Improving 60' times, third gen f-body

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 05-01-2014, 11:07 PM

Tony...4.10 - 4.56 -4.88's alone should put you into the low 1.40's maybe high 1.30's if your lucky. Faster by adding something like a 4000-5000 convertor, but you may sacrifice the street car thing? Your intake and cam will become a factor the closer you come to 7000 RPM. Hope this helps...MB.

TonyB83 · 05-02-2014, 08:32 AM

Thanks again for all the replies.

Consistency is what I'm after here. While I'm not opposed to a gear and converter change, I'm more interested in suspension tuning at the moment. Do you guys think I'd benefit from either coilovers or adjustable shocks? I see a lot of guys on here who are running well with the Lakewood 90/10's and 50/50's but I also see a LOT of you who have gone to coilovers or adjustable shocks. What is the determining factor here? I'll admit, I can't justify the $1500 for the Santhuff stuff but I'm open to recommendations.

As a side note, I measured the angle of my LCA's last night. They are in the bottom hole of the lca bracket ( I know you guys hate them) and are at +5*. Moving them to the next higher hole looks like it would give them a negative angle and put the IC behind the car.

njk53 · 05-02-2014, 09:01 AM

I think your suspension set up seems to be good and going to high dollar adjustable shocks and coil overs will only get you marginal benefit. As stated by Doug try a 4:56 or similar gear with with a taller tire and see what happens.

05-01-2014, 11:07 PM	#1
MAURICE BLENDHEIM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Langley (no igloos), British Columbia, Canada Posts: 569 Likes: 311 Liked 285 Times in 87 Posts	Re: Improving 60' times, third gen f-body Tony...4.10 - 4.56 -4.88's alone should put you into the low 1.40's maybe high 1.30's if your lucky. Faster by adding something like a 4000-5000 convertor, but you may sacrifice the street car thing? Your intake and cam will become a factor the closer you come to 7000 RPM. Hope this helps...MB.

05-02-2014, 08:32 AM	#2
TonyB83 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Improving 60' times, third gen f-body Thanks again for all the replies. Consistency is what I'm after here. While I'm not opposed to a gear and converter change, I'm more interested in suspension tuning at the moment. Do you guys think I'd benefit from either coilovers or adjustable shocks? I see a lot of guys on here who are running well with the Lakewood 90/10's and 50/50's but I also see a LOT of you who have gone to coilovers or adjustable shocks. What is the determining factor here? I'll admit, I can't justify the $1500 for the Santhuff stuff but I'm open to recommendations. As a side note, I measured the angle of my LCA's last night. They are in the bottom hole of the lca bracket ( I know you guys hate them) and are at +5*. Moving them to the next higher hole looks like it would give them a negative angle and put the IC behind the car.

05-02-2014, 09:01 AM	#3
njk53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East China, MI Posts: 504 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Improving 60' times, third gen f-body I think your suspension set up seems to be good and going to high dollar adjustable shocks and coil overs will only get you marginal benefit. As stated by Doug try a 4:56 or similar gear with with a taller tire and see what happens. __________________ Nelson Kowal Stock 345