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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2008, 05:18:46 PM »
Cool! Can't see the "picture above" Try again. Why such high 60' off the trans brake? 135mph is REALLY cookin' Thanks, Lorne  More pictures Please!

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2008, 06:05:37 PM »
weight isn,t where it should be,  over the rear wheels  gets a little loose  usually just foot brake it but its there so i use it i t makes me more consistent  but what i lack in 60 ft i make up in mph  its like a freight train lol

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2008, 08:55:01 AM »
Oh yeah, that thing is movin' out.  I hope I can get my truck to run like that one day.  It would surely turn some heads.  You(LEPRCON) and Lorne got some fast trucks.

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2008, 09:26:46 AM »
Who's frontend are you using?

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2008, 04:01:23 PM »
up22 junk  im actually thinking about putting metal back on and just gutting it

Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2010, 05:35:32 PM »
i don't know---i just had a hankering to try it today:

17.9 e.t.

Now we have to remember this is a stock LG3 305 with a 2 barrel.

i was, however, able to still spin the right rear tire.   And i did not load up against the converter either---i left off idle.

1/4 tank.

The 305 still had enough torque to spin the tire for about 6-10'.  With 2.56 gears!

Still couldn't get the 0-60 timer to work for some reason.

70ish degrees.   i have no idea what timing is set at and the only thing that is modified would be dual exhaust with flowmasters.


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Stock LG3 305 with rochester 2 bbl
Th-350C trans
2.56 rear diff gear non-posi
Off brand 235/75 r 15's
Weight---stock 1/2 ton
Dual exhaust with stock exhaust manifolds.  Flowmaster mufflers.
« Last Edit: October 07, 2010, 05:41:21 PM by Stewart G Griffin »

Offline Layne

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2010, 11:53:26 PM »
Stew, That's gonna screw up your gas mileage... ;)
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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2011, 10:17:43 PM »
Wow, it's been almost a yr since my last attempt.   Today i, for some reason, had a hankering to try it again ( i did not realize the last time was 10/7/10).   i thought because it was cooler----this was at 10PM i would get a better time.

18.3  No wheelspin this time---i had to get a new tire (see post in the body section entitled "Don't be too cheap......")   A hankook optimo 727.

So i think the only reason why i had wheelspin last time was because i had off brand 15yr old tires?   Because there was no wheelspin the timer registered a slower and more accurate  since it reads off the transmission's output for the speedo cable.

i was amazed at the acceleration in 1st gear.

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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2011, 10:51:51 PM »
the timers should set off at the first sign of movement from the speedo cable so it would give you a reading if you timed the tree perfect with no delay
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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2011, 10:53:16 PM »
also that gearing seams way to high for a truck my impala has 2.9 and its a 14 sec car
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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2011, 10:56:31 PM »
Before my new heads and tires, I ran a 18.62 at 87. I havent tested it yet. Its my C20 in my sig.
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Re: 1/4 mile times:
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2022, 02:28:55 PM »
Sorry it took so long;  i was busy with family stuff.

4.3  v-6 this time.

Using  the Race Timer app:

1/4 mile   19.8 secs   70mph
0-60     13.5 secs and it took 778 feet

Using stopwatch and physically measuring 1320 feet:

19.60 secs.

These are NOT great times, but at least now the  engine runs right.  i had to get the heads fixed-----valve seats no good and a few valves bad.

i left off idle, but the second run i ran it up against  the converter just a little and got some wheelspin.

Now, we have to remember that even with the v-6, i'm still around 3700-3800 lbs.    i have 2.56 rear and the tires are 29 inches  tall  235/75 15.   Also, i don't have vortec heads.

i have to add that i couldn't seem to get it to rev past 3600 rpm or so.

This was on a road that, for some reason, just doesn't  have a whole lot of traffic and never did----like one car every few minutes.   This is the road that my uncle would take me for rides on when he was testing his cars.    Was he a  bad influence on me?     Yes!  :)
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