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no laughing.... - 3/8/2006 3:14:25 AM

xrcrx

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Ok, I finally got to baseline the '84. It's a stock 3.07 auto Crossfire car. K&N filter, and ram-air mod. I ran a 15.3 at Houston Raceway Park this Sunday. Road and Track got 15.5 out of a 3.31 rear geared 4+3stickshift car. WooHoo, not bad for a 23 year old car w/112k on it! Mods are forthcoming now that the stage is set. The really fun part was scaring an 02 SS Camaro when i got 3 or 4 lengths on him off the line(heads up), he was runnin' drag radials but couldn't launch very well. My buddy brought his boosted, chipped, intake/exhaust modded, stick Passat and we ran 3 times, 3 wins for the old Vette! His car did come on strong on top though, his trap speeds were consistantly 2 mph better than mine, but he was consistantly 2nd. The old crossfire really feels like it's runnin' outta breath on top. On the way home we did a little 75 mph roll on to a little over 130, the Vette vibrated a bit ,not tires but hard to isolate, anyway he got a couple lengths on me but couldn't just run away and hide. Fun time anyway. I did get smoked at the track by a 440 GTX and a Firehawk too, but my turn's comin' !

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Eric
84 C4 Z-51 auto
05 CBR1000RR Repsol Rep
00 TLR

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RE: no laughing.... - 3/8/2006 8:09:33 AM

PAY2PLAY

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Overall sounds like you had a fun night. I have never raced my car (or any of my cars) at the track and I am really looking forward to taking the Vette out this spring and she what both she and I can do. So now that you have been seriously bitten by the bug, what mods are you expecting to do to the car now?

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'99 Lexus RX300 (wifes)
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RE: no laughing.... - 3/8/2006 3:29:20 PM

xrcrx

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I'm gonna keep it to bolt ons for now as the car runs well and doesn't use oil(Mobil-1 10W-30). The concept of an engine being worn out at 100k doesn't hold up any more. That said, here goes. X-Ram intake, I've talked with a couple of folks who've used it and also talked to Pat, the owner of X-Ram, who is located about 45 minutes from me. He told me if I wasn't happy with the results he'd buy it back. So with the X-Ram intake and 1.6-1 roller rockers I should see low 14's. If that doesn't work I'll convert to Edelbrock Air-Gap and Holley carb(yes I know-it's considered a backwards move). In a couple years I'll probably go with a crate motor and do a swap. Cubic dollars count and my bikes take a lot of that too! Besides, why ditch a perfectly good engine till I need to. I'm also gonna add a shift kit to the trans, the 2-3 vshift probably cost 1-2 tenths in itself.

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Eric
84 C4 Z-51 auto
05 CBR1000RR Repsol Rep
00 TLR

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