Finally Broke Through the Wall!

03blklightning

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Ever since I have started racing my truck, I couldn't break that damn 13.5 mark. Of course I am running street tires and no drag bars. Just running Nitto 555 all the way around. I mean it was 13.5 @ 105-106 mark. Well last Saturday that all changed. It was around 55 degrees and we had a nice tail wind. I ran a 13.36 @ 108.51 and I was happy I finally broke that 13.5 mark. So I decided to run alone and I ran a 13.24 @ 108.41. :banana::dancenana::rockon:

The guy in the left lane was a fellow L owner, and he was on slicks, His Mods:cai,upper 2.80, lower 4#er, diablosport tuner, mafia, ported and polished eaton, triple gauge pod w/ boost, voltage, a/f ratio gauges, my own custom exhaust,
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Lets just say I am excited. And a couple of the other lightnings guys that were out there told me with good tires and bars I can hit that elusive 12.5-12.7 mark. As a side note there track prep wasn't great and I had to ease out of the hole.:fm:
 

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so if i run a 8.49 1/8 i should be in the 13.2x or 13.3x? congrats get some slicks!
 
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so if i run a 8.49 1/8 i should be in the 13.2x or 13.3x? congrats get some slicks!
Tell me about it. As you can tell from the first slip, I am moving down the whole shot. I was sucking up the other lightning pretty quick, but I just couldn't get to the cone first. I think if I lowered the tire pressure and heated up the tires a little more I might get a better time. I was running at 30psi in the tires. And of course heating up the tires is out of the question due to them being expensive as shit.
 

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u should be runnin faster than that. I have the same mods in my sig and I ran a 13.1 first run ever on bald eagle f1's
 

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Guys, he obviously has traction issues. You might have run similar ET's but I guarantee you didn't run 108mph stock. Nice runs man. Get some slicks or DR's and some traction bars and give it hell.
 

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You have the mph there to run a high 12 already but your 60 foot time is killing you.
You need a set of traction bars and some slicks and you will be there.
LFP in Houston do a good set of long bars at an ok price and keep an eye out on the classifieds for some wheels/slicks.
 

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Guys, he obviously has traction issues. You might have run similar ET's but I guarantee you didn't run 108mph stock. Nice runs man. Get some slicks or DR's and some traction bars and give it hell.
Appreciate it. That's what I am getting at. My MPH is there just I am easing out of the whole. If I give it hell then I just spin. I tried launching out of the whole hard but ended up running a 14.12 @ 106.6mph. Just spun out of the whole and had to let off and get right back into it.

You have the mph there to run a high 12 already but your 60 foot time is killing you.
You need a set of traction bars and some slicks and you will be there.
LFP in Houston do a good set of long bars at an ok price and keep an eye out on the classifieds for some wheels/slicks.

I know, it kills me that I should be in the high 12's but I can't break 13's. I think with income tax I am going to invest in some bars or tires, just have to see how much I get back.
 

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Guys, he obviously has traction issues. You might have run similar ET's but I guarantee you didn't run 108mph stock. Nice runs man. Get some slicks or DR's and some traction bars and give it hell.

100% true! 03BLKLIGHTNING ARE YOU A MEMBER OF TEXAS LIGHTNING RODDERS? IF YOU ARE NEXT TIME YALL GO TO THE TRACK HERE IN HOUSTON GIVE ME A HOLLER AND ILL LOAN YOU MY SLICKS! SO YOU CAN HIT A LOW TO MID 12!:rockon: PAIR OF 28X10X16 HOOSIERS!
 
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100% true! 03BLKLIGHTNING ARE YOU A MEMBER OF TEXAS LIGHTNING RODDERS? IF YOU ARE NEXT TIME YALL GO TO THE TRACK HERE IN HOUSTON GIVE ME A HOLLER AND ILL LOAN YOU MY SLICKS! SO YOU CAN HIT A LOW TO MID 12!:rockon: PAIR OF 28X10X16 HOOSIERS!
Yeah I am, I have the same avatar name there also. I would really appreciate that. I will let you know.
 

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Those are awesome trap times, if you come out of the hole a little softer you'll hit 12.6/12.7 on the street tires.

Congrats bro
 

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