Originally Posted by Rigsby
Originally Posted by TopspeedLowet
14.20ET at best, 13 anything would be better than you would expect.
My 2 cents
I thought a stock Chevelle w/ only minor tuning running on bias-ply pizza cutters having a 4sd, simiar or higher gears, in totally stock form @ several street drags, tested in several acticles, have done better than that (14.20). I think a stock COPO 1st gen. Camaro w/a 427 & 4sd with pathetic tires was at least in the high 12's having no after market parts beyond its original form. Granted it was driven to the peak of its ability & tuned the same, but his Chevelle w/ 500+ Hp, & 4:10's w/a 4spd surely would beat 14.20??? I could be wrong, but that sounds too slow. Scooter
I agree that the car could and can be very close to 11.50 but I have also seen a lot of desk top dynoed engines down at the dairy queen that run low 9's but have never been to the track, then when they finally get there and get the 13.99 + second time slip to there shock and then decide to compare reaction times cus there car is too powerful for the track on wed night or some excuse to that order. The frustration of taking your 12 second car to the track and getting the 14 second time slip is very common. I factored in the clutch and the missed shift, tire spin and all the likely factors, and if the car runs what it could, then the owner's feet will never touch the ground because he expected a 14.20 et cus that dumb ass on the internet was way off on his guess, what an idiot. But if I expected 11.50ET and ran 13.99Et I might be frustrated and disappointed with my car no doubt. Now next time I try to give a guy some easily attainable goal like this, in the hope that he is elated to do better than predicted, please don't make me spill the beans and explane it to my journeyman race junker's :wink: :lol: :lol:
I'm just having fun guys, I hope every one gets the humor on the last part.
