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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Default Re: New personal best today!!!

Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
Nice work, John, you will only get faster...

Unless mine gets a pair of extra cylinders, I don't think I will ever see those times
Thanks John!

I honestly don't plan on doing much more in the manner of focusing on 1/4 mile times... The times I'm pulling now are respectable, even for true fans of the 1320. As mentioned earlier, I might look at some cooling mods, and the headers will eventually be installed once they're finished. I will also be removing the two rear cats and the resonator, and installing an X-to-Y pipe to the OEM muffler. But I'm doing the latter mod more for tone purposes, and it'll knock off some useless weight. If I gain 5-10 HP, so be it

The car surprised me at how well-behaved it was off the line. As long as you keep the launch revs below 1,500 RPM, it's very predictable.

Next focus is going to be aimed towards braking and suspension. If you can take a car that runs repeatable low 12's, and compliment that with a chassis that will allow some true fun in the bends, it will be a fantastic combo. I don't want to increase the power in sole pursuit of 11's, and ruin the predictability/balance of the car in all other types of driving.

Thanks again for the kind words.
 
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