Not sure how many of you guys out there play with your cars but I recently have had new interest in getting the cars out and bringing them up to date. So, I have ventured to the track to see how the tune and condition of the cars are at this point. Mostly the coupe as the roadster is just for cruising now. I was test and tuning at Raceway Park in Indy. This is a track I always avoided because the best of best run there and run there constantly. Not a place to be for the faint of heart. You get your head handed to you. So, that day was interesting to say the least. I found very quickly my tires had hardened from sitting my reaction times still good, but I had to fight the car to keep it straight with no traction. I mean absolutely no traction. Just pour water on the track kind of thing. But guys. I ran against a lot of non-stock cars and a few stock cars. Stock cars meaning Mustangs, Camaros and a few others. Had I had drag radials the day would have been great. My take is I fell in love with my car again. Two ZL 1 Camaros were there and a few modified Mustangs. They came over to check out the 6 and we talked about the history, and they noticed I was battling traction so agreed to go from a running start. Even on a roll I broke traction and fought the car down the track and of course didn't win. But here is my take, I can run with those cars. Looking at reaction times and their times back in the day, when I built the coupe it was consistently pushing 11.7. Guess what the Camaros were running lol. I have new energy to bring the coupe and roadster back up to date and hit the track next summer. Solo's in roadster and drag racing the coupe. The 25-year-old cars are returning to the track to play. But this time I will be retired and focused on the fun. OH, I forgot to add this part, I will be running in a stock class with these guys. NHRA doesn't know these cars lol. I passed inspection with flying colors. Another reason I avoided Raceway Park.

 

Great story.
Looking forward to hearing how you do with proper tires on.
Please keep us informed.

 

Should be fun again. I have been away from it for about 14 years now. Cars are headed to Rudy in Chicago first of the year. My main concern is the transmission so I will be looking at the TCU tune and getting it to shift. Going to be fun next summer. I have waited a long time to bring them back out.

 

Enjoy the heck out of your cars!
Good luck at the track!

 

I have been to the track about if not every week then at least once a month. most of you know I like to run my V8 crossfires ( 3 ) of them so far,
but a few months ago i rea my srt6 ,,open rear street tires I ran 12.08@ 117 ,, with drag radials i would have been in 11's. a lot of the mustangs and camaros
were almost stock and running in the 12s so i was winning more than i lost. I think a modded srt6 can hold it own today , now run next to the electric cars
they are fast. Years ago Rudy want to make one of my crossfires all electric and make it super fast,. for two reasons I declined one i would have goin it a class that i never heard of and two would it pass inspection, Most crossfires do pass inspections because they do not know anything about the car so they do only a safety inspection.
when i go to the track they ask what time do you expect to run, when i say don't know they say go ahead,, then after the first run they say i can't run any more without a roll cage,, LOL then i say but this is an o8 and the rule is 2008 and above does not need a roll cage, then the they , they say oh sorry go head,,, then i run in the 10's
and all but a few of the newer muscle cars i out run,, exception highly modded , and their highly modified is not driven on the street as mine is every day.,,365 days a year
well not when a hurricane is coming my way LOL My bedt time is 10.55@132, and with this new to me V8 should beet that, if not that's is ok to. jim
note: to see my V8 run go to

 

Times and tuners have changed most VTech tuned cars are running 11.0 to 11.3 without nitrous and other tuners running 11.6 and up

 

That's awesome Jim!

 

As Blackpepper pointed out - I have tried a lot of tunes. Only two ways to go if you want to re-awaken the beast in my opinion

1) Get a V-Tech Georgia (the country not the state) tune. Extremely knowledgeable and after hours of data logging the best ECU tune out there for me.
2) Transmission: Hands down the best tranny tune is done by Andrew Tieken (Mercedes Swap Shop and LateModel21 sell it). Best decision I have ever made. I have tried multiple TCU tunes and this is the most fun and responsive one. It comes with 4 modes that can be changed by toggling the S/W switch by your shifter Comfort, Sport, Agility, Manual. Agility has the fastest shift points, holds the gears longer and downshifts faster under load. The Manual is a true manual that holds the gear for as long until you choose to switch gears.
LM21 also sells a paddle shifter kit. Combine this tune with the paddle shifter kit and you bring the sluggish, but bulletproof 5-G Automatic to another level.
3) I see you already have a plethora of performance upgrades - the biggest challenge with our cars is getting the hp to the rear wheels and on the streets. A limited slip differential will help you achieve that.

With your mods, the new tunes and limited slip, I would not be surprised if people would be very surprised at how many modern day muscle cars the "old school" SRT can smoke still to this day!

 

I tried googling v tech Georgia and couldn’t find anything. Do you have a link for the tune ? Thanks

 

https://vtech.ge/en/