 spd ran 14.3......Stock '98 Cobra that ran 13.9s @ 99-100 mph...Last was a Civic 3 door that ran 12.7s all night @ 111-112 mph....Turbo VTEC. Did not have the ricer look either....kind of scary..... Just some numbers for you street racers! ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

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05-03-2001, 10:20 AM	#4
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	The civic had no stickers, no tint on the windows.....although it did have a carbon fiber hood...but other than that...it looked stock....all the gauges were in the middle console so u could not see them if you pulled next to it at a light. ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

05-03-2001, 01:06 PM	#5
smooth Registered Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: illinois, USA Posts: 649	haha.. you set yourself up good for flames over on ls1.com.

05-03-2001, 01:33 PM	#6
sedanman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 963	You went to the track without me!!! Opps Thats right I had a final, damn it. Guess it would not be as much fun without the car there anyway, and racing the jeep is out of the question....honest..... ------------------ 1991 Lx sedan 5.0, 5spd, GT-40 Heads, Cobra intake, 73MM mass air, 65mm TB, FPR, 24lb injectors, E303, Headers,off road H-pipe, Flows, K&n , hurst, 3:55's, pullies,electric fan, mac upper and lower control arms, HD trac-loc, lakewood 50/50's on back, shift light, centerforce dual friction, and rebuilt heavy duty T5, A/C SP delete 255/50/16 BFG DR AL D/S New time 13.2@105.5

05-03-2001, 01:40 PM	#7
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	Smooth....yea i know..ha ha. Gotta love it...but hey its just what i saw ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

05-03-2001, 02:30 PM	#8
FivepointOH Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Sugar Land, Tx USA Posts: 478	intresting

05-03-2001, 02:31 PM	#9
FivepointOH Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Sugar Land, Tx USA Posts: 478	Hey ez just curious what did ur 87 run? ------------------ 92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 mph before the headers and hpipe

05-03-2001, 07:58 PM	#10
sedanman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 963	Ezridn car runs like 16.8@73 or something, damn thing is weighed down with duct tape! The hole damn tranny is duct tape!

05-04-2001, 06:29 AM	#11
LT1 Z28 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, ON, CA Posts: 142	Wow! 14.6 at 101! It must have been interesting to see these people launch! Drag racing is not as easy as most people think. No matter what car you are in.

05-04-2001, 08:46 AM	#12
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	I did not run the '87..i'm trying to keep it stock so.... LT1 Z28...that SS would launch, bog bad and then try to recover every time......Hopefully he will get better....but yea the driver was not the greatest. But all it takes is practice. ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

05-05-2001, 12:27 PM	#13
LT1 Z28 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, ON, CA Posts: 142	Drag racing is so technical and it takes lots of practice. I improved my times from 14.6's to 14'1's my first day at the track. Actually, my first run was a 16.8, I was so nervous I missed 3rd and cruised through the traps. But it's all fun!

05-05-2001, 12:58 PM	#14
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	I'm not looking at the times, I'm lookin at the trap speeds. 101mph for an SS, and 103 for a WS6? Not soooo gooooood.

05-05-2001, 02:40 PM	#15
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	Yea it wasn't a good showing for LS1s that night. With pratice those people should bring those times down. The 99-00 GTs were traping like 97-98 mph with the low 14s. It was interesting to see those LS1s in the hands of not so great drivers. Reminded me that anything can happen on the street and track! ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

05-05-2001, 04:14 PM	#16
smooth Registered Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: illinois, USA Posts: 649	the thing about ls1s and their trap speeds has a lot to do with the drivers. a lot of people shift them at 5500 and such, when they really need to be wound out to 6200. another thing that can hurt traps is granny shifting. these guys running 107+mph are running these cars hard, not pussy footing down the track.

05-05-2001, 04:34 PM	#17
EZRIDN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 504	Smooth....i totally agree....i feel to get these cars to run those low times..people have to beat them pretty bad to get that. Powershifting, slippiing clutch, etc. At least that is what the LS1 drivers i talked to have said. ------------------ '86 GT. Gears & Flows '87 GT. Stock

05-07-2001, 12:55 PM	#18
LT1 Z28 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, ON, CA Posts: 142	I agree with that. But don't forget, the Borg Warner T-56 is a great tranny and can take lots of power shifts whitout problems. Of course, the clutch takes a beating but a McLoad or Centerforce is cheaper than the stock replacement clutch. It makes me laugh when I see guy racing their F-Bodies like they are fragile or something.

05-08-2001, 01:30 AM	#19
90dpscoupe Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: sanantonio, Tx, usa Posts: 1,407	I saw some ricers running 12.7-129 all night too, an integra and riced out civic turbo, these cars had a butt load of $$ in them, and i was laughing at the front slicks they looked like they had about 2lbs of air in them, a bit unstable, and a front wheel drive? hold on to the wheel!!! lol pretty impressive though, sound like motorcycles. ------------------ 90 lx coupe: Mac cold air fenderwell, accel supercoil,advncd ignition,3-core radiatr, FMS alum D/S, Black magic fan, 3.27grs, 3chbr flows. Best time: 13.9116(on 225/60/15 firehawks) Best mph: 98.17 Best 60': 1.9607 next mods: subframes, mac h-pipe

05-08-2001, 01:32 AM	#20
90dpscoupe Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: sanantonio, Tx, usa Posts: 1,407	oops, i meant 12.7-12.9 not 129 lol