What ET's are you running? My best is 11.67. You can go with best or what you usually run, your choice. If you only have 1/8 mile times you can use this nifty 1/8 to 1/4 mile chart (http://cochise.uia.net/pkelley2/eight-to-quarter.htm) to get an approximate time.

Please vote in the poll so we can see the results.

10.57 at 128+

See sig... :D

:D

Current best 12.81 I havent made it to the track yet this year. I made a lot of upgrades :D since last year. I have an oil leak I have to fix and then its off to the track.

11.92@114mph

You want numbers off a timeslip, or can we arbitrarily deduct a tenth if we deep stage?

13.54 at 99MPH

According to the chart, my best to date 7.00 @ 99 would equal a 10.92 @ ???.

According to chart, 13.73@99mph...can that chart also tell you your 60'ft??? ;) tongue.gif :D

apparantley my best 1/4 et is 14.29 (9.2 1/8)
-Jay

So far a 12.50 is our best, and that from a 4spd and a 600cfm carb! Woohoo! :D

been to the track twice now with this combo and have very poor best of 10.79 @ 123 1/4 .. 6.76 @ 101 1/8 Rear Gear is part of the problem on the 1/4, 5.14's, 32" tire and a BB. Ran with no tach so dont know for sure what the RPM was .. kinda glad I dont know ..........

Originally posted by Georgia69:
You want numbers off a timeslip, or can we arbitrarily deduct a tenth if we deep stage?

13.54 at 99MPH tongue.gif :D not in the south!

10.34 @ 131 Not in a chevelle though.

My sprint is a daily driver with a 350 and it's peg leg. SO the best I pulled out of it was 15.84 @ 98mph. I left one hell of a one tire burn out for almost an 1/8 mile it just wouldn't hook up. And I'll admit I'm inexpierienced.

Looking to improve in the fall smile.gif

My ET,.....not as quick as I would like :(
But I voted anyway.

12:27 @110.3
1.72 60ft.
We'll see if the improvements made will make a difference in the next two weeks :D

New Velle Pic (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/onebadd66/DSCF0010.JPG)

10.69 1/4m in my 73'Camaro but hoping faster when I get new Ladder Bar suspension dialed in! Happy Racing everyone! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Threw my .02 in for the vote. I too, like Ken am looking to see some improvements come fall graemlins/thumbsup.gif :D .

11.79@113, very roughed in looking for many improvements in August(saving my money right now)! :D

10.90 @ 122.5 in my Nova. Pump gas, drive it in the gate.
14.50 @ 97 in my FWD 442 Olds Calais

Yeah.....I hotrodded my FWD car.....keeps the Hondas honest though!

Ron

13.9 @ 97mph 1.5 60' oh yeah and i wrecked the motor in the process. Broke a piston skirt, coasted from about 900' through the lights. Probably would have been a good run otherwise.

12.06@111. Hope to get the 68 on the road and into the 10s this fall. After that try to get back to the 70 and get it into the 11s.

10.03/10.06@ 130/131 in the velle

:cool:

1.64-7.47-11.78-114.59 hoping for a 10.99 next year with the solid roller and improved 781's and 45 more cubic inches if I dont' run out of money:)

does a g tech meter count? it said 13.00 at 116mph. I had three adults in the car and bogged out of the hole. once i get the trans tunnel done i'm headed for the track but i think they will kick me out (no roll cage)

best et in my nova with a pump gas 454 with happy juice has been 9.66@139

I don't know....... they kicked me off the track... hehehehe

On street tires in the 1/4, best time was 13.02 @113 MPH with the old motor. I have yet to run the current motor in the 1/4, in the 1/8 it was a 8.16 @ 84 MPH which according to the chart there is about a 12.71. Best 1/4 time on slicks withthe old motor was a 12.72 @ 109 MPH. I would really like to know what the current one would hit on slicks now.

With BF Goodrich 235/60 Drag Radials on my 66 Nova ran a best of 11.22 @ 120mph.....spraying 150HP shot......just put in a 2 stage system to spray 250 HP......haven't run it with the new system yet........
Ken graemlins/thumbsup.gif
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/SS396Convert/nova.jpg

Thanks for all the votes. Very informative. It seems there are a bunch of 13 and 14 seconds cars. Quite a few 12 sec cars and a fairly large number of 10 second cars. The number of 9 second or better cars is surprising.

What I am most curious about is the number of 11 second cars. It seemed that there are not too many on this board, and the poll, so far, confirms this. I'm a bit surprised by this since going into the tens requires several equipment upgrades (SFI damper, trans blanket or scatter shield, cage if the firewall is modified). (Not to mention the chassis and engine work required to get there.) Going from the 12's to the 11's is, pretty much, a roll bar only thing. But, of course, that is the most radical safety equipment addition needed on the way to the tens.

Thanks again for responding to the poll and those who haven't yet voted, please do so.

13.2 @ 106 MPH 60 ft' 2.00
350 bored .60 over
Demon 650 Mechanical Secondaries
373 gears posi 10 bolt
700r4
CompCam 274 with 1.6 compcom roller rockers

i cant acces the voting function with out locking my puter up. i would buy a new puter but speed parts are more important at this point. my best et is a 7.05. best mph is 97.55. Dave

I still have a lot of tuning to do
best so far 6.86 @ 99mph which works out to 10.6 1/4

Mike

Originally posted by MCAF:
I still have a lot of tuning to do
best so far 6.86 @ 99mph which works out to 10.6 1/4

Mike 6.86 x 1.57 = 10.77

Most cars I know running 10.60's are pulling 1/8 mph in the 100-102 mph range.

If I use the nifty chart it says my 1/4 mile times should have been in the 8.29 range. :eek: Wow might have needed a parachute?

13.20 @ 112 sb, now bb N/A

Per the chart 13.4(8.57 1/8).

Hope to get in the 12s when I loose the 2.73 gear and go to the 3.31.

Most cars I know running 10.60's are pulling 1/8 mph in the 100-102 mph range. This motor has run faster in my vette which ( which I crashed) I'm still trying to sort out the timing, jetting, and suspension
I've only had about ten runs in this car so far.with work and weather getting in the way

Mike

Haven't ran the Chevelle yet as it's not quite there yet.

Have ran a 355 powered S-10 though....stock stall, 600 holley, 3.42 posi, 993 open chamber heads with maybe a 9.0:1 c.r....best of 13.58 in the 1/4 all because of the 2.16 60 ft. graemlins/angry.gif

Helping with my son's car. 9.566 @ 140.27 on the motor in very good air. 9.42 on juice @ 145.88 and a recent outing with limited traction 9.49 @ 147.67. His hot weather times have dropped off to 9.87 on the motor.

corrected 13.9@99 mph. low cylinder compression in #6, peg leg with 2.73 gear, leaky headers, rod knock, running rich, and i hit the brakes early. can't wait to rebuild my motor from a plain rv cam into something much better smile.gif

Pat, I like that conversion chart because on paper it gives me a 10.9x 1/4 mile e.t. :D With only a half dozen passes on the new engine I'm sure to whittle that down as I test and tune. Hmmm...I wonder how to calculate what the e.t. reduction would be given a certain amount of N2O?

Thomas

Thomas, If that's not to your liking you can use NHRA's 1.6 factor for an 11.246 smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif . The 1.56 factor was on the chart when I found it, although it does match up perfectly with my 1/8 and 1/4 mile runs. Dave (blue Olds) uses 1.58 since that matches up better with his passes.

Kind of a surprise to me but the high 11's is the smallest group.

OK Pat, since the poll is still open smile.gif 11.95 @ 113, 1.70 60' with 4.10 gears, slicks, and open headers. 12.82 @ 104 1.90 60' with 3.31 gears, drag radials, 2.5" exhaust pipe into Summit "turbo" mufflers and about 20 foot of wheelspin. :D

Me thinks the quicker cars are not chevelles...some may be,,,but there arent that many chevelles from this board running quicker than 11.50 :confused: Jake went back thru my transmission today,,,3rd gear clutches cooked,2nd gear clutches cooking,,,will be back at the track,next race in two weeks graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Too bad about your trans, Robert. Was it a 350 or 400?

At my local strip there are several Chevelles running in the 6's (1/8 mile). That should put them in the 10's. One is a 4 speed 64 that runs low 6's. Which means he's nearly in the 9's. But you're right, Chevelles are pretty heavy and getting 10's is a pretty good trick.

It is a 400....made the switch last november, go figure??? the 350 lasts for 4.5 years,,,got 80-90 passes on the 400 and cook the clutches...nothing else hurt..it was fine inside.

Wow, I thought the 400 was the tuff one. Did you read Jake's post (http://www.chevelles.com/forum/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=28;t=005502;p=2) in the trans forum? I found out I was doing some things incorrectly.

Even though I do it wrong or have done it wrong in the past,,,,the sprag and band was fine in mine today...I will try going to 3rd now before I let it go,,,just to protect parts.

Hey Pat, which 64 are you talking about?

Peter Gallup's green 64, although it could be a 65 (I have a hard time telling them apart). He runs pretty consistantly in the 6.40.

I voted..ET in sig
Hope to have some new time slips with the RPM intake,and wait 'til Oct. to get more timeslips once the 3.31's go in

in sig..

1.565 to 1.57 is the correct 1/8 mile conversion factor for my ride based on timeslips.

I voted - best so far on the ol' Nova was 9.77@144. I think I better than by at least a couple tenths if I can get it hooked better. Since that pass have put on a new set of tires, springs, and took about 100lbs out of the car.

My 67 in full street trim and 540 BBC in it corrected to 10.40's.

See sig. below.
That was my 1st time out with the current motor, with no tuning and a 2.0 60'.

I think we ought to be able to change our vote. I've gone from 11.78 to 10.40 and will be even quicker this year!! ;)

Best ET was 10.77 at 126 MPH. Sold the 468 and building new 540 as we speak.
Hoping for consistent 10.00's.

12.95 from the table, that's in street trim just like i drive it all the time.:D

Best is 10.08 on some bottle, 10.66 NA.

Current best with the 70 SS454 is a 12.56 @ 108 MPH with 3.31 gears thru the exhaust.

5.09 in the 1/8th @ 137.2 = 7.99 in the 1/4.

See signature...:)

This is with a ZZ502, TH400, 4.11 gears, full exhaust, and a heavy car...:cool:

10.29 @ 131... spec's in the signature. :)

12.602 @ 106.57. 4900 ft corrected altitude through exaust with 28" ET Streets, just over 4000 lbs with me in it. I am trying to get into the 11's this year

Full exhaust, see signature.No tuning.

Rented Island drag way in april.Hope to tune to 11.70s.

10.88 and still got more left in it. Hope to get mid 10's this year.

Mine is in my sig.:cool:

9.63@ only 129 clicking it off at 1000 foot due to manual drum brakes on all 4 corners at 3680 lbs through the mufflers on 10 inch slicks and with a small block 383
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/fast1971chevelle/launch1.jpg

7.56/181

7,83/175 on street tires and pumpgas.

12.420@109.8mph and got room for more!

so far mine is 4years!!!

In my sig.

What ET's are you running? My best is 11.67. You can go with best or what you usually run, your choice. If you only have 1/8 mile times you can use this nifty 1/8 to 1/4 mile chart (http://cochise.uia.net/pkelley2/eight-to-quarter.htm) to get an approximate time.

Please vote in the poll so we can see the results.


haha none of the above..
est.time 2-3 years
then maybe I'll have an et for ya...
hope it be done by then..
but my hhr did go 14.87
surprised the he!! out of me..

9.63@ only 129 clicking it off at 1000 foot due to manual drum brakes on all 4 corners at 3680 lbs ".....dang what a loser:D :D :D :D :D

9.63@ only 129 clicking it off at 1000 foot due to manual drum brakes on all 4 corners at 3680 lbs through the mufflers on 10 inch slicks and with a small block 383
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/fast1971chevelle/launch1.jpg Curiousity got the best of me. Your car is really flying for a 383" small block. What did it run at the eighth mile pole? Do you have any more incremental times, (60', 330' etc.) That's a really good looking Chevelle. By the way, some of the conversion disc brakes from Wilwood can take a little weight off as well as stop the car better and a parachute is real helpful in slowing a fast car quickly. They make a couple of different kinds of pads if you get four wheel discs.

the 60 is 139 off the foot break and the 1/8 was 6.14 @ almost 115 and i have qa1 coil over conversion on the front, just put them on for this season, i had a parachute and sold it because this is my car i take to cruise ins and disk brakes for the front are in my near future.......hopefully..............Mike

5.09 in the 1/8th @ 137.2 = 7.99 in the 1/4.

Is that a car or a jet fighter? :cool:

Other than my PT cruiser, my "Hot Rod" is the slowest car I own! My new diesel pickup will outrun it once the turbo spins up! What the onlookers don't know, I'll take advange of -- the car looks fast anyway!

Since the poll was started in '04, I would guess that many ET's have changed for quite a few members.Could someone start an updated '07 poll?

Dean Call's Chevelle runs 10.00 to 10.49 ?
.... Someone lose their reading glasses :D

In the signature

Sandy, just looked at your 78....like it. For some odd reason, I've always liked the 78's.....last of kinda classic look. I'd use one for a daily driver fer sure.

In the signature

See sig!

I think we ought to be able to change our vote. I've gone from 11.78 to 10.40 and will be even quicker this year!! ;)

That's what happens when you drag up a thread that's been dead over 2 1/2 years. It would be interesting to start a new poll, then compare the firgures.

I'm curious how the average E.T.'s and speeds would match up. I'd have to believe that the same pollsters would fair as much as half a second better now, but it would be laborsome to weed out those that aren't available to post their current numbers, as well as, new respondants.

60 ft 1.802
1/8 8.078
1/4 12.629 @ 108.72

still tuning and learning how to drive stick!! :beers:

hopefully better next week with some sticky tires.

GOT TO LOVE THE 66 CANADIAN CHEVELLE SO TO SPEAK.

http://www3.telus.net/public/olarsen/index_files/image004.jpg

12.3sec at 113mph. (best)

11.00 with my 377 all motor. 10.04 @136 spraying to the 1/8 mile. and then best of 10.78 @ 129 with my 468. this year with the blower somewhere in the 9's

Best was 9.12 @156 after 30mile cruise If we get it to 60 ft. hopeing to go 8.60 on radials this year @ weight of 3600lbs.

GOT TO LOVE THE 66 CANADIAN CHEVELLE SO TO SPEAK.

http://www3.telus.net/public/olarsen/index_files/image004.jpg

????

Hey that's no chevelle!!
Back in the day :rolleyes: I had almost the identical car
Mine was a 67 Pontiac Beaumont SD, 396 325hp 4sp w/3.55posi.
Was actually exactely the same color as that one!
Very rare car as I understand it nowdays!
Another "shoulda kept" :sad:

11.05 @ 123 mph. 434 sbc, th400, 4000 converter, 4.10's, 26" tires, full exhaust, driven to hooters for lunch, to the track & home:beers: .

11:17 @ 119 MPH at corrected altitude of 6200 ft. - 71 Chevelle -468 - all iron including 049 heads, TH 350, no brake, no NOS, Art Carr 3500 converter, 4:33 gears, 30X10X15 Hoosier slicks, spooled 12 bolt. 3305 Lbs with me. True compression 11:30, Solid Crane Cam, 850 Holley - 4150 and Team G manifold, stock truck rods and hyper pistons. very budget motor and has not failed once in 5 years, only normal bearing changes and spring checks. Jerry

12.30 at 114.00 3.08`s through the pipes.

Chevelle: I'll be finding out soon I hope. :)

Trans Am (completely Stock) 13.25

12.457 @107

12.000 Should have opened the headers:mad:

Pat, I like that conversion chart because on paper it gives me a 10.9x 1/4 mile e.t. :D With only a half dozen passes on the new engine I'm sure to whittle that down as I test and tune. Hmmm...I wonder how to calculate what the e.t. reduction would be given a certain amount of N2O?

Thomas

Do you mean in 2009? lol

9.40's in My 69 Camaro

You want numbers off a timeslip, or can we arbitrarily deduct a tenth if we deep stage?

13.54 at 99MPH

how does deep staging give you a tenth faster.? i never herd that so i am just asking.

10.19 @ 132 Mph

how does deep staging give you a tenth faster.? i never herd that so i am just asking.

It doesn't,..... it will actually show a slower et.
Basically your using the extra couple of inches when you shallow stage
to get a running head start. This is the amount of travel from when the bottom yellow flickers on to the distance you can roll ahead before the top turns back off. There;s a few inches in here. This is why it's important to stage consistantly when bracket racing.....It will affect your ET.

Best E.T. to date for myself was in my old 69 Nova, Car weighed 3650 with driver. No power adders. That pass 60ft was 1.475,330ft 4.268,660ft ET 6.613, 660ft mph 104.49, 1320ft et 10.381, 1320ft mph 129.56. Car average 1.43-1.49 60fts off trans brake and 2 step. Was a street driven car but not all that fun to drive on the street. My current ride has'nt made a pass down a track since I purchased it. Just got it running this October. Hope to make some passes this next year. Best guess is mid to low 11's. 600HP or so in a 3800 lb 1970 chevelle. Hope to tweak it down into the 10's

Man that post was old... update. 10.19 @ 132.69 in a 3400 lb lead sled

10.29 @ 131... spec's in the signature. :)

Best ever ET with a different combination, in my Nova, was a 1.39 60ft...6.48 @ 104.3 mph. No quarter mile tracks around me.

GEEEEZZZ! Lots of 10.0-11.0 guys on the forum. Thats cool,thats a ET thats streetable but yet fast on any corner of the world. I don't mean anyone 9.99 and faster can't be streetable but the 10sec class is a big portion.:thumbsup:

See signature.

It doesn't,..... it will actually show a slower et.
Basically your using the extra couple of inches when you shallow stage
to get a running head start. This is the amount of travel from when the bottom yellow flickers on to the distance you can roll ahead before the top turns back off. There;s a few inches in here. This is why it's important to stage consistantly when bracket racing.....It will affect your ET.
Just be carefull not to turn that top bulb off. Staging that deep does give you some-what of a head start but, also will cause you to go RED if you have a quick reacting car. You take away any cushing you have between the yellows.

Another vote for the 11.50-11.99.:thumbsup:

Times in my sig. Shooting for 10.50 next season with lots of tweaking and maybe a tailwind :)

Best last season of 11.03 in our junky SBC LUV truck. Going to try a new camshaft from Dacaman12 next season to see what she does.

best was 11.71 @ 114.85 60' 1.61 in street trim, first time at track. hopeing for more next year.

502 ci th-400
coan conv,
3.42 gear
mt dr 275 60 15
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/Wheels_Up_1.jpg

leon

12 .6 on my 502 silverado and 11 on my buddies 496 chevelle you tube zz502 chevy truck and see it run at beaver springs

See sig.

Best 1/8 mile 7.73 ET 1.64 60'
68 malibu 468 thru 2.5 inch Exh. x-pipe Hooker areo chambers
3000 stall TH350 3.73 28x11.5 ET Streets
Real good track prep, 65* and full sunshine.

Wifes 70 best was 8.46 W/ 1.97 60'
70 Malibu stock 74 454, with 290 casting heads, 021 Lanutia cam, open headers.
2500 Stall, TH400, with the Original 3.31 posi, 28x11.5 et Slicks.

60'-1.23
330'-3.29
1/8 mile-4.91@148 (I blew it up on this pass around 4.2 seconds into the run. The car has been 153.9 mph)(probably a 7.45-50 1/4 mile)

please click link to view video of pass... www.texastruetens.com/revia491/

This was acheived with a 3280lb '67 camaro on true 10.5 slicks. All steel body except hood, factory glass, full interior, NO WHEELIE BARS....

I have build this car to run between 12.00 and 11.50
We will see this summer, if I get it finished.
I have all the new parts, now I just need time to get-R-done.
:beers:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2902000-2902999/2902138_1_full.jpg

60 ft 1.56

11.710 @ 112.70

Well if the calulator is right I should run 12.30's

I don't know though my car 60 ft are great doesn't seem like there is a lot of power in the upper RPM. Symptom of fairly lage displacement and small heads. 408 sbc w/Vortec heads.

11.40@118 1.60 60ft slicks and open headers,spun a little out of the hole

see sig for current best with old motor hoping for 10.77 with new motor.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2902000-2902999/2902138_1_full.jpg

60 ft 1.56

11.710 @ 112.70

That is a nice 60' time. If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing to get that? Tires and suspension info as well as motor, trans, rear gear info. would be appreciated.

:beers:

11.22 so far running through the full length pipes on m/t drag radials with a 9.48 - 1 static compression ratio Small Block 427 in a all steel 66 chevelle! Hopefully some 11 o's coming in the fall.

Went almost a new best. Have run a 7.56 on a prepped track 2006 but it took me 3 yearss to get there again. So 7.59/191mph was a good thing. Non prepped and a wild ride :)

Went almost a new best. Have run a 7.56 on a prepped track 2006 but it took me 3 yearss to get there again. So 7.59/191mph was a good thing. Non prepped and a wild ride :)You Swedes don't mess around, do you? :D I'll never forget that Stockholm video from 2006. Some very serious cars over there. And plenty of them! What car are you running in the mid 7's with? And how much does it weigh?

You Swedes don't mess around, do you? :D I'll never forget that Stockholm video from 2006. Some very serious cars over there. And plenty of them! What car are you running in the mid 7's with? And how much does it weigh?

Its my Camaro 81. Its a real race car, but can be raced on streets to ;)

3000lbs.

Its usually slipper on our test road ;)

YouTube - Supersonic

13.8 @ 103 with a 2.3 60'. :sad:

Sept. 21,2008 10.175@128.90 :D

Congrats Bob , where is the new thead with all the NEW BEST E/T details ?, DON'T FOEGED TO POST photos and video ;).

my best so far would have been about a 14.1 converted...but that will be changing very soon...should be deep into the 12s with the ls1 combo

http://www.zatzy.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/9529/sort/1/cat/500/page/1

10.62 is my best(ran in 1990) in my 69 chevelle that I've had since I was 14. It's retired to only street duty now and has a Fun-factor muncie, like I ran before I got crazy into dragging it, back in place for gear banging burnouts.

My present toy is the Low-buck, WN (welfare nova) that has ran 9.96 @ 131 with a best foot brake of 1.40. This is with a little hyper piston, stock rodded, 355 motor and a 150 shot of squeeze. Hoping to top this ET OCT 3 as I finally dumped a roller cammed, 12 1/2-1 468 with merlin rec port heads in it and should run low-low 10's on motor and I'm hoping for 9.60's on a 150 shot, it I can get it to hook on the 10.5" Hoosier QTP's.

Quickest time for me driving was a couple months ago in my buddy's 69 chevelle. Punched a head gasket out on #2, 100 ft out, and still ran a 9.22 @ 151 MPH. Can't wait to have an oppertunity to run that thing on all 8 cylinders. SHould be 8's.

http://media.putfile.com/12-second-pt

i don't have my vette done yet

I'm an old bracket racer that's had several cars..

Fastest (in a Racecraft Dragster/540)= 4.84 @ 141 (1/8th) (converts to 7.70ish 1/4) , 1.04-1.06 60' normally.

Fastest in a door car (69 camaro s/g car, off the stop, 406/glide)= 5.81@ cant remember MPH, 1.22-1.25 60' normally (1/8th mile)

Fastest real street car ('69 Chevelle, 406/glide) 11.78@ cant remember (1/4), on old McCreary street tires (remember those?lol)

Current car..1969 Chevelle..building a basic 468/th400 driver, hoping for some 11.80s..

In the El Camino 15.3 with the AC running, hey it was hot that day :)
The TPI motor is basicly stock and only has 230 horsepower, Elky weighed 4180 on the scale at the track. Hopefully the Nova will be in the low 12's.