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Originally posted by SpeedFreakSteve
I was surprised at the NG in St Louis that you were the only FWD TT there in the drag races. Hopefully next year we can have alot more FWD TT's there. I plan on going from 16's to 12's with this mod. 
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I missed the NG do to cash flow. I just purchased my 1st home about 2 weeks before the NG, so my funding was a little strapped.
As for hitting 12's, that's definitely easier said than done. My last trip to the track showed big improvements and I was deep into the 12's but can't claim it actually. The best run I had in my car was a 13.4@107mph. That was a full run with a time slip, not to mention a 2.49 60ft time. The last run, when the motor blew, was AT LEAST a mid to low 12 second pass though. I heard the motor knocking when I shifted from 2nd to 3rd. Actually, I missed 3rd gear the 1st time, and had to hit it again. Well, the results that that slip showed were:
1/8th mile ET: 8.3
1/8th mile MPH: 89.7 mph
60ft time: 2.14
even after missing 3rd gear the 1st time and litterally coasting the last 1/8 of the run, the car STILL ran a 13.7 @97mph.
We, me and several other highly esteem tuners like Matt Monet, figure had I hit 3rd gear smoothly and the car kept rolling, the car would have probably run somewhere around a 12.1 - 12.4 at around 120mph. And keep in mind that that was at 20psi and 112 Octane LEADED race gas.
Point being, I dont think the FWD TT can get out of the 13's without something bigger than a 9b and an upgraded fuel system. I personally think the minimium to break into the 12's in a FWD TT is Slicks, 13G's and 550cc injectors. But thats just my homble opinion
Ty
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