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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
GM knew. My team told them. They didn’t care. Felt they had a couple sharper knives in the drawer. Also pointed out that they were beyond single focus on straight line performance and wanted to focus on a truly balanced sports car.
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Sad excuse from GM for the 5th gen in my opinion. Was a good handling car at the time, but could easily have used the extra power from the LS9 to compete with the GT500 on all fronts, track and straight line.
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Originally Posted by shaffe
We ran a pro .500 tree so I needed all the help I could get. Deep stage will help your R/T a bit because it will break the timing beams quicker because your that tiny little bit closer the finish.
My best light in my 04 was a .009 I would have to flip through my time slips but I was usually around a .050- .125 in my 04. That car was by no means fast but I was going to get you off the line lol.
In my 07, I was around a .275-.300. That stupid drive by wire had the slightest of delays in it I just couldn't get it down even with a tune. I think my best light in that car was a .175ish
I see where you are coming from. That makes sense. The bolded part is funny, especially in hind sight now with how this gen has played out.
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Pro .500 is a little more difficult, but again, it's just timing your leave off the yellows. Each driver will find what works for them - and finding that consistency is the key...same stage, same inputs, same leave time based on the tree. 0.275-0.300 is bad...must have been a real struggle to figure out the DBW delay and match it to the tree.