Monaro + $3,000 = 12.87 @ 109.30mph

[Monaro CV8-R]

Well with the 3.9 diff gears in, it was back to Willowbank to see how i'd go. It was a frustrating nite on Saturday (5th) with 88 bikes booking the track and 100+ cars there to race. Only got 2 runs in for the whole nite!!!!

End result, two back to back 12 sec passes with the 2nd one being a 12.87!!!!:cool:

Happy... yet i belive i could have shaved a little more off that time with a couple of more runs. Still, not bad for a catback zorst, mafless tune and diff gears!!!!

Personal Gripe: Why can't Willowbank make Test'n'Tune nites for competition cars and street cars separate!!! Close to an hour and a half was WASTED on Saturday nite when competition car after competition car dumped oil/coolant and whatever else all over the track and it had to be cleaned up!!!!!!!! :cussing: :mad: :flamin: Anyone else with thoughts on this??????

[Vulture]

Well done. :bravo: Is yours an A4 or manual?
As for the other issue - check out this thread http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=59323

[Crolly]

Thats sweet for such little mods, i can't wait till i do that to mine. Though full exhaust and maf tune in the area of the same 225-230rwkw. Not sure bout diff gears as i do alot of highway driving. Who did the mods for u?

[Tez82]

Mate well done, seen you out before and in a M6 hehehe show all those M6 drivers out there how its done....

Mate I have had simular costs for great results :p all up spent $4000 grand if that :p to get a 12.59 sec street car :p

Great to see another Monaro hit 12's :p you know now you will want to chase 11's ;)

Tez

[P.I.M.P]

wow :cool:
thats impressive
will i get the same results with same mods to my vz monaro
cheers darshik

[Monaro CV8-R]

Well done. :bravo: Is yours an A4 or manual?
As for the other issue - check out this thread http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=59323

Hey Vulture

Yes the Monaro is Manual, stock clutch and shifter!!

In regards to that other thread...good to see i'm not the only one pissed off about having to wait so long to get a measly 2 runs in!!!!

Cheers

[Monaro CV8-R]

Thats sweet for such little mods, i can't wait till i do that to mine. Though full exhaust and maf tune in the area of the same 225-230rwkw. Not sure bout diff gears as i do alot of highway driving. Who did the mods for u?

Crolly

I'd definetly go the MafLESS tune and throw the diff gears in instead of getting headers/extractors. You'll get far better acceleration with the gears instead of headers! Go and see Shaun & Mark at Powertorque in Brisbane, those boys are gospel! :bow:

Oh and the diff gears make hardly any difference to your highway driving. I drove up to Willowbank from the Coast and 6th gear is just beautiful on the highway now.

[Monaro CV8-R]

Mate well done, seen you out before and in a M6 hehehe show all those M6 drivers out there how its done....

Mate I have had simular costs for great results :p all up spent $4000 grand if that :p to get a 12.59 sec street car :p

Great to see another Monaro hit 12's :p you know now you will want to chase 11's ;)

Tez

Hey Terry

Yeah, thought i might see you there mate. Not too many LS1 there actually, i think i was the only Monaro too!
Your right, i thought i would be content with high 12's, but now i'm looking at an OTR intake and maybe some headers in the next few months!

[Monaro CV8-R]

wow :cool:
thats impressive
will i get the same results with same mods to my vz monaro
cheers darshik

Hi Darshik

I've researched heaps before doing these mods and i think that these should be amongst the very first things you should do to your Monaro. See the boys at Powertorque for a Mafless tune first with exhaust upgrade, then do the gears. You should see the same results, maybe better, if you run a M6, and prob very close if you have an Auto.

P.S Word of warning, get friendly with a guy that owns a Tyre Shop hehe:burnout:

[BEWARE]

well done, nice time I'll be chasing 12s soon....I'm looking to do the same gears, and tune in the next week or 2.....what have you done for induction? I'm lost as to what to do with OTR, MCAI and GTS 4" pipe, ss reductions etc etc!?!?!?!

[Monaro CV8-R]

Beware

Mate, i have the 2 hole mod on the Monaro CAI and a mafless GTS pipe, that's all. Although i'm looking at switching to an OTR intake because everyone says they are good for another tenth or two down the quarter.

[Ghosn]

What tyres did u run with?

[mechatron]

That's an awesome time. How hard did you have to launch to get that time? What sort of RPMs?

[Monaro CV8-R]

What tyres did u run with?

Mate, just standard street tyres!!! Falken 235x18x40 to be exact. Let the pressure in them down to 18psi, some say this doesn't help, but i believe it does!!!

[Monaro CV8-R]

That's an awesome time. How hard did you have to launch to get that time? What sort of RPMs?

Launched at about 4500 rpm. Let the clutch out fairly hard and just mash the throttle. No wheelspin at all!!!!
Still trying to find that perfect balance. i did another run and launched it at just over 5000 rpm but it wheelspun the whole way through 1st and second gear and a litte of 3rd. This may have also been due to the fact that there was an oil spill on this side of the track about half an hour before.

But the short answer is, around 4500-4750 is perfect launch revs.....for me.

[mechatron]

Thanks heaps for the reply. I still haven't run mine as yet. I wanted to on the Marrano's eastern creek day, but the day just didn't happen:bawl:

[BEWARE]

Beware

Mate, i have the 2 hole mod on the Monaro CAI and a mafless GTS pipe, that's all. Although i'm looking at switching to an OTR intake because everyone says they are good for another tenth or two down the quarter.

I'm thinking I may just do the same, MCAI, 2 hole and GTS pipe.....I don't think I want to go OTR(none available and the cost extra), nor SS inductions...even though PT are pushing for me to use a Growler...I'm just not convinced with all the negatives on here!!!

[ADSXR8]

Launched at about 4500 rpm. Let the clutch out fairly hard and just mash the throttle. No wheelspin at all!!!!
Still trying to find that perfect balance. i did another run and launched it at just over 5000 rpm but it wheelspun the whole way through 1st and second gear and a litte of 3rd. This may have also been due to the fact that there was an oil spill on this side of the track about half an hour before.

But the short answer is, around 4500-4750 is perfect launch revs.....for me.

Sounds like you nailed it mate, what was your 60ft?

[Monaro CV8-R]

60ft time was 1.86 sec, i'm told that's pretty much as good as i'll get with my mods!

[ADSXR8]

Your pretty spot on. That is not a bad 60ft time, especially being manual. Only having 2 runs, you have certainly nailed a good one early.

That being the only problem manual drag racing, is consistantly nailing that 60ft time.

Well done

[Monaro CV8-R]

Thanx mate, anyone wanting to give me a job drag racing for a living, just pm me!!:driving:

[GTO Coupe]

Where in Brisbane is this Powertorque place? I think its time I did some work on the GTO.

[ssberlina]

Where in Brisbane is this Powertorque place? I think its time I did some work on the GTO.

They are in Brendale. (They are a forum sponsor as well)
ph: (07) 3881 2379

They are a really good bunch of guys over there, I cant recommend them enough.

[markone2]

Thanx mate, anyone wanting to give me a job drag racing for a living, just pm me!!:driving:


Sorry mate :teach: ..job taken :D

[Monaro CV8-R]

Sorry mate :teach: ..job taken :D

Bastard! haha:bow: