MyWhiteZ
10-10-2006, 12:58 AM
what a blast this season has been. for the first time the Z was not my daily driver. this allowed me to focus on gettin it into the 11's on motor. started off by picking up a set of 15x10 prostars with 28x10.5 hoosier drags and a spohn torque arm. in installing the torque arm i ran into y-pipe clearance issues so at that point i removed then entire borla exhaust and ypipe and fabbed up a set of 18" extentions with dumps (yeah .... its a little loud) and it was off to the track we went
went up to GLD in early june with the car and discovered a few issues. car was only running 12.7's@110ish mph. the problem was that the 28" tall tire and stock 3.23 gear had turned my 4l60 into a power glide. i was crossing the traps @ 5200 rpms in 2nd gear!!!!!
the next week i ordered a 4.10 gear and bearing kit as well as some matching prostar front skinnies and tires... as well as a used set of front hals
the next outing at the track was an interesting one. started off running a couple of 12.3's @ 112 mph . At this point the car still had everything in it from when i used to DD it. there was full interior as well as the spare/jack still being in the back....so in the pits i decided to remove anything i could get unbolted from the interior of the car. at the same time the sun was setting and the temperature was getting to be perfect. Later that night the car clicked off a 12.005@114.5 with a 1.66 60ft... i was so close to the 11's
fast forward to last weekend.
decided to come home from school and go racing one more time @ the mfba track rental @ 41 . drove down early saturday morning with a couple buddies. Get the car unloaded and first pass off the trailer it goes 11.997@113.5 (1.65). next pass car when slower as i discovered that i had forgotten to hook up they alternator wire and had drained the battery. after getting that fixed the next pass i stalled it up too high and the car creeped forawrd on me. that got me a 12.1@114.1 (1.78). then on the last pass of the day i was able to back up my 11 by clicking off a 11.91@113.6 (1.62)
heres a coupleof pictures shot by member z28camarocarri
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/z28camarocarri/MFBA%20-%20Track%20Day/101_0168.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/z28camarocarri/MFBA%20-%20Track%20Day/101_0200.jpg
overall i am very happy. for a motor that was built on a tight budget, passed emmissions everytime and was daily driven for 3 yrs and 18k it has performed as better than i expected.
as far as next year goes i still bounce back and forth between spraying the 383 or selling it and putting in our 600hp 468 that should be finished soon with some spray. well see
sorry for the novel
went up to GLD in early june with the car and discovered a few issues. car was only running 12.7's@110ish mph. the problem was that the 28" tall tire and stock 3.23 gear had turned my 4l60 into a power glide. i was crossing the traps @ 5200 rpms in 2nd gear!!!!!
the next week i ordered a 4.10 gear and bearing kit as well as some matching prostar front skinnies and tires... as well as a used set of front hals
the next outing at the track was an interesting one. started off running a couple of 12.3's @ 112 mph . At this point the car still had everything in it from when i used to DD it. there was full interior as well as the spare/jack still being in the back....so in the pits i decided to remove anything i could get unbolted from the interior of the car. at the same time the sun was setting and the temperature was getting to be perfect. Later that night the car clicked off a 12.005@114.5 with a 1.66 60ft... i was so close to the 11's
fast forward to last weekend.
decided to come home from school and go racing one more time @ the mfba track rental @ 41 . drove down early saturday morning with a couple buddies. Get the car unloaded and first pass off the trailer it goes 11.997@113.5 (1.65). next pass car when slower as i discovered that i had forgotten to hook up they alternator wire and had drained the battery. after getting that fixed the next pass i stalled it up too high and the car creeped forawrd on me. that got me a 12.1@114.1 (1.78). then on the last pass of the day i was able to back up my 11 by clicking off a 11.91@113.6 (1.62)
heres a coupleof pictures shot by member z28camarocarri
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/z28camarocarri/MFBA%20-%20Track%20Day/101_0168.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/z28camarocarri/MFBA%20-%20Track%20Day/101_0200.jpg
overall i am very happy. for a motor that was built on a tight budget, passed emmissions everytime and was daily driven for 3 yrs and 18k it has performed as better than i expected.
as far as next year goes i still bounce back and forth between spraying the 383 or selling it and putting in our 600hp 468 that should be finished soon with some spray. well see
sorry for the novel