Sonar_un

My car makes a beautiful whistling noise when I gun it too. Its the air filter... lol.

If I pretend real hard, it kinda sounds like a small turbo spooling up.

Barry85Iroc

L-98

TexasLT1

Oh come on Barry, that's all you've got for this thread?!

Larry Dunlap

We need others to chime in and say what type of car they will run. I know its early to commit to something in November, but if something comes up you can always inform me that you cant make it

So far we got 5 in the L98 class, one in the 305 class, and one in the V6 class.

Still don't know where to put that pesky 6.0L nitrous car

rudyt5000

looks like i will kill my competition huh okay i'll still race any 350 that doesnt make it to da finals

Barry85Iroc

True....true. Trust me, I'd rather be racing. (does that sound like a bumpersticker?)

Barry85Iroc

I loved the part about the squeaking belt. But it could be a vacuum leak. No clutch, but a blower. Yeah, I'll win but I can't drive the car because I got a FREE blower. You bring the blower Mikey. I'll bring the dope.

1bad91Z

iTrader: (1)

Like I've said before....... you guys need me to bring the drama!

And......... I will !


Any of you guys / gals need help with tuning etc...... to get your cars together?

PM me if ya do.


Mike

rudyt5000

i might take you up on that offer Mike ...sooner or later

Zap Racing

U have PM's!

Zap Racing

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=306704

esc

iTrader: (6)

I may not know exactly what I'm doing in the 1/4 but unless something breaks, but I'm sure I can beat this:

Best ET: 12.875
Best MPH: 109.7
Best 60': 1.92


and I'm planning on being there to prove it.

Zap Racing

If ESC shows up and makes a few passes, there may be a new

"King of the Hill"

in the Hou. area!!!

TexasLT1

and that's perfectly fine with me. I've been wanting to line up with you for a while, definitely want my shot. at least I know you can walk the walk, unlike someone else

f355bird

iTrader: (2)

I wouldnt mind coming down there but i would need to put some nitrous on to keep up with the other L98's. Would you allow a non houston person?

Zap Racing

Me personally, anybody and everybody is welcome. However since this is a "Who's fastest in Houston" thing, it might be better to include anybody that is not from Houston, in match/grudge races and not in the elimination ladder that will be setup. I don't know--I'm not the one that is setting up this meet. I guess it depends on Larry and the rest of the Hou guys (especially if your spraying! )

What kind of times are U running anyway--REAL times--not what U tell everybody ?

Larry Dunlap

Well, I guess I did say "Houstons fastest thirdgenner". I would welcome anyone to come to the meets, the more cars the better. We have been pitifully few the last few meets, so I dont' want to discourage anyone from coming to a show/meet, but I guess I would rather stick with the Houston area for the organized eliminations, IF WE GET ENOUGH CARS.

Yes, ESC, I remember seeing his posts, but I don't know him and I haven't see the car at the meets I have been at. I was saying of the cars that I had seen race Texas LT1 was the fastest. So can I put ESC down for committing to the elimination races?

ESC - 377 ???

I guess if we get enough cars in the stroker class we could have another class. There could be

xtremeirocz - 6L
ESC - 377
Steven K - LS1

Im not a big advocate of a lot of classes, it seems to me to get too complicated, but again, it depends on how many and what they are running.

So far

5 in the L98 (Larry, Barry, Craig, Tristan, Mike)

1 V6 (black widow)

1 305 (Rudy)

2 Big dogs (6L and 377) (xtremeiroc and ESC)

not enought for more than one class at the moment

esc

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I admit I haven't been at any meets lately, but I have been!
I've been working a temporary job lately that hasn't been leaving me much spare time. But that should finish up soon.

So count me in.

Larry Dunlap

Great. Look forward to seeing you. I havent been to all the meets, I just meant that we probably missed each other, you being at some, and me others.

I take it your motor is not excatly a stock L98 350. Can I have a little info to help decide the class. Ideally a representative 1/4 mile time would be helpful too. For example

Larry - 13.4
Texas LT1 - 12.87
Craig - about 13.5?
Barry - Did not finish (just kidding, about 13.6?)

If others that are racing will chime in with a representative time, this will help.

rudyt5000

14.9

esc

iTrader: (6)

Don't have any 1/4 mile times yet but I did visit Seally not too long ago.... and since traction was a big problem I think I'll do a lot better in the 1/4.

Scroll down to the time slip.
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=289518

Zap Racing

Using the 1.56 conversion method, that's about a 12.5--1/4 mile.

Since HRP is usually hooked up pretty good, I'd be looking for at least low 12's out of ESC, maybe quicker!

Larry Dunlap

Cool. I was running about 8.65 at Sealy and 13.4x at HRP. So It you ran 8.04 at Sealy, you ought to run, well, I don't really know, I guess like 12.5 or so??

Anyway, I made a few mods since then and ran 8.4 at Sealy and haven't run again (not pm a hot day) so im expecting 13.1 or so on a cool night.

Theoretically your car should be the fastest. It will be fun to see you at the strip and see how it goes. Anything can happen in a race, and well, you better practice up because some have more racing experience

Look forward to seeing you there.

zap89

Well I really haven't spent much time, money making my beast run fast..just been trying to keep her on the road. But I need to show I ain't scurred to run with you modded big dogs. So put me in for the L98 class.

I have never raced, hell never had anything to race with so if I aske questions that might seem ignorant it's because they are..

My 350 is mostly stock, save for some headers and AFPR but I sure as hell will try my damnedest to kick some ***...

Richard,

Sonar_un

I am deffinitely out of the lineup for the fastest houston thirdgenner... lol

f355bird

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I should be running low 12's on motor and mid to low 11's on bottle.

Zap Racing

sounds like we have a winner! .........in the bench racing division anyway .......... now we all just have to see if we ALL can back up what we say we can run!

Larry Dunlap

Thats the spirit!. None of us are pros here. Winning is fun but just competing is more important. Geez, I sound kind of cheesy but its true.

I would suggest going to HMP or Sealy and practicising a little. Sealy is really better, but proably farther for you. At the 1/8th mile tracks you can practice with the staging lites, the starting tree and cutting a good reaction time, and launching. The race is mostly won in the first part anyway. For me I shift into third with my Th350 at the 1/8 mark, then its just holding the foot to the floor and keeping the car straight for the second 1/8 mile. Sealy is very low pressure, low profile. We saw a guy a few weeks ago that went to far at the line, tripped the red light, put it in reversec and backed up, restaged, the LAUNCHED IN REVERSE, BWAAAAAAUUUHAHA. Much better to do that at Sealy than at HMP in front of a lot of people.

so,Illl add you to the list

Zap 89 - L98

Zap Racing

We have to read between the lines too......if RudyT or Larry say they are running on the bottle, they may not be necessarily talking about NOZ!

TexasLT1

the more of that kind of bottle the better for the rest of us

esc

iTrader: (6)

Maybe, but I'm hoping for a lot better than that. If nothing breaks (knock on wood) and I can hook up (my biggest obstacle) I expect to get well in to the 11's.

Larry Dunlap

Wow, that would be pretty fast. I did notice your 60' time on the time slip as Sealy wasnt so hot, like 1.98. My best on Nittos is 1.84, so if you can hook up good, who knows. What tires are you running at th strip.??

By the way, ignore those comments about running on the bottle, I am

esc

iTrader: (6)

Don't be so quick to give that trophy away!

f355bird, don't forget your bottle....

esc

iTrader: (6)

I was running Kuhmo Victoracers that day and I was spinning bad in 2nd gear and never even got into third.

My best time that day (the one I posted) was after retarding my timing about 12 degrees to help control my wheel spin. And even then I couldn't use full throttle in first.

Next time I'll be on ET-Streets.

Zap Racing

His 60 ft was a 1.88

I see mid 11's in his car! no bottle!

xtremeirocz

benchracer? i ran a 12.03 with my 388 in my black car before i ditched it on motie, my red car went 7.20's on motor at seally and it was a 89 iroc and i have it on film somewhere. just because we dont go out to the track with you doesnt mean people arent faster then a 12.80. that just the one you have seen. i think i posted my time on the 388 back in febuary. does that make me the fastest thirdgen? or do i have to do it infront of you

TexasLT1

untwist your panties. In Larry's original post he mentioned cars that he's seen run at meets and nothing more, nothing about cars that he's knows are faster, just the ones he's seen.

Zap Racing

I'm not sure--is that the fastest time reported so far?

Let's see now --a 7.20 with the 1.56 conversion factor is a 11.23 1/4!!!

Dam_ that's quick dude! Somehow I missed that along the way--was not aware your car was that fast!

This is shaping up to be pretty interesting in the "highly modified" class/division (or whatever we should call it).

Be looking forward to see it at the track, and somehow I have a feeling U are going to turn in a new personal best!

xtremeirocz

but see then the point is that i went 7.2 in my 89 iroc that i dont have anymore. i went 12.03 at hrp in january with a untuned on radial 388 that i sold. i have no idea what a 6.0 ls1 truck bottom end with heads and cam on a 150 shot will do , but i do know what my wifes 5.7 did before the blower and it was a bottom 11. i just want to get this thing converted and get out and do some racing. my only point is that there have been plenty of thirdgens that i have seen go faster then a 12.80.

xtremeirocz

Then we should name it " fastest thirdgen that larry has seen meet" - lol.......... j/k

Larry Dunlap

The title of the thread "Fastest Houston Thirdgenner" means, let's have a organized drag race and see who wins, that will be Houston's fastest thirdgen, at least on that day. Like the winner of the Olympics 100M is said to be the world's fastest man.

In order to set up classes, we first need the driver to commit to racing when we have this deal, sometime around Thanksgiving, then give representative information about the car that will be racing in that event, Like motor size and best 1/4 or 1/8 mile time.

I don't know who has or had a car that ran whatever time that was the fastest. The idea is not to determine who ran the fastest in this thread, the idea is to organize a drag race and determine the fastest car at that race.

I was beginning to rank the cars, based on cars that I know and had seen, then I want others that I haven't seen to chime in and tell me what they have run.

So if you plan on racing, and I haven't mentioned you in the last summary of what we have so far, COME ON DOWN

86WS6_T/A

Can I bring my snake to play?

TexasLT1

you can play all you want, but you're not getting any trophies

kevin89formula

well, I havn't been on the boards lately. Looks like a lot of fun stuff going on.

Ok Larry, I will run at the Drag race in the fall. Hopefully I will have all the kinks worked out by then. Put me in the 12.80 and above class with all the other Ham and eggers.

I hope somebody with a really fast tpi/lt1/ls1 third gen shows up.
That would be cool if somebody could fire off an 11 something run.

Zap Racing

Good to see U back on the board!



Is your car up and running?

kevin89formula

Car is running, still has the ocassional sputter problem.
Must have a loose wire or something. can't seem to fix it.
I drove it all weekand and it only did it twice.

By the way it sure is hot in the car with no A/C!

Larry Dunlap

Hey Kevin, good to hear you are planning on making it. We are still trying to figure out how to divide the classes, how many to have, etc. I just want to get a better idea of how many cars at what levels want to participate.

On that sputter problem, could be the ECM (computer). I had a problem like that on my car when I first bought it. Then the computer went completely out and I replaced it and the problem went away. Also on both my son's V6 Firebirds we had a problem that was fixed by changing the computer. The problems were much more severe, extreme missing, etc, but they were intermittent. You can get a reconditioned ECM for about $80.

I was thinking about takin out my AC for more HP. In the end I wussed out and had it charged up with Freon before the last meet. It does make things a lot more agreeable even if I only drive the car occasionally.

esc

iTrader: (6)

I have to agree with you there. I never drive my Camaro during the day in the Summer (Except next Saturday!).

For the longest time the AC was useless, if I tried to use it the car would just overhear, but I think I have that under control.

One day I'll put the AC back in.

Zap Racing

FIX IT!


Man I could not survive without AC! And I don't think Sue would ride in my car either!

1bad91Z

iTrader: (1)

Thats another reason I don't drive my car in Summertime. I have a leak in the evaporator core (expensive $$$ to replace) and $$$$$ to recharge with r-12. Thats why I look forward to what little winter we get down here. I get to roll with the windows down and be comfortable.