Last night I got to run a 91 Vette a couple of times. The look on his face was priceless. Both times were from lights, both times pulled past him by the end of first, and had continued to put distance between us. He was a nice guy that a mutual friend "set up" for me by telling him "there's a truck outside that will smoke that Vette". He has a bunch of mods on the way in the mail and wants to run again when he's got them on, so I'll let you guy's know how that goes.

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99 Lightning black #2022, cd,tow package,bed rug,roll-n-lock, stock
(13.73 @ 99.74)
98 Cobra coupe laser red
best stock et 13.43 @ 103
one run w/ 3.55 gears 13.34 @ 102 no other mods
former Chevy fan still have a few
72 SS454 11.6 @ 116 (slicks open headers)
68 Camaro 12.2 @ 116 (street tires closed exhast)

 

Good kill.

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Red 99.5 Lightning,
#0975,
Born 5/6/99...Adopted 5/27/99
SuperChip,
PSP Filter,
2 Chamber Flowmasters,
Water Wetter,
13.498@102.69

 

do you know any of the mods on the vette? was it a manual or an automatic? my neighbor has one that is a 90, auto, and i can smoke him anytime.

 

Just an FYI for you guys, some Corvette facts: 84: 205hp, 85-86: 230hp, 87-91: 245hp, 92-95: 300hp, 96 automatic LT1: 300hp, 96 6-speed LT4 330hp (conservatively rated). The 84 vette, was the 82 cross fire injected motor (not a very good performer). The 85-91 series were the tuned port induction (TPI) motors. The 92-96 was the LT1, except for the 96 6-speed which was the LT4 (there is no way from the outside to tell the difference between a 95 LT1 6 speed and a 96 LT4 6 speed). From the outside there is almost no way to differentiate from an 84-90, the front and rear ends changed on the 91-96 series. My 96 LT1 auto has ran a best time of a seriously traction limited 13.97, only mod was the hypertech, totally stock it ran a best of 14.154. I believe the TPI versions ran in the mid to high 14's. Beware of the LT4's if the driver knows how to shift, us Lightnings won't kill them.

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00 Red L, adopted 2/29/00. 2" AIM drop, Bedrug, Snuglid. 14.356 w/250 miles on odometer.
98 Red Dodge V10 4X4 quad cab.
96 Yellow Corvette LT1.
99 Arctic Cat ZR440 sno pro.
98 Polaris Super Sport 488.
97 Seadoo HX.
96 Polaris SLX w/PSI triple pipes.
97 Banshee completely tricked.
96 Polaris Scrambler.
87 Polaris Indy 600 SKS w/SLP 707 full mod.
RC CARS: Associated; RC10B3's, RC10T3, TC3. Lossi; XXCR Kinwald, XX4. Yokomo; MR4TC

peteb3@home.com



[This message has been edited by Peter B (edited 03-29-2000).]

 

98_SVT_Cobra, unless he is got an NOS kit coming in the mail, you will continue to beat him.

I had an '89 Corvette with lots of mods on it (same motor as the 91 - it was the L98 Tuned Port Injection). Has great off the line power, but hit 4000RPM, and the motor is done. It would just run out of power in the upper power band. Common complain about these motors. I was constantly getting beat by newer Z28's & Trans Ams in my Vette.

Good to hear you all are having fun, though!



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Silver_Roush
1999 Ford F150 ROUSH
5.4 V8,SuperCab,FlairSide
AirRaid, SuperChip, FlowMaster Exhaust, Snuglid w/ BedRug