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was there the week earlier was going to go last week but wasn't organised in time. im going again this week are you?

i Drive a Wine Red one with front lip and 18's.

i wont be racing this week. in 3 weeks most probably. but il b there

as a general rule you want to be able to load your torque convertor up to the revs that your engine is starting to produce torque and hp. if your engine starts to make its power at 3500RPM, then that is where you need to be able to load your torque convertor up to. the higher your power comes in, the higher RPM torque convertor you require

would also suggest fitting a shift kit, causes the auto to shift a little harsher between changes but takes the sluggish response out of the shift change. not sure how you can buy them now but you use to be able to get them in stage 1; stage 2; stage 3 and full manual shift. the higher the stage, the harsher the shift and can make general smoothness of your changes driving around town a little unpleasent.

you may find a remarkable increase in your quater mile times by these changes. any reputable high performance auto rebuilder should be able to design what you want if you take in your dyno sheats of your hp and torque readings.

hope this helps.

Yeah thanks i have got a stage 2 shift kit and Transmission cooler, I'm very happy with the shifts it's just getting it off the line that's killing my overall time it either Bogs down or Spins if i load it up against the torque converter it hesitated then it goes.

My ecu's and some accesories got stolen on the weekend so i have decided i'm going to give the emanage ultimate a shot so i will see how that goes even though i think with my old setup if i got a good 60ft and got it moving off the line i should have ran a high 12.

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