HaloNick

Anybody here going to the Track Day out at Bandimere? It is Wed. May 10th starting at like 8am. I will be out there with both the cars. Have to see improvement from last year when we had the 305 in it.

Oh here is the website if you are interested: www.coloradotrackday.com.

five7kid

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I had no plans, being a workday and being somewhat expensive.

I went to some Racecar Test Nights last year, only requirement is to run slicks (DOT slicks like ET Streets & DR's are fine) or run 11.99 or faster. No waits in the staging lanes like the typical T&T nights. $50 instead of the "regular" T&T $30.
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BADNBLK

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What about anyone going to street machine showdown? Its been a couple years since i went, but has always been a good time. line up with some imports, and mustangs. I'll be there.
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What about anyone going to street machine showdown? Its been a couple years since i went, but has always been a good time. line up with some imports, and mustangs. I'll be there. April 30th (Sunday) - gates usually open 8:00 am.

xlwhellraiser

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What did you run on your 305?

BADNBLK

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I RAN A 15.02 @ 89 MPH. IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON SOME BALD BFGS. THE CAR SPUN PRETTY BADLY TO THE TOP OF SECOND. HOPING I CAN PULL SOME BETTER TIMES, BUT I AM RUNNING 18" LOW PRO'S NOW. MIGHT BE WORSE?

HaloNick

Well our 305 TBI sucked something fierce. It's best time on street tires was a 17.4 at around 77mph (and this was with the 3.45 rear, not the 2.73). We are hoping to get high 14s with high 80s to low 90s with some race tires this year.

xlwhellraiser

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Hmm. TBIs suck at this altitude. However, some NOS would be a good wake up call !
I was thinking about running my TBI up there, but its really not worth it.
I am thinking about getting some slicks and subframe connectors and see where that nets me.
Hmm. I am gonna do more research.
you might see me with NOS, once I get Knight Rider conversion underway.

Laters.
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HEy, what do LS1's run up here!?!? Whats the correction formula??

HaloNick

Well I know that the GTOs with the LS1 would run a low 15 or high 14 with around low 90s. Of course they are heavier than the F-Body, so the F-Body times will be a little lower with a higher speed. We are hoping to get a low 13 or high 12 with mid to high 100s in our GTO this year (also with race tires). Oh and I have no idea what the correction formula is.

five7kid

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NHRA correction factors:

Sea level ET to Bandimere (5800') ET: Divide sea level ET by 0.9276

Sea level MPH to Bandimere MPH: Divide sea level MPH by 1.0773

BADNBLK

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So would you take a bandimere time and multiple by .9276 to get what you might run @ sea level? I think that this is right if I am reading this correctly.

irocbirdbuilder

Oh trust me tbi's can run with everything else, personally i just think no one has found the right combo for em, which is why my top end swap has been in planning for over a year and a half, trying to figure out the perfect combo.....aside from the issues i've been having in finding exactly the cam i want i am hoping to get her back together and running on a fair tune, i got a tuning guy though...not cheap but he's getting my buddies 464 sbc bill mitchel equipped vert running right

BADNBLK

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Your buddy with the vert, is he an older guy? supercharged? showed at super chevy a couple of years back. If it is the same guy he told me the place to have tuning done is up here in Fort Collins - RedlineMotorSports. Not sure if it is the same place your planning on taking your to, but would like to know who are going to use and how you liked them.

five7kid

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That is correct. I found it to be very reliable with the '57.

In '03, I was talking to a Minnesota racer while we were waiting to get into the Div V finals at Bandimere, asked him what his Camaro ran back home. He told me, I got out the calculator and told him, "It'll run 12.3's here." Later that day I saw him in the staging lanes and asked him how it was running - he pulled out his last time slip (after his final jetting change, he said), 12.33.

irocbirdbuilder

yea keith Red Vert with teh blown 383, he got a deal on a bill mitchell 427 this winter so thats getting done as we speak, no spray and about 13 pounds of boost they are estimating it to be hitting upwards of 950 to the wheels, its being tubbed, the hole nine yards....of course as if the 427 isnt enough they had to take it to a 464

THe tuning is out here, i kind a"misplaced" the info during moving so i gotta get it from him again, i guess his last tuning guy recomended this guy becasue of the severity of the swap.....on a side note i know alot of people happy with redlines tuning work

BADNBLK

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tHe tuning is out here, i kind a"misplaced" the info during moving so i gotta get it from him again, i guess his last tuning guy recomended this guy becasue of the severity of the swap.....on a side note i know alot of people happy with redlines tuning work[/quote]

Yeah man that keith guy is a cool old man, real nice. His combo sounds killer, can't wait to see, and hear it. Yeah I talked with redline one time in the past, and they just didn't act like they wanted to even touch a tpi again. Oh well. Let me know about who does your tuning down there when you get things figured out. Would really like to find someone with good third gen experience.
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Thanks man, makes me feel a little better about my times. I think if I did that right, should be rolling in the high 13's at sea level. I feel like that pretty decent for a bolt on 305 tpi.