12 Second Club - LS1 ELCAMINO goes 12s
builder1
10-01-2009, 09:40 AM
Went 12.74 @108 1.9 sixty foot, 2001 ls1 wth zo6 cam and heads, hooker long tubes,3.42 gear, 4l60e trans with 2800 yank converter, 3600lbs. on drag radials. The track was 55 degrees surface temp. and about 45 degrees air temp. This was the first time at the track. I was expecting 12.60-70
bgblockelcamino
10-01-2009, 08:58 PM
congrats.
MurderedOut
10-01-2009, 10:43 PM
why such a small converter?
Magnet
10-01-2009, 11:51 PM
good job bro!
builder1
10-02-2009, 10:11 AM
I thought about the converter when i was buying parts for the swap and put a wanted ad on this site for a 3000 converter and got this one at a good price. Now i wish i would have gone bigger, the car kind is kind of lazy at the track and holds the r.p.m. "s down at the intial launch. I know it would be alot faster with a 3600 converter and that is what it needs but i didnt know that before. Its getting to be going into winter soon here and i have to decide what to do about it over these months. My friends say throw a dry spray kit on it. It could also use a cam!
breze84
10-03-2009, 05:02 PM
Congrats, Why would you go with a LS6 cam when you could have did a custom grind????
builder1
10-03-2009, 05:45 PM
This is the first ls engine i ever had and thought the ls6 cam would be a better choice than stock ls1 cam and paid 100.00 for the ls6 cam. Also i wanted something fast but very mild and the ls6 cam worked for that. Since i have been to the track i would like it to be faster.