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My Camaro is a black SS/RS. My first run of the day, at 5:30 and 95 degrees was in fact a 12.7. It was my first run with the drag radials, and I assumed I could launch at a higher rpm than I had the previous weekend on Nitto NT05s at 75-80 Dragway in Frederick. I was wrong, and all I did was spin the tires all the way through first gear. On each run after that, I heated the tires a little more in the burnout, and left the line at a little lower RPM. I also kept lowering the tire pressure. Every run got better, as I learned what the car wanted. My last run of the night was the 11.52, but I ran out of time to improve on it. I still had 22 lbs of air in the tires, and left the line at 2000 rpm. Judging from the earlier improvements, I'm guessing that with 16 lbs of tire pressure, I could leave at 2200-2300 and still not spin the tires - maybe a 11.40? I'll find out for sure in a week or two. Between different track surfaces, air temps, tire pressures, tire temps, and launch rpms, it may take me longer than others to get the car dialed in, but I'll get there eventually - I hope!
By the way, Big thanks to Tim at TandT Performance, who did all the work on the car.
Last edited by Roc Spo; 06-27-2010 at 05:17 PM.
Reason: Thanking Tim
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