almost lost to a TA

[blazin dmax]

and again. i am not trying to insult anyone or call bs on anyones stories. its just that there are so many people with capable cars out there that cant drive them. its pathetic. when you see people running high 13's in stock gto's, high 12's in new zo6's, 14's in ls1 f-bodys. it just shows they dont have the experience to be drag racing these cars. but anything can happen on the street. and like i said. i have outrun sports cars in my truck that shouldbe able to beat me. but they cant cause the drivers cant run the car to its potential.
end rant.

 

[TrentNell]

my "so called sports car" is an 01' trans am ws6. has a custom cam, flp longtubes, 150 shot and typical bolt ons. tuned with ls1 edit. went 12.3@116 on motor. 11.4@127 on the 150 shot. stock gears. running M/T et streets. nothin special. and my truck is an 06' LBZ with efi live, intake, exhaust. havent ran it since i went with efi live. but with a ppe 225hp tune it went 13.8. need to get the trans built. doesnt like being hotrodded. i will add pics to an album.

so what you are saying is my 7000 lbs diesel truck running your modded out ls1 is going to be a dead even race if i get a very poor 1.85 60 ft , and if i hook up i will win , and if you spay me i will lead the race all the through the 1/8 and by the end of a 1/4 you might have me by 2-3 lengths you can see how in a street setting it could go either way even though you have the performance advantage . i am not and nor will i ever say my duramax is a better performance platform than a car built to go fast , but it is a force to be reconed with and very under eastimated wich is why people get caught with there pants down in these cars on the street , not to mention traction problems with said cars without slicks . not wanting to argue we may just agree to disagree .

 

[Duramax_JP]

so what you are saying is my 7000 lbs diesel truck running your modded out ls1 is going to be a dead even race if i get a very poor 1.85 60 ft , and if i hook up i will win , and if you spay me i will lead the race all the through the 1/8 and by the end of a 1/4 you might have me by 2-3 lengths you can see how in a street setting it could go either way even though you have the performance advantage . i am not and nor will i ever say my duramax is a better performance platform than a car built to go fast , but it is a force to be reconed with and very under eastimated wich is why people get caught with there pants down in these cars on the street , not to mention traction problems with said cars without slicks . not wanting to argue we may just agree to disagree .

Well put... Put these cars on the streets and a truck like yours will take the majority of them off the line for sure and kep ahead for quite a while. These cars arent gonna have slicks on the street and if they arent runnin the nos I know you can keep up.

 

[Kat]

Well put... Put these cars on the streets and a truck like yours will take the majority of them off the line for sure and kep ahead for quite a while. These cars arent gonna have slicks on the street and if they arent runnin the nos I know you can keep up.

Some are known to drive around on ET Streets and skinny's :devil:

But, I agree most cars don't have a chance against our trucks on the street

 

[James Hess]

Blazin dmax i also tune m car with ls1 edit send me a PM of where your from id like to talk with ou about the program.

Also bud to agree with these guys and being an LS1 owner and driver i will say that these crs are no match for our trucks when were left spinning our tires cause we cant hook up on the street, our trucks can take off in 4 wheel and also in 2 wheel and leave us sitting mainly cause their heavier weight they can get more grip. This argument could go round and round and never get anywhere.

 

[Duramax_JP]

Some are known to drive around on ET Streets and skinny's :devil:

But, I agree most cars don't have a chance against our trucks on the street

I stand corrected lol

I didnt know anyone did that.

 

[Kat]

I stand corrected lol

I didnt know anyone did that.

I would say for a year or two that was the only tires the Meanie would have on. The only time it sucked is when it would rain It only takes once and I'm happy Pat was driving :baby:

 

[LT1BRD]

...This argument could go round and round and never get anywhere.

i agree. look at each vehicle individually...as well as driver and location.

 

[LarryJewell]

i agree. look at each vehicle individually...as well as driver and location.

dont forget the type of race too, I tore a riced out honda with a turbo a new ass from a dig, light to light, (it was so bad a truck pulled up next to me at the light and told me to look behind me, the little car is coming back for more :rofl but he followed me onto a big street in mexico and finally got me to run him from a 70mph roll, it was pretty much a dead even race there, I might have pulled him a fender

 

[blazin dmax]

so what you are saying is my 7000 lbs diesel truck running your modded out ls1 is going to be a dead even race if i get a very poor 1.85 60 ft , and if i hook up i will win , and if you spay me i will lead the race all the through the 1/8 and by the end of a 1/4 you might have me by 2-3 lengths you can see how in a street setting it could go either way even though you have the performance advantage . i am not and nor will i ever say my duramax is a better performance platform than a car built to go fast , but it is a force to be reconed with and very under eastimated wich is why people get caught with there pants down in these cars on the street , not to mention traction problems with said cars without slicks . not wanting to argue we may just agree to disagree .

im not disagreeing with you at all. your low 12 second truck is far from what the op was driving when he outran a t/a with a supercharger. i agree with your above post 100%. and just for the record, my car is far from modded out. it has around $4500 in performance mods.

i love my duramax. actually if i had the money to drop into the built trans, lift pumps, dual cp3's and twins, i would do it in a heartbeat. but i dont. i actually tried selling the car to fund modding the truck. but couldnt find a buyer for it.

i just dont like it when people talk shit about sports cars and such not being able to outrun their big bad diesel when it is 90% driver error. not tryin to offend anyone. just sucks that people dont know how to drive their performance cars well enough to out run a mid 14 second truck.

 

[blazin dmax]

Blazin dmax i also tune m car with ls1 edit send me a PM of where your from id like to talk with ou about the program.

Also bud to agree with these guys and being an LS1 owner and driver i will say that these crs are no match for our trucks when were left spinning our tires cause we cant hook up on the street, our trucks can take off in 4 wheel and also in 2 wheel and leave us sitting mainly cause their heavier weight they can get more grip. This argument could go round and round and never get anywhere.

hey, i actually had a guy in phx do the tune on the car. his names Nic. might have heard of him. hes like the ls1 tuning god in az. http://www.gonicd.com is his website. ive had the car since i was 18 and didnt know the first thing about tuneing when i did most of the mods.

but yeah. i agree with you guys. if i am sitting at a stop light in my car on street tires (which wouldnt happen since i only run D/R's on it) and a truck like trents rolls up. hes going to kill me if he does a boosted 4hi launch. but a truck like the op's with a 6" lift 35" tires and a tune/intake/exhaust. he might stick next to me through my first gear but after that im gone.

 

[racinmike77]

guys be realistic, I love the duramax and as much as we hate to admit it takes alot to make it fast. Saying you can pull a camaro is pretty weak too.

 

[TrentNell]

guys be realistic, I love the duramax and as much as we hate to admit it takes alot to make it fast. Saying you can pull a camaro is pretty weak too.

as soon as your truck can beat said camero then you can talk about whats week and as i stated above the duramax is not a better platform to build something fast its quite poor really but i can do what i listed still tow a 5th wheel and could go off road if chose . thats what make the speeds impressive is it comes at a no compramise .

 

[Big Block 88]

guys be realistic, I love the duramax and as much as we hate to admit it takes alot to make it fast. Saying you can pull a camaro is pretty weak too.

In reality it does not take much to push an LBZ ito the 12's a tranny and efi can get you there alone. And yes I pull on camaroe and firchickens quite often back home.

 

[Roc8man]

what with every one getting all huffy puffy in these threads lately in all of these stories no one was there but the driver . you guys can think what you want about these so called sports cars . but come up to my track with a d/a of 6200 ft and see what your corvette or camero runs up here . line up next to me i will eat you up and honestly what do you think these guys in there sprorts cars think when if they do win its by a slight margin and were in 7000lbs trucks nand for the record i have driven ( not owned) a viper, 2 ferrari's , a z06 vette , and a porche , so i am comfortable speeking from experience and not what i read in car and driver mag .

x2 A lot depends where you are located. When it's your typical 85 deg day at Bandimere (where I live near Denver), the DA is around 9000' so you see z06 vettes running low 13's and supercharged mustangs running mid 13's. The GTO's are much slower than that so it's easy pickens and no BS. Stop by sometime to see for yourself or do the math to see what your sports car would run at 9000'. Betcha you'll be surprised.

 

[TrentNell]

x2 A lot depends where you are located. When it's your typical 85 deg day at Bandimere (where I live near Denver), the DA is around 9000' so you see z06 vettes running low 13's and supercharged mustangs running mid 13's. The GTO's are much slower than that so it's easy pickens and no BS. Stop by sometime to see for yourself or do the math to see what your sports car would run at 9000'. Betcha you'll be surprised.

I know we typicaly see a d/a of 6200ft@ our track . make a big difference on gassers