pontiacfreak142

scott, if you dont mind, maybe we will do that. The car didnt show any knock on the dyno, but it sure isnt running like it picked up any power either. my best 60 ever is a 1.900 and my best last night was 1.911 and that was leaving at just above idle. But yea the pass i launched it at 3000 it spun to a 2.6. And yes, at least while i was doing my burnouts it was spinning both tires.

ive got a torsen posi out of an LS1 car. the traction problem was really only on the pass when i tried to stall it up to 3000 rpm. I do agree to a point that maybe i dont do a great burn out and im sure that my drag radials being at near 40 psi didnt help either lol. But the other thing that im confused about is that, ive always been told that your mph is a sign of how much power the car makes. But yet i gained a decent amount of power between my intake and tune, but i actually traped lower last night. is it possible that im seeing some knock retard possibly?

well first off, im just gonna say that maybe im wrong, maybe everything is fine, but i just want some extra opinions to be sure. Last year, my car set its personal best of a 13.86 @ 97 mph with pretty much the same setup as now minus a tune and better CAI, along with using a 24 inch tall drag radial (as compared to the 26 inch im using now, although the car is tuned for a 26 inch tire, or at least it was 3 years ago). Shortly after that time was set, i had the car dynoed and made 196 whp and 205 Tq. Fast forward to tonight. Its cold as hell out, i have a better intake on the car, and it has just been tuned and made like 223 whp and 230 TQ (for those that dont want to take the time to add, thats a 27 whp and 25 tq difference). The only other differences are im back to using a 26 inch tire and ive completely gutted the car (weighs right around 3000 pounds). I made a few passes tonight, the best of which being a 13.82 at just over 96 mph. Due to the a few people breaking, i didnt have much of a chance to really play with the car. The only thing i tried, was to launch the car as hard as possible, which i think was just about 3000 rpm. The car wasnt really pushing or anything while i was stalling, but as soon as i launched, the car just spun and spun and spun. So my question is, is it just me, or does my car just suck that bad? looking at the dyno sheet, the car makes peek Tq at 4700 rpm and peek power at 5700 and slowly drops from there. So would messing with the car and trying to get it to hook with a 3K launch help much? any other idea's?

well traction deffinately wasnt the greatest, but the track wasnt to bad at first, but im still dissapointed with my car.

its just a light sprinkle. Plus its supposed to clear up and be sunny later.

ill be there in my slow car, tryin to set some new PB's.

that will be sweet. although it will suck adding all that weight to the car.

im not quite sure, i lost the paper lol

ill have to try to make it out to this, sounds pretty cool

it used to be fun in here, but i think everyone just forgot about this lol.

go with slicks. ive heard the hoosier DOT slicks work pretty well.

that sucks man. Are you thinking of getting one put in?

im pretty sure its 1/4.

Anyone else hears about this? i just got a letter in the mail from trails about it. From what i understand, it sounds pretty cool. its bracket racing, but every time, say a pontiac wins, that scores a point for pontiac and which ever brand has the most points by the end of the day, is the over all winner. ill be going.

and if it helps any, your more than welcome to anything in that tranny of mine, to get yours moving again.

like jason said, first and formost, just remember some one, some where has it much worse off than you do. And i know exactly what your going through. back when i was on a roll with blowing up motors, i had to sell a few things i never wanted to, just to pay for motors bc even though i had a job, it barely paid for my bills which left me nothing to fix the car with, and it was the only one i had at the time. just keep in mind to, things will get better, just wait. Also like brian said, video have always helped me get my mind off of shit to. ive got a 360, and im sure paul will be nice enough to get online and let you kick his ass in some forza lol.

i just registered

and damn i always miss all the fun stuff, being stuck at work FTL!

another dyno day possibly? lol

im with you on that. i saw some cars on there that are just ridiculous. an 87 GNX, 2008 mustang GT, and several LS1 f-bodies, cmon, WTF is wrong with people? i wish they posted phone numbers cause i would find out where half those people lived and kicked them all in the nuts.

yea but if you remember, my game kept freezing up and i never even got to race you with my camaro lol.

paul, when i get this game i will actually have a working forza game, so im finally gonna destroy your ass lol

i would say mid to low 13's. if your going out on a friday let me know, i have an extra set of drag radials we can put on it if you want

wow......

welcome tom, nice to see you on here. Your car looks great man. +Rep