Who runs 12s with barely anything???

I have a Stick car and live in san antonio I dont know what sea level I am at? I am going to the track on friday hopefully I am prbabaly not heating the tires enough and I am shifting at 5000 rpm... I will try 5400 tomarrow and burn out in 2nd gear for like 15 seconds that sould heat my tires up. (11psi)

ufctv said:

I have a Stick car and live in san antonio I dont know what sea level I am at? I am going to the track on friday hopefully I am prbabaly not heating the tires enough and I am shifting at 5000 rpm... I will try 5400 tomarrow and burn out in 2nd gear for like 15 seconds that sould heat my tires up. (11psi)

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San Antonio is about 800 ft above sea level.

ufctv said:

I have a Stick car and live in san antonio I dont know what sea level I am at? I am going to the track on friday hopefully I am prbabaly not heating the tires enough and I am shifting at 5000 rpm... I will try 5400 tomarrow and burn out in 2nd gear for like 15 seconds that sould heat my tires up. (11psi)

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11psi is low for radial i would try 13-16

gears, slicks, weight reduction, a manual, and a serious long with a good drive can go 12's.

look up bob cosby, he went 12's with nothin really. weight reduction is your friend, a heavy aod vert is gona be tought but a stripper notch or lx hb can do it no problem.

Traction is such an issue. You can have all the power in the world but if you can't get it to the track then it's useless. Then again even if you don't have that much power, being able to use all that you have can really make a difference.

When my car was in full weight GT form (maby minus the spare and jack and a few other things like the foglights) with nothing but 3.73 gears, CAI, flowmaster catback, MAF, timing, 180*t-stat, electric fan, A/C and smog pump delete it ran 8.8 at 79mph in the 1/8th hooking a 1.9 60ft on Futura Sports 225/60R15.

I did a ton of mods and the best I ever got was 8.4 at 85mph, 1.8 60ft. It seemed the more I modded the easier I had to be on it to keep it in control. My biggest mistake was 17" cobra wheels. I should have gotten something really sticky to put on the turbines so I could run it at the track. I would always justify it with "well it's a street car and it runs 8.4's trim all the time". Well, OK, whatever I was thinking that doesn't mean crap at the track.

I've learned a lot and if I were to do it all over again, it would be done much differently.

ufctv said:

I have a Stick car and live in san antonio I dont know what sea level I am at? I am going to the track on friday hopefully I am prbabaly not heating the tires enough and I am shifting at 5000 rpm... I will try 5400 tomarrow and burn out in 2nd gear for like 15 seconds that sould heat my tires up. (11psi)

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I've always had good luck shifting between 52-5300 on a stock internal 50ho

just take gears, nos, and pulleys really lol

Just launch it at 4 or 5 grand.

i'll cry if i dont hit 12's w/ cobra intake, edelbrock heads, e cam, and all the supporters like TB and MAF and UDpullies, and Gears - but on street tires..
Paul Perreca