[Z06] 9th pass ever on the car and I'm stoked! :-)
05-19-2013, 10:03 PM
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9th pass ever on the car and I'm stoked! :-)
Finally got my car out to the track here in Vegas. It was a typical hot night with a DA just over 4,000 feet...not the best for sure. The cars been down the track a total of 9 passes and I've been down the track a total of 15 in my entire life. The car has a small cam and a set of ported heads on the stock short block. I have a set of drag radials an literally drove the car to the track and drove it home. The car went a 10.91 @ 128.75 MPH. I know there's a lot of faster vettes out there with the same mods but as a rookie to the drag strip I'm super happy! I'll scan the time slip tomorrow and get it posted but in the mean time here's a GoPro video from in the car. Pretty happy. 
05-19-2013, 11:01 PM
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CONGRATS, great job, GREAT Driving, and with minimal experience is even more impressive. 
Nothing like having a legitimate 10 second street legal and street driven C6 Z.
Nothing like having a legitimate 10 second street legal and street driven C6 Z.
05-20-2013, 12:09 AM
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Very healthy! Considering the DA that's really impressive! The clutch looks like it held up for you and the front end popped pretty good on engagement. I wonder if you caught a wee bit of air under those front tires...Nice job-you have a badazz Z06.
05-20-2013, 01:58 AM
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That's a good time. I've raced Vegas a number of times, and the DA really slows down the et.
05-20-2013, 03:08 AM
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What was your 60 ft time? I would love to know. I watched your video 5 times. You launched right around 5k and your car looked like it HOOKED ugly. I think if you would have eased the clutch out a little more you could have kept the car in the power band and you would have had a 10.7 pass easy, maybe lower. You had the rpm's at 5 then they dropped to 2 real fast. Great great pass. Try easing the clutch out more and you will see better times for sure.
05-20-2013, 03:20 AM
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What was your 60 ft time? I would love to know. I watched your video 5 times. You launched right around 5k and your car looked like it HOOKED ugly. I think if you would have eased the clutch out a little more you could have kept the car in the power band and you would have had a 10.7 pass easy, maybe lower. You had the rpm's at 5 then they dropped to 2 real fast. Great great pass. Try easing the clutch out more and you will see better times for sure.
05-20-2013, 03:35 AM
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It all depends but if you keep the car in the power band the car will fly, take off like crazy. If you launched at 5 and kept it up to 3k or higher the car will feel like a rocket. I have launched my z at 3200 and kept it right at 3200 and the car took off good. It all depends on your clutch. I have a stock one so I don't wanna burn it up just yet.
Last edited by yellowzron; 05-20-2013 at 03:38 AM.
05-20-2013, 12:24 PM
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Pretty nice driving for so little experience. You'll only get better.
I've watched many with more seat time, struggle with a lot less power.
You'll only get better. I've watched many with more seat time, struggle with a lot less power.
05-20-2013, 12:40 PM
#19
Sweet !!!!
I doesn't look like you have a roll bar in the car....the track up there lienent about that stuff ?
I doesn't look like you have a roll bar in the car....the track up there lienent about that stuff ?
05-20-2013, 01:57 PM
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I would guess they are easy going with the roll bar. I go to two local tracks in the Chicago area. First one is a dump in my opinion, and if you run to fast they will tell you to slow down. If you keep running faster than an 11.5 without a roll bar they will kick you out. Second track which is right outside of Rockford ILL is clean prepped and a great track. You can run low tens and they won't kick you off. They are very very flexible.