Hopefully I can get a new exhaust manifold before the season is over... want my 12.xxx Blew apart my second zzp one going with a evo x lol, think I need some meth to keep temps down.

 

bah i need to hit the track before the year is up. maybe ill stop by this weekend in calgary on friday night

 

thx for the add, we can probally add in a time for jon and jade from my footage.... i will bring my vid cam to work tomorow and go from there...
btw jonathan i have cai, dual exhaust, on a g85

 

Mark im going to take your tranny.....

 

fixed - is that ok?

that was some great footage - now if your wife could only teach you how to use the recorder

I keed-I keed!!

 

lol hahahah funny boyz.... i bet my tranny would look damn good in your car about now lol hey tjay!!!!!!!!!! lol as for you mr jonathan!!!!!!!! i looked damn good fudging up that run lol!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha hey which reminds me i want one more crack at getting into the 14's jonathan.... if you get what i mean.... i just know it can do it.... last time i didnt do alot of stuff that i could have done to achieve that. high 14's at race city for a unstaged car would be very good.....

 

it took a while before whats-his-name from red deer to break 14's, and he's stage 2...

I really think 15.3 for your car is quite respectable...

the only other thing we could do to try to help you out, is check what the Density altitude was, and try to hit the track on a night where the DA was "lower"... that will drop your E/T's

but if you look at the #2 & #3 spots, I'm guessing we had a good night considering I'm stock, and only 3/10th's off of the #2 spot...
(plus I did check it some time ago, it looked like my best run was clearly sub fourteens with DA correction - which further confirms my suspicion that we ran on a great night.)

 

it is but honestly i didnt even take my spare out lol..... so a full interior removal including pass seat... and a next to fresh oil change with some secrets i do.... i was like 35% and a dirty air filter when i ran last... between those things and weight reduction. i bet sub 15 buddy.... hell i figure if i didnt miss sec gear on 2 of my runs it would have been 15.1....

 

I make a point of not doing any weight reduction either.

I don't wait too long between oil changes (normally done by the time I hit 50%), but other than taking off the (expensive) Conti's, I just run it as-is.

I pretty much do the same in the Grand Am too - I always have the full interior, and even my spare in place...

 

ya but the more i think of it i want to get below 15 buddy lol... cant blame me there.... unstaged below 15 at rc would be awsome if you ask me and i believe it is possible....

 

cough**cough** a little shot of nitrous would do Mark, then you could be 13's!!

 

I don't doubt it's possible.

also the more track time you have in your car, the better your runs will be.

for me, I needed to focus, and have a rhythm - otherwise I'd goober something up...
(this is why when I get to the front of the line, I won't really joke around.)

 

lol, ya agreed sub 14 would be achieved with some laughing gas..... however honestly i get alot of flank from other members about how duals are crap... and dont add just take hp away.... if i pulled a sub 15 at race city, a place that generaly runs a second slower then sea level. then what do they have to say then...... see where i am getting to.... then next year with a stg and some cooling mods. also traction and finish the exhaust mods. i will try for sub 14.... the one thing i am doing is setting the bar high.... as matter of fact i wish to out run you with the eaton sc there tjay.... hahahaha if possible at all... hahahaah you seem to have a huge head start on me lol.... i am also not sure if it is possible to out run the tvs...

 

haha well good luck, i always like a healthy competition. Im looking forward to next year, i have evrything externally done there is to do, winter is build time.....ported head, new pistons, and maybe a shot of N20......we'll see what the spring brings. Im hoping if its nice enough out to get to the track this year with my new tires, setting the coilovers to as stiff as possible in back, new clutch, and the tune dialed in i can get a 13.7 to 13.9 this year, then its aiming for 12's next year at race city. Of course this may require a driver mod haha

 

hey tjay you have strut tower brace yet???? if not i bet it will help too.... i know it did in the sunfire when i did it... it was a very noticible diff to me anyway.... i truely believe in these cars suspension is everything.... it will mean the diff in sc's beating turbo's. we can ram as much money and hp into the balt as we want, but if we cant hook it up.... then it is a huge waste....

 

keep in mind iirc (well at least at this time) RC will be done after next year;
I'd wouldn't put too much hope in RC being maintained for next year - unless it's backed by city council and the owner wants to go out with a bang...

the paving repairs done this year were done by a paving company that donated the time/materials... otherwise we'ld be in rough shape right now (winters take a toll on RC's tack surface)

 

I only just noticxed this part;
Who ever said that is plain & simple on crack.

If anything a freer flowing exhaust can move the powerband higher up, at the expense of some bottom end power - BUT IN NO WAY WILL IT MAKE YOU LOOSE POWER;
(actually moving the power band up means yu can launch at a higher RPM)

Anything lost on the bottom end power band will be more than made up for on the top end.

The exact same thing goes with single exit exhaust cars which have had a header/larger OD pipe installed...

For anyone to bash you for what is essentially a dual exit after the axle, lower backpressure exhaust, is not only retarded, it's ignorant.

One of the reasons why I liked Pontiac's styling, is it retained the dual exit look an their GT type cars... something I would like to do on my car , should opportunity arrise...

Here's a video of the exhaust I'd love to have:
YouTube - Cobalt SS Dual Outlet Exhaust Loudmouth II

My brother has a similar system that Modern Performance makes for the C-SRT4 (99.8% of the people out there would be hard pressed to even clue into it not being stock);

 

Dont have my time slip on me since im in NB or if my truck counts but my best time this year was

14.1@98mph 05 SRT-10 Ram V10 8.3L - intake, exhaust, wires, coils.

 

Not my best time ever but 2010 yes!!! Im 3029.... 13.390 @ 106.55...

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more air you can get through equals more fuel which equals more power, there is a case where you could open up to much but i dont think anyone here has to worry. If RC shuts down i will drive to med hat or edmonton, thats just how it will have to be

 

only suspension thing im missing, i will buy one sometime, its like the cheapest out of all the parts to buy but for some reason i left it too last, haha, Traction is everything in these cars, thats why drag radials are next on my list.

 

agreed.

the only situation where having not enough backpressure would really hurt you is if you need backpressure (eg: turbo) - otherwise, all reduced backpressure will do, is make it flow better at higher RPM...

well, at least I'm not the only one.

 

anyone hittign the track up in calgary on friday?

or edmonton... im up in edmonton until friday night so i can hit either track if people are going

 

im going to calgary on friday night as long as weather is ok. it is calgarys fastest street car challenge this weekend so that could make it stupid busy.

 

no i totally agree with you guys on that dual issue... however you damn well know the idiots on this forum.... if you dont have a single exhuast and a evo mod your car is shyt... lol hahahaha you follow what i mean.... as for it being axle back well next year i hope it will be resonator back... hell i truely believe it is the only reason i am able to run below a stock time. we all know that a cai doesnt do much unless there is something there to support it. as for rc shutting down, well med hat or edm here i come.....