At 09:25 PM 6/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>3rd run (which was my best time that night) was made at night. and the
>tires i am running are a bit smaller in diameter than the stock
>235/70/15's. im running 275/60/15's. so i got a bit more lower gear cause
>of that which should help the low end out. im just confused. thats all. i
>thought what i did made it faster. mayeb i need to get a good technique
>down at the track. this truck also needs a shift kit, if it were able to
>shift a bit quicker, it would be a bit faster as well instead of pausing
>for a half second between shifts, jules ferom MPI told me he has teh shift
>kit from transgo for my truck in stock. should i get it now???. or should i
>wait???
>
>
>Jarrod
Hey Jarrod....
What kind of pressure are you running in the front tires at the strip. By
going to the wider tread and lower profile you increased your rolling
resistance a bit. Try airing the fronts up to 40lb. to reduce resistance.
If you think the Flowmaster is hurting your low end try this trick. Pick
up a 3" to 2-1/2" reducer and cap the exhuast pipe with it. Buddy at work
knows a guy with a Dak that lost *all* his low end after a Flowmaster
(picked up a bit) and the cat removal (lost it again). Tapped a reducer
on end picked some power back up. Created just enough additional
backpressure.
Just my $0.02.
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