Good stuff. I got a lot to learn
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Good stuff. I got a lot to learn
What book is that you took the pictures from? I need that book lol.
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Chris you just need seat time in the car, get the tuning dialed in and get your suspension working. At least your nit running semi truck air pressure in the tires now lol. Get some et streets out back on.her too. Every car is gonna have bugs, just got to.work them out. Nice meeting you and nice ride:)Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird_1995
Thanks man. LOL yea that was insane air pressure, I know zero about that stuff. Initially set out to build a street car just to putt around in but that was seriously fun.
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Only book i know of that teaches everything.
Nice. Ill be calling barnes and noble for that one. Haha
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Originally Posted by BL96TA
:) V-TEC! :cool:
He does seminars all over the country. I went to a 2-day course. Money well spent.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZOHAN
Some easy things you can do to go faster.....
1. Run less oil. Don't go too crazy but if you have it right up to the "full" mark, that is typically 1- 1.5 quarts too much.
2. Run thinner oil. I ran 0w20 in my stock shortblock engine. The oil pressure was good, and thinner oil drains back to the bottom faster. The thinner the oil the less hp the oil pump takes to spin. I wouldn't recommend this to guys whose LT1's have low oil pressure, some LT1's are notorious for low pressure.
3. Practice loading your converter on the starting line to different rpm's. Some cars will respond better by launching from a low rpm and flashing the converter on the green. Other cars will respond better by taking the car up as high as it will go while holding it with the brake. You wont know until you try it. With my 350 combo and 5200rpm converter it liked to be taken to around 3500rpm foot braking it, then launching. It didn't feel as hard/violent as it did when launching from a lower rpm, but the ET was always better.
4. Write down the water temp that you ran at onto your timeslip. You will find a sweet spot where the motor makes the most power.
5. Always run 93 octane fuel, or the highest that you can get.
6. When you do your burnout, always run it out about 20 feet. As you go through the water remember that your front tires also went through the water, and when you stop to do your burnout, the water from the fronts will form a tiny puddle. You want to do your burnout and carry the spinning tire right through that puddle. Too many times you see guys simply stop their burnout and then just roll up.
7. Get weight out wherever you can.
8. Simple ram air tubing routed through the fog light openings is worth some power, especially on a 1/4 mile track.
9. A bag of ice on top of the intake is a good idea, but put a towel down under it so you don't have water dripping everywhere.
Great stuff!!