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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Car: 89 formula/00 z28
Engine: carbed 350/ls1
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taking tran am to track friday

going to take my brothers car to the track friday what do yall think it will run? its a 86 trans am with a vortec 350 with summit intake and 600 holley and 700r4 with 2.73 gears.
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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Re: taking tran am to track friday

need more info, cam, stall, slicks?, race weight? etc etc
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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Re: taking tran am to track friday

14.0@100
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Car: 89 formula/00 z28
Engine: carbed 350/ls1
Transmission: 700r4/ a4
Axle/Gears: 3.23 posi/ 3.73 posi
Re: taking tran am to track friday

stock vortec motor and cam stall only thing not stock is intake and hei dist and yes slicks. race weight close to stock weight
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28
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Transmission: TH400 with brake, 8" PTC converter
Axle/Gears: moser 9" 4.11
Re: taking tran am to track friday

then 14s
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Re: taking tran am to track friday

low 15's maybe high 14's
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 02:12 AM
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Re: taking tran am to track friday

wow do you even need slicks with those bonneville worth gears? lol
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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Re: taking tran am to track friday

mid 14's @ 96mph
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Car: 89 formula/00 z28
Engine: carbed 350/ls1
Transmission: 700r4/ a4
Axle/Gears: 3.23 posi/ 3.73 posi
Re: taking tran am to track friday

lol darn 17.1! the car would not make it to the 1/8 before it cuts off air in the feul line
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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Car: 89 formula/00 z28
Engine: carbed 350/ls1
Transmission: 700r4/ a4
Axle/Gears: 3.23 posi/ 3.73 posi
Re: taking tran am to track friday

run it again keeps cuting off ran 15.917 @ 66.18 mph the 1/8 was 9.482 @71.85
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