pontiacfreak142

it was the DOHC motor. Yea ive never heard of a supercharger for those either, but at least it sounded better than his other idea of shoving a viper V10 in it lol. And paul, bring that v6 rustang on lol

lmao, now that wouldnt even be fun. Haha ill do that. He will probably be interested in that since he cant beat anything else...

yea, its an NA car right now but hes i guess planning on supercharging it soon lol. Yea the way he was talking shit i honestly thought it was a vr4.

well needless to say on the way back to house, we did get some what of a roll race in, with him starting in front of me and getting a head start, i was still pulling him in pretty quick. To finish the story short and sweet, he also ended up getting walked by 2 LS1 cars later that night also, then turned around and started talking about racing for money. i forgot to mention, the car isnt supercharged yet, just NA with a CAI, down pipe, and chip. I dont jack about these cars though. Are they decent with superchargers, or should i just go take his money? lol

The back story... the other day my sister stopped by the house to check some stuff online. Well while shes doing this, she took a break and got on myspace. While she was doing this, a guy she used to like/ a guy i graduated with, messaged her. During there conversation, cars came up and he mention that he had a car he liked to race, a mitsubishi 3000gt. So my sister starts making fun of him and tells him to sell it and get a real car, meaning something american with a V8 lol. Well he starts saying that he doesnt need to because he smokes cars like that all the time, especially vettes, camaros and mustangs. So my sister tells him that there is a firebird and a mustang sittin in the drive way that would smoke him. His response was, ' they better have alot of aftermarket parts if they even think about beating me'. So i told her to let him know to bring it on over and we would race. Well in the mean time i had to run my gf home to get some stuff. On my way home though, my sister calls and tells me that he showed up and that chad (gtptols1) was there to see the race. So i hurried home and we all went out onto a little back road for a dig race. Needless to say it wasnt even a race, i left his ass from start to finish and even chad got tired of waiting and just went around him. so we get back to my house and the excuses start. 'my car is better from a roll', 'you had the upper hand from a dig because you have an automatic' and my personal favorite, 'just wait till i get my supercharger'.

yea but you get a much less reliable car with a POS BMW, ill take the ford please!

nice times man. your car is insane to watch, especially when lifting a wheel in second gear.

lmfao, yea it is. my dad actually made fun of me earlier. i raced him in time trials and after words he asked me if i was far enough back that i could see what he ran on the boards. The sad part is, i was lol

ok, so im pretty sure im going with some 4.10's. my car went through the traps at just over 5k rpm and needs to be more towards the 5800-6000 range. on a side note, the car did run a 13.79 tonight.

how did my thread go from talking about gears in my car, to a bunch of slow ass mustangs? lol jk

haha, yea 4.56's would be a bit to much for this car as i still drive it on a normal basis.

RIP

im not expecting a drastic increase or anything, just something thats gonna help my car get down the 1/4 a little quicker, plus i plan on doing a V8 swap before to long and i wanted 4.10s for it anyway. also, it cant help any less than going from 3.08's to 3.73s did for my car. and actually it will only cost me 200 for the gears, i can do the work myself.

welcome man. your car is just nasty +rep.

well the traction issue i can deal with, thats all just a matter of playing with tire pressure and launching the car. my main concern is just getting this car to run a little more like it should.

im not really looking to go that big though. even just going to a 4.10 should help with both my 60's and trap speed right?

thats not a bad thing though because i dont usually even shift until 6200

right now its a 26 inch tire. ive tried 28's but it just slowed my car down lol.

im not quite sure what to do, or go with. I talked to brian earlier (thanks again man for scanning the car), and from what we remember, the car made peak power at about 5800 rpm, which was also at 126? mph. now im not sure what rpm im going through the traps at, but the car made the dyno pulls in 3rd gear, and i dont use OD at the track either. The car currently has 3.73 gears in it, im thinking 4.10's but not sure. should i wait till i can get a pass in and see where my rpms are first, or is there an easier way to tell if i should go ahead and do it?

you to man. and good job in the eliminations, you were real close to your dial in. did you have to let off?

yea i was really suprised how well the track was hooking. i even pulled my best/damn near best 60' ever today. (i say that bc i cant remember what my pb was prior to today) 1.90. i also would have set a new best if my car wasnt a POS lol.

heres some time slips for comparison. old pass: this isnt my 86 pass, i cant find the slip, but close enough. the mph on the 86 pass just above 97 mph though. 60'- 1.93 330'-5.63 1/8-8.801 @ 76.97 1000'-11.562 1/4-13.89 @ 96.63 mph new slip: after weight loss (aprox. 60-70 pounds) and tune. 60'-1.911 330'-5.60 1/8-8.742 @ 77.72 1000'-11.487 1/4-13.82 @ 96.29

yea thats my plan. It just has lower control arms. brian, as far as i know, the tires dont seem to make much of a difference from what i can tell. I need to get out and really try to launch the car with both sets to get a better idea.

well i havent been able to find the 13.86 time slip, but comparing it to a couple 13.9x passes, they were about the same. Trap speeds were all 77.xx. Any idea when your gonna be at the shop next? Im hoping maybe it is just something small im missing, but knowing my luck, this car is just a POS because it seems like no matter what i do to it, nothing seems to help.