http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuqGQOu31Hw

13.6 @108 from a 2.360ft.

Not a very exciting pass but probably representative of some very average drivers in this car. No word on how many miles it had.


They are after all in the business of making performance parts for the car.

 

wow two tenths quicker then an LT1.

if he learned to drive the car would be quicker.

 

So basically, when I take MY camaro to the track, and use MY horrible driving skills, I can expect a 14.6 @ 108?

 

no you should do better.

 

If you listen to the video the guy states that he will shift at 6K. I think that's a bit low for the LS3 so add short shifting to a bad launch and you get a high ET and slow trap.

 

right back at you. The guy has obviously had no practice launching the car, and he's already two tenths quicker than the fastest time anybody has ever gotten out of a stock LT1.

It may or may not be about "learning to drive". It might just be learning that car's quirks.

 

+1.. thats true.. it looks like he didnt try too hard, maybe because the car hasnt been broken in fully...

 

sounded like he shift at like 5000 to third and then 4500 into 4th heh

 

hit a nerve?

 

Nah, I'm just a stickler for accuracy.

 

then why quote me? i didn't say anything inaccurate.

FACT: car went two tenths faster then a LT1 car

FACT: the 5th gen is quicker then that.

 

Hmm I just can't see shifting an LS series motor at 6000RPM for best ET or MPH. But I am not a professional or anything. Hopefully they weren't trying to intentionally sandbag.

Interestingly enough that is about what I did (ET and MPH) at Lonestar a couple summers back in my "LS6" Formula except my 60's were worse and I had a little more drama in my launches. I had no luck hooking on street tires there and so the auto was shifting out of 1st at like 4000RPM (which has since been fixed with different shift point tuning). Hopefully they prepped it a little better for this run.

 

didnt they say it was supposed to do 13 flat? he had a pretty bad start. looked like he bogged it down. kinda slow shifting too.

 

I guess maybe it's not an issue of "accuracy", but comparing the best time ever accomplished with a stock LT1 to the first time ever reported for a 5th gen is pretty dumb, especially when you throw a at the end, implying that the guy obviously didn't know what he was doing.

I wonder what the first drag time was on an LT1 back in '93?

 

video said the first thing you do when you get a muscle car is to take it to the track and run it down the track but wouldn't the first thing you want to do is to break in the engine?