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I gotta hand it to you guys. I never planned on having a heads up race with anything the size of a Caprice. But the other day I was coming back from Murtle Beach and a Caprice pulls up next to me at about 70 and takes off. Next thing I know we are doing 130 and and he is still beside me. I don't know what he had done but to stay beside my low low 13 second TA is impressive in my book
yea my old 9c1 would kill just about any car from 60 til i saw fit. just curious though, whats a TA exactely?
Originally posted by gilsi9c1
yea my old 9c1 would kill just about any car from 60 til i saw fit. just curious though, whats a TA exactely?
TransAm, dude.
LM13, was that you racing with him?:)
Thanks for the compliment to the Caprice.
What did you do to get "low low 13 second" out of your TransAm?
It may have been that you've sacrificed some top end to get those awesome low end numbers.
Even when I had my Impala I wouldn't mess with 'vettes, mustangs or T/A's.
I loved putting camaros to shame, though.
capriceman
05-05-03, 08:08
Was that Caprice Lite blue?
Myrtle Beach isn't to far from Charleston.
That's where I live.:D
capriceman
05-05-03, 08:12
No.
Not Me.
Originally posted by Incitatus
Thanks for the compliment to the Caprice.
What did you do to get "low low 13 second" out of your TransAm?
It may have been that you've sacrificed some top end to get those awesome low end numbers.
Even when I had my Impala I wouldn't mess with 'vettes, mustangs or T/A's.
I loved putting camaros to shame, though.
He has all the mods to his TA listed in his signature, very sweet ride.
My TransAM's best is 13.2@105. With MT ETstreets. With street tires I run about 13.6 at about 106. I have all the mods in my sig + airfoil(.0034hp)and msd blaster coil. Still got the stock 3.42 gears. When we took off he got about 1/2car start on me, at about 120 I was creeping by him and when I lifted at 130his front fender was by my doorI couldn't really tell the color because it was at night, Either light blue or silver. 93-96 year I'm guessen he had a Lt1. But I know one thing that car was a "beast". Thanks for the compliments on my car.
You guys have a really nice board here I only logged in here to get info on my brothers caprice (93 L05). But find myself on here all the time.:)
ba96ta, b-bodies have a 700 or so lbs disadvantage to f-bodies. Probably he had done a heads/cam swap since he was able to keep up with you on the highway.
If you want to see the 1/4 mile stats for modded impalas/caprices go to this page:
http://dan.esteban.com/impalass/ReturnTopET.asp
There are several 10 second b-bodies with strokers and nitrous, some 11 second all motor (stroker) cars, low 12 second head and cam cars and high 12-low 13 bolt-on cars...
My car wieghs in at 3405 last time I went to the scale ( no spare or jack 1/3 tank gas) I would hate to go up against that motor in a 3400lb car. Those are some impresive Bbodys on that page. I didn't know you could get a Caprice in the 12's with just bolt-ons
i think the car was pretty much stock.
coz once our cars gets up to speed it becomes a bullet.
i'm pretty sure you would have walked all over him from a complete stop.
no sag man that wasn't me :( i haven't driven my car on the highway for atleast 5 months now
Originally posted by LM13
i think the car was pretty much stock.
coz once our cars gets up to speed it becomes a bullet.
i'm pretty sure you would have walked all over him from a complete stop.
I disagree. B-bodies have a "truck" cam that makes a lot of low end torque and pulls great from the stop. F-bodies have a hotter cam (more hp at the expense of the low-end torque) and are significantly lighter. Therefore a stock b-body cannot keep up with a stock, let alone a modified, f-body assuming there are no driveability problems with either car.
capriceman
05-06-03, 18:15
Originally posted by 9C1LT195
I disagree. B-bodies have a "truck" cam that makes a lot of low end torque and pulls great from the stop. F-bodies have a hotter cam (more hp at the expense of the low-end torque) and are significantly lighter. Therefore a stock b-body cannot keep up with a stock, let alone a modified, f-body assuming there are no driveability problems with either car.
Truck cam?
I'm not sure about that, but I recall on several occassions having cars get me off the line. Once I got up to 30-35 mph she took off.
BIG difference in the pull.
I've taken a few "sport cars" to the perverbial cleaners that way, and I've got the 265. Stock. One of the cars was a T/A. Probibly the v-6 model.
Like LM said, once they get rolling, the really like to go.
People sometimes think only of cubic inches and tend to forget that these are High Output small blocks. Lots of tourqu.
btw ba96ta, nice car. Mabey I'll see You on the streets one day.
Originally posted by capriceman
ba96ta, nice car. Mabey I'll see You on the streets one day.
I'll keep an eye out for ya:D
I was kinda thinkin that if he could match me on topend he would proubly take me through the 1/4 given he had traction and decent gears. I saw alot of those caprices runnin 12.5-13.00 in the 101-107mph range. most TA's and Z28's runnin that time are 106-112mph. I could be wrong maybe bad examples.
Originally posted by ba96ta
I was kinda thinkin that if he could match me on topend he would proubly take me through the 1/4 given he had traction and decent gears. I saw alot of those caprices runnin 12.5-13.00 in the 101-107mph range. most TA's and Z28's runnin that time are 106-112mph. I could be wrong maybe bad examples.
Actually these are very good examples. Lower mph means the car has less top end but launches harder and/or weighs more.
capriceman
05-07-03, 22:09
Originally posted by 9C1LT195
Actually these are very good examples. Lower mph means the car has less top end but launches harder and/or weighs more.
They are good examples.
In the 1/4 mile, it all comes down to the launch.
The time from 60-100 makes the winner.
But if I hit 60, and the other guy is hitting 45-50, I've got him.
If Your top end is lower than 100, You should probibly should not be racing that car anyway.
If You have lower speeds, it could just be that it takes a wile to get to the top end. Not that You have a low top end.
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