so today i decided to race my buddies 93 z28 camaro with full exhaust, intake, msd coil(290whp) we started from a 40 roll and went to 115. i held the lead until about 80-90 then he started taken over. he ended up beating me by two cars. shiften is what gave up the lead.(my clutch is just about done). stock he's a 14.4 in the quarter. right now he's probally about 13.7-8 but his tires are bald now. do you think i'd have a chance if we raced from a dig?

 

a dig would be even worse. It is way easier to launch a rear wheel car.

 

ya i raced my buddies z28 back in summer and we went from a 40 roll as well and the same thing happened to me...

 

he spins till 40. he has to feather it. which means he cant really launch hard. now with tires i'd get murder'd

it sucks. because if i didn't have to shift i would of kept the lead. his gears are like a 3.40 cobalts are 4.50's i THINK. if not correct me as you wish. so he can pull a hell of alot longer then i can. but its all in the name of racing he's got 290 to the wheels i got a stock balt. so i guess i got lucky with 2 cars.

 

If you lost from a roll, you would definately lose from a dig.

 

i beat one

 

mods- royal purple

 

its not a mod but its enough to make a difference. technically anything that adds power is a mod. pretty much anything you do to your car is a mod.

 

The best stock 1/4 for an ss on here is 14's so I dont think you can take him from the dig. Your tires spin like hell too....

 

why is this in the 'drag racing' section? moved to the 'war stories' section.

 

i dont spin when i launch believe it or not.

maybe because its about 'drag racing'

 

You would lose even worse.

 

maybe i'll lose worst maybe i wont. are you guys taking in the fact that he has bald tires and spins all 1st, 2nd, and the begining of 3rd?

 

i thought we had 4.05 gears

 

Yes were taking that into account. You drive a fwd supercharged car. Its not going to be easier for you to launch.

 

there ya go. i knew it was something like that. thanks for the correction

i dont kno. screw it i'll go for it anyway. worst comes to worst i'll lose. but theres no shame in losing to something with twice the power of your car. and twice the cylinders. atleast i'm not going after hondas

 

say that to a STI owner.

 

i beat a WRX from a dig. now i have a hard time believing this z will launch harder then that with no tread. with tread is a different story.

 

i lined up a 1996 trans am ws6 with cold air and exhaust. We went from 40 up to like 130 and i beat him by 2 cars. And all i have is the stage 2 and k and n cold air

 

yeah by the time i get my 2.8/2.9 pulley he'll have his 383 that does 6.8 @ 112 in the 1/8th. but it would of been way closer if my clutch was perfect. but you cant count the "IF's" in racing. winning is winning and losing is losing. i'll have another shot at another one some day.

 

drag racing section is for track races not street races. war stories section is the proper section to post this. drag racing also starts from a dig not from a roll. regardless, any street racing goes in war stories.

 

would that wrx have beat you from a roll? if this guy can drive you are just gonna get whipped worse.

 

got it.

no. we did 3 rolls. left him behind everytime and 1 dig. launched hard but i pulled in front obviously. the wrx's mods:intake,exhaust,header,BOV.....my friend(z28) is a good driver dont get me wrong. but this is his first time really racing his car from a dig. he's launched and played around but hasnt raced.besides the roll we just did

 

The LT1 in the 93 z-28 camaro's are dogged engines. You have to do some considerable work to them to get them to gofast. Buuut, they are still pretty quick. Just dont race the LS1, especially in the top half (100+). You will get eaten alive.

 

What times have you run at the track?