Track Times: My Best Ever

[Pete]

Took my Z to the track today Great Lakes Dragway last time till spring.

I put my Z on 2 different Dynos (Dynojets) and ran her at 2 different tracks to back up my ET's/MPH.
About a month ago went to a vette track rental US41 temps were 80's she ran 11.40's @ 128, today temp was 44*f ran 3 passes then i got the boot.

1.78/11.32 @ 129.05
1.86/11.50 @ 129.23
1.74/11.09 @ 129.27


I'm very happy with my Z
Now for a few more little performance tid bits over the winter (maybe gears),shooting for 10's and 130MPH then i'll be ready for BG.


Pete

[Paul Workman]

WooHoo, buddy! U makin friends of the KOTH proud! (And, a N/A 350 at that!!) That Z of yours is a "hall of fame" candidate for sure! Congratz, Pete. I know you've put a lot of TLC into that car, and it surely shows it. I sure would like to be there when you break into the 10s...have to break a bottle of Campaign over the hood...well...mebby not. But! it will be time to party

For others reading along, some perspective: Pete's Z was the top dog at the Corvette gathering at US 41 a few weeks ago - over all comers including several C6Z06s.

Well, gotta go to work, but thought I'd check in and see what was going on. Glad I did!

P.

[XfireZ51]

Pete,

I wondered if you were going to go yesterday. I would have come with but had go to a previous engagement involving my daughter. I don't have to tell you that daughters take priority over drag racing. =Jeff= and I may have a way of getting you into the 10's.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Pete,

I wondered if you were going to go yesterday. I would have come with but had go to a previous engagement involving my daughter. I don't have to tell you that daughters take priority over drag racing. =Jeff= and I may have a way of getting you into the 10's.

Dom,you got me excited,hope your're not a tease

Pete

[Jagdpanzer]

Pete,
Those are some fantastic times and speeds out of a stock displacement NA LT5 motor.
What tires were you running?
With those hard launches what are you doing to keep from breaking spindles, u-joints, and half-shafts?
Are you running stock spindles?
And what gear ratio are you planning to go with?
Last weekend I broke the right spindle on mine on the first pass I tried at the strip. Now I'm in the process of putting it back together and would appreciate any advise you can give on how to make the drive train more reliable for occasional strip use.
BTW I had those skinny A-molds on you sold me a while back with some new Hoosier radials on and they sure looked good on the car.

[Demps]

Awesome Pete! Sounds like the car is making some power. AND, looks like you're not too shabby of a driver. Great work!

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

Pete,
Those are some fantastic times and speeds out of a stock displacement NA LT5 motor.
What tires were you running?
With those hard launches what are you doing to keep from breaking spindles, u-joints, and half-shafts?
Are you running stock spindles?
And what gear ratio are you planning to go with?
Last weekend I broke the right spindle on mine on the first pass I tried at the strip. Now I'm in the process of putting it back together and would appreciate any advise you can give on how to make the drive train more reliable for occasional strip use.
BTW I had those skinny A-molds on you sold me a while back with some new Hoosier radials on and they sure looked good on the car.

I had the Hoosier Drag Radials with this cold weather i needed all the bite
i can get.

1.70's aren't really that good 60ft a friend is getting 1.50's.

I have stock spindles and have my fingers crossed everytime at the track
my advice cross your fingers just don't fall/buy those expensive spindles they break also stay with the stockers cheaper.

Those skinny a-molds would get a lot of attention/compliments.
Can you send me some pictures of the wheels with the Hoosiers on them.

Pete

[Jagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Pete

Those skinny a-molds would get a lot of attention/compliments.
Can you send me some pictures of the wheels with the Hoosiers on them.

Pete

Hey Pete,
It was absolutely gorgeous outside today here in northern Virginia so I rolled the Z out and took a few pics of it with the narrowed A-moulds and Hoosiers mounted up:

[flyin ryan]

you must notice the steering being a little lighter when going slow, huh. run 11.99 E.T. or quicker & you have to have steel valve stems, BTW. i'll tell ya' why if anyone is interested

[Aurora40]

Wow, that's amazing! How much does the car weigh?