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Old 04-09-2009, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by King
Did you spray on all of the runs?
I only ran it twice. I knew my traction wasn't getting any better with the cold weather so i figured why waste my time. My buddys corvette (sig) blew out his rear first pass. He didn't even make it past the staging lights. Typical GM product. lol.


At the moment i'm going to be just looking on improving my time as is. I usually try to max out the car before I do any more mods. I feel as if the car can do 12.30's as it is now. So as soon as i accomplish that, then i'll do something else. Not exactly sure yet.
 
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Old 04-09-2009, 08:47 PM
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Make sure like I said to really heat up those Nittos. They seem to like A LOT of heat to really hook up well. I'm glad your liking that nitrous setup. Just keep it below a 150hit and she will run for awhile on the bottle. I think for a street/strip car 125 is perfect shot.
 
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Old 04-09-2009, 10:41 PM
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125... now..I'll preach tune it... TBH though..high 11's can be seen under good conditions...
 
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:06 AM
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Well it was only about 40 degrees out. There wasn't much i could do.


11's aren't possible with my current setup. Low 12's yes.
 
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:21 AM
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Pretty fast, for a chick car.
 
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:26 AM
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If my car is a chick car, whats that make yours? lol.
 
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:27 AM
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A prettier chick car
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 04:11 AM
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Sorry For the Late Reply...

Congrats on the New Times!

Some Mickey Thompson Drag Radials and spraying outta the hole = Low 12's!
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 06:56 AM
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Definitely. I think with some warmer weather being able to heat up the Nitto's I could go 12.30's.
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 03:11 PM
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Ditto, those Nitttos need to be hot to dead hook.

If you checkout my vid(in sig) im running on Nitto Drag Radials and had to do a John Force burnout to actually hook. 1.73 60'ft in said vid. It actually surprised me it hooked, LOL!
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 06:14 PM
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I cut my best run with a 1.996 60 foot. Which is absolutely terrible with 4.10's, drag radials, and nitrous.

I should get a 1.7x 60' when its hot enough to roast them. They weren't even sticky. Possibly cut a 12.2x. Possibly.
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:46 PM
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i have a auto and i run a 2nd gear burn out for about 6-8 seconds on the nittos. the best 60 i cut with that method is a 1.8 at 15 psi.
 
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Old 05-17-2009, 03:24 PM
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Rule of thumb with nittos drags is: "GIVE EM HEAT AND LET EM EAT."
 
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