US-41 Corvette Drags Event - Page 2 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

XfireZ51 · 10-10-2008

How about ccmano? You coming? Anyone else going to uphold the honor of the King?

XfireZ51 · 10-11-2008

Pete, Paul Workman and myself went today. Really fun. About 70 Vettes showed up altho only 3 ZR-1s

. Surprised more than a few C6s today.
Pete really blew them away running 11.4s with a high trap of 128 WOW!
No question the LT5 is such a top end motor. My last run was up against a late C6 coupe. Had a problem gaining traction on 1-2 shift. Lost several tenths right there but was 6mph faster 114.5 at the top than C6. Just walked away from him last 1/8.
Raised $1100 for charity. Looking forward to doing it again next year.

jonszr1 · 10-12-2008

is pete still running 3.45 gears ? awsome work guys . it is fun blowin the newer vets mind . the look on their faces is just priceless

petes the man with the stk block great job . he goes any faster and its roll bar time

flyin ryan · 10-12-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Pete, Paul Workman and myself went today. Really fun. About 70 Vettes showed up altho only 3 ZR-1s

. Surprised more than a few C6s today.
Pete really blew them away running 11.4s with a high trap of 128 WOW!
No question the LT5 is such a top end motor. My last run was up against a late C6 coupe. Had a problem gaining traction on 1-2 shift. Lost several tenths right there but was 6mph faster 114.5 at the top than C6. Just walked away from him last 1/8.
Raised $1100 for charity. Looking forward to doing it again next year.

cool

, good stuff.

Paul Workman · 10-12-2008

Awesome day! Watching Pete n Dom run was thrillin stuff.

I didn't intend to run, but excitement got to me, and sooo.... This was my first official drag race, and I ran a 13.2 at 111.x mph on a stock ZR-1. Dom and Pete wondered if I had short-shifted, and I believe I did shift short of 7k.

On the next run I made a point to run it out to see what would happen, but the dyno test from a couple weeks ago foretold that story: power peaks around 5.8k, so shifting around 6.3 or 6.4 would be a "good thing" (apparently), and wringing it out to 7k - sounded great - but not productive for the stock setup. However, that is about to change...I have a die grinder and new 3" SW headers, and I reeeeeeeeaaallly liked the look and sound of both Pete's (modified B&B) and Doms 3" (Flowmaster??) exhausts - especially the sound of Dom's. Sooo, I have a winter project, "fer sher". (P&P the top, SW headers, 3" something (no cats), mebby a bigger TB(?), and a tune, of course. Then we'll see what that does to the traps!

)

Dom is right tho...The Z's held their own and pulled like a freight train past the 1/8 point" - especially theirs which don't peak (hp wise) until 7k+

. These cars love their "Rs"!! Long live the KOTH!

P.

XfireZ51 · 10-12-2008

Paul,

Just to clarify, the exhaust is a MagnaFlow on my car. We had fun didn't we.
Hopefully, we'll see some pics or vids of the runs.

jonszr1 · 10-12-2008

i would love to see videos of you guys running your cars , especially petes fine ride . to see a stk blk run 112.3-4 with 3.45 gears is very impressive.and shows a dedication to see what can be wrung out of a stk blk. i think if he went to a 3.90 gear he could with a preped track get to the holy grail 10s

-=Jeff=- · 10-12-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonszr1

is pete still running 3.45 gears ?

Yes

WB9MCW · 10-12-2008

GOOD JOB GUYS -- SHOW THE C-SIXERS WHAT THE KOTH IS ALL ABOUT --

Y'ALL DONE US PROUD 4 SURE !!!

flyin ryan · 10-12-2008

good time for a stock 90 Paul, first time out or not

10-10-2008	#11
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,703	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event How about ccmano? You coming? Anyone else going to uphold the honor of the King?

10-11-2008	#12
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,703	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event Pete, Paul Workman and myself went today. Really fun. About 70 Vettes showed up altho only 3 ZR-1s . Surprised more than a few C6s today. Pete really blew them away running 11.4s with a high trap of 128 WOW! No question the LT5 is such a top end motor. My last run was up against a late C6 coupe. Had a problem gaining traction on 1-2 shift. Lost several tenths right there but was 6mph faster 114.5 at the top than C6. Just walked away from him last 1/8. Raised $1100 for charity. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Last edited by XfireZ51; 10-11-2008 at 10:46 PM.

10-12-2008	#13
jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,407	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event is pete still running 3.45 gears ? awsome work guys . it is fun blowin the newer vets mind . the look on their faces is just pricelesspetes the man with the stk block great job . he goes any faster and its roll bar time

10-12-2008	#15
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,493	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event Awesome day! Watching Pete n Dom run was thrillin stuff. I didn't intend to run, but excitement got to me, and sooo.... This was my first official drag race, and I ran a 13.2 at 111.x mph on a stock ZR-1. Dom and Pete wondered if I had short-shifted, and I believe I did shift short of 7k. On the next run I made a point to run it out to see what would happen, but the dyno test from a couple weeks ago foretold that story: power peaks around 5.8k, so shifting around 6.3 or 6.4 would be a "good thing" (apparently), and wringing it out to 7k - sounded great - but not productive for the stock setup. However, that is about to change...I have a die grinder and new 3" SW headers, and I reeeeeeeeaaallly liked the look and sound of both Pete's (modified B&B) and Doms 3" (Flowmaster??) exhausts - especially the sound of Dom's. Sooo, I have a winter project, "fer sher". (P&P the top, SW headers, 3" something (no cats), mebby a bigger TB(?), and a tune, of course. Then we'll see what that does to the traps!) Dom is right tho...The Z's held their own and pulled like a freight train past the 1/8 point" - especially theirs which don't peak (hp wise) until 7k+. These cars love their "Rs"!! Long live the KOTH! P.

10-12-2008	#16
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,703	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event Paul, Just to clarify, the exhaust is a MagnaFlow on my car. We had fun didn't we. Hopefully, we'll see some pics or vids of the runs.

10-12-2008	#17
jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,407	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event i would love to see videos of you guys running your cars , especially petes fine ride . to see a stk blk run 112.3-4 with 3.45 gears is very impressive.and shows a dedication to see what can be wrung out of a stk blk. i think if he went to a 3.90 gear he could with a preped track get to the holy grail 10s

10-12-2008	#19
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event GOOD JOB GUYS -- SHOW THE C-SIXERS WHAT THE KOTH IS ALL ABOUT -- Y'ALL DONE US PROUD 4 SURE !!! __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

10-12-2008	#20
flyin ryan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,741	Re: US-41 Corvette Drags Event good time for a stock 90 Paul, first time out or not __________________ There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y.