My "first time".....

[bigtow]

i took my 93 formula up the strip to day wow what a rush my reaction time was .36631 on a pro tree 60, 2.224 and a et of 14.14626 at 97.8 mph the car is stock apart from a borla cat back (cat removed) and a C A I + B M R lower arms and torque arm what do you guys think. i think the car started to miss fire at the top end but i carnt wait to have another go. ps i also won the burn out conteste last night once i get some photos back can some one host them for me thanks russ

[wako29]

definetly need some photos of the burnout

[wolfdogs]

cool!!! glad it went well.

you could have done with a little more "family friendly" subject lead in though................

[PUREPWR]

Good work. I ran a 14.0 @ 99 bone stock with 2.73 gears with a crappy trans. Lets both get into the 13's soon.
Tom

[wako29]

Originally posted by purepwrta
Good work. I ran a 14.0 @ 99 bone stock with 2.73 gears with a crappy trans. Lets both get into the 13's soon.
Tom

your in 13s with those mods you have now

[PUREPWR]

My bad i ment 12's. I think that i should run like a 13.5 if i gett good traction and on a good racing day.
Tom

[bigtow]

need more speed

sorry for the missleading header tag before. i cant wait for the next RWUB but the car is going into the shop first to have a sevice and a new opti as i think this is going southe very soon the car has got 78k on it now and i dont think it has had a sevice yet . while it is in my man is going th fit a comp shift kit in and fit my line lock and subframe conectors. if i get him to fit a set of 3.73 gears and the royal purple gear oil i purchasted while on vacation how do i recalibrate the speedo. still for the burn out photos

[PUREPWR]

Well when i got my gear i also had a hypertech programmer so i just recalibrated it through there. But I dont know how to otherwise to it but you can emailed LS1speed.com and they could proly tell you.

Tom

[bigtow]

thanks

my cars a 93 can it be reprogramed with a power progamer as i think my pal has one . how far out will my speedo be if i fit 3. 73 gears i has a gu60 axle i think

[PUREPWR]

With hypertechs they can only be used on one car at a time. Such as, if your buddies car is programed he will have to fully deprogram his car inorder for you to be able to use it. And my speedometer was like 15 mph higher than it shouyld have been. It depends what gear ratioyyou are coming from. This is what I did when my car wasnt programed. Just have you and your buddy cruise next to eachother going the same mph and check to see where you speedo needle is at. Pretty simply.
tom

[wako29]

the '93 uses a complete different ECM than the '94+. You can't get those Hypertech programmers, because the '93s use an actual PROM chip, like the TPI cars. I'm not to sure what it would take to program your own chips, but www.thirdgen.org is just about the best place to look for info as to burn your own chips. Basically, by burning your own PROM chips, its $150 for the equipment, and each chip is like $6, and you can reuse any chip you want. Plus you can finely tune for weather and everything else when you do your own chop, rather than having somebody do it for you.

[Joe 1320]

Re: poped my cherry

Originally posted by bigtow
[B]i took my 93 formula up the strip to day wow what a rush my reaction time was .36631 on a pro tree 60, 2.224 and a et of 14.14626 at 97.8 mph the car is stock apart from a borla cat back (cat removed) and a C A I + B M R lower arms and torque arm what do you guys think. [B]

The 60' time could be .1 to .2 quicker. Sticky tires, LCA relocation brackets and disconnecting the front sway bar at the track will give you better bite, just enough to get you a 13.9x !
try to shoot for at least a 2.1 with radials. It can be done even with a stock suspension as long as the tires are sticky. I've even seen a few 1.9s while on DOT radials (drag radials) with stock suspensions but it's not very consistant. Getting the chassis sorted out will make the car much more consistant and easier to launch.

[Fastbird93]

Originally posted by wako29
the '93 uses a complete different ECM than the '94+. You can't get those Hypertech programmers, because the '93s use an actual PROM chip, like the TPI cars. I'm not to sure what it would take to program your own chips, but www.thirdgen.org is just about the best place to look for info as to burn your own chips. Basically, by burning your own PROM chips, its $150 for the equipment, and each chip is like $6, and you can reuse any chip you want. Plus you can finely tune for weather and everything else when you do your own chop, rather than having somebody do it for you.

I know exactly what it takes, as I have two 93's myself. You will need a chip burner, and chips, and software. I believe Tunercat is the only tuning softwar that works with our 93's, and for the chip burner I'd highly recommend using a Pocket Programmer 2 with Amtel At29C256 chips.

If you are looking to get tuned, send an email to chips@pcmforless.com. He is the man when it comes to these speed density setups. He just did a dyno tune day with the LT1 Speed Density forum that I set up, and everyone was happy. I've been using his tunes exclusively for a few years now. Give him an email and he will set you up.