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[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

Hey new guy here,just got my 1999 Trans Am LS1 wS6 Convertible on the 17 of this month....................I f#$@^& love it.
Took it to the 1/4 mile track on the 3rd day of my ownership.
It ran 14.3 bone stock,w/full load.......dident even let air out of the tires.

[ThrashN]

Welcome :hello:

[Chris 96 WS6]

Welcome, and it should definitely be faster than 14.3 :D

Practice practice practice!!!!

[gettinthere]

You should be able to get that thing in the mid 13's easily.

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

Yea the car might be a bit slow for this crowd and I have no experience at the drag strip........but we all have to start somewhere.



Thanks for the kind welcome.

[gettinthere]

Practice makes perfect!

[transamtom]

Congrats on the purchase:)

Verts are heavier than the T and HT roofed cars,therefore a little slower.

Whats your tracks altitude? and what was the temperature that day?

What was your 60ft time? Auto or M6?

Lots of questions LOL :)

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

Transamtom
hey how are ya?
some answers here
temp was about 29c
altitude is 1600
dont know the 60 feet
my car has an auto trans :mad:
my react-time was .334
the car is real strong but the trany is kind of soft...ya lose a lot in the shifts.
the plan is to do some mods over the winter,nothen to wild as it is a driver and will see trips to ont and bc.

i would like to be in the 13.5 sec club.

[transamtom]

Do I know you? and from where?

http://www.modulardepot.com/density.php

I went to this site and used the correction factors of :90*Degrees,40%Humidity,Barometer 30.00, Track Elevation 1600ft,Time and speed=14.3@102.00

Corrected your car went 13.57@107.18

I find the MPH is off by 2 or3 mph as I have checked it against some of my old slips

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

cool info thanks :thumbsup:

na i dont know ya,was just tryn to be friendly

[transamtom]

cool info thanks :thumbsup:

na i dont know ya,was just tryn to be friendly

No problem :cool:

[Trevor86TA]

99TAW6CONVERTIBLE, like I just posted in another thread - check out our local board: www.thefbody.com/forum (http://www.thefbody.com/forum)

When were you at SIR? I am there every time its open.:cool:

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

trevor86ta......thanks gonna check that site out.
i was at SIR on the fri/19/05 steet night.
black ta con,from Hanley....I work in Saskatoon,maybe i'll see you around.

[Trevor86TA]

I was racing that night too. My friend had my video camera and taped about 7 of your runs but only two of mine before the battery died. What was your best pass?

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

14.3 :mad:
But it was my 1st time at a drag strip (as a driver) and i tryed a few things ie: with tc....w/o tc.....stall....no stall....let the car shift then i would shift it and so on.

OK this is kind of embarrassing but it is the truth.....the best run was the first one i did,with tc on and let the car shift its self.
worst run no tc i shift (and spun out like mad) .....um..here it is ...sad...15.2.....hangin my head low.
I will understand if i'm asked to leave the site now.

[Trevor86TA]

Don't worry about it. There are other LS1s running similar times - especially on there first time out. I've seen lots of high 14s and low 15s LT1s too. You'll obviously improve. What were your 60's and trap speed?

You should have came out on Friday. Our F-Body club was the guest club for the Friday street legal. There was about 5 other LS1s running.

Are you going to be coming back this year for a 13s timeslip? Any mods planned?

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

if i had of knew that it was F body night i would have been there.
tell me more about your club.
dont think i will run till i do my winter mods,the rear is realy noisy (so were my 3rd gens) and the trans is weak,shift kit at least.

[Trevor86TA]

Our club is mostly Sask based with a few members in MB and AB. Its also mostly 3rd and 4th gen guys with quite a few LS1s.

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

hey Trevor I have the sir slips.
#1: reac. .367
60ft: 2.254
et: 14.334
mph: 98.132



#2:
.207
2.406
14.709
96.742

#3:
.396
2.491
15.293
95.959

#4:
.355
2.526
14.670
97.823


I have rearend probs for sure and the trans shifts like crap.

[Trevor86TA]

What were you shifting at? And you said the first run was with your traction control on? Were you doing any kind of a burnout? Did you drive around the water box or through it? How did you launch?

Just trying to see if there are any little things that can help you out...:cool:

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

yea the ct was on for the first run and some others as well,bein a newbie I did a burn out and was in the water even tho i have street tire's on(dumm ass i know now)the car shifts at 6000 rpm when it shifts it's self.......i was do'ing about the same maybee a bit less. with the lauch I tryd a few things again but for the most part it was about 2500 rpm brake launch.

what do you think about those 60 times? thanks for your help.

[Trevor86TA]

I think that 2.25 isn't too bad compared to what a lot of 6spd LS1 friends get on street tires on the same track. The 2.40-2.52 ones aren't great though. You are definately leaving some on the table. Driving around the water box next time and then just quickly scubbing them to get the debris off may be the way to go for next time out.

Check with a few other LS1 guys - see where they shit at. You might pick up some by revving it out a bit more. You said that your tranny doesn't shift properly - how many kms are on you car?

Also, what gears do you have?

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

km's are 160,000

gears are 3.23

still have one wheel peel .....this cant be helping my hole shot

[transamtom]

A 6 speed should have 3.42 rear gears.

A4's came with 3.23's

Sounds like the posi is shot,they are cheap and plentiful.

[transamtom]

[QUOTE=Trevor86TA]
Check with a few other LS1 guys - see where they shit at./QUOTE]

LMAO,I'm an LT1 guy and I use the bathroom toilet,unless I am camping :P :roflmao:

J/K I know you meant shift :poke:

[SteveL]

Looking at the corrected numbers, your 60-ft. times, and your tranny and differential issues, I'd say your car is plenty quick.

Despite your initial results, disengaging the traction control is the way to go.

Don't mat the pedal right away; ease into it to avoid wheelspin (and the conditions under which TC would kick in).

[99TAW6CONVERTIBLE]

Not alot better but I did get a 13 sec time slip.