how to increase top speed

[Superdave]

I know that I will not hit 100 in the querter I have not had a chance to take my car to corodova which is are nerest drag strip hoping to this spring I am going to run it stock to see what shes got after that I am trying to come up with good ways to make more horsepower I was thinking about planing .040in off the heads to increse compersion is this a good idea I want to make a little more horsepower with out cuting deep in to raliabilty i can get the set of heads planed and checked for $ 85

Good luck trying to get more than 1 run in there...


that's where i blew up my 3400 swapped Z24

[RedBird]

where are you at? I go to cordova all the time in the warmer months....

yeah it's pretty hard to get in any good amount of runs there. Back in september in like 3.5 hrs i only got in two runs. it was insanely busy. thatwas the weekend of the AMC nationals, but it's always SUPER busy. most runs i have eevr gotten in was 6 and that was cause it was battle of the high schools and only high school people were allowed in to race

[MATT2007]

i am in Maquoketa IA I know it is busy but it is the only drag strip that is close that I know about

[Superdave]

i am in Maquoketa IA I know it is busy but it is the only drag strip that is close that I know about

Sweet! Do you live in one of the caves?


j/k, you're not that far away from me at all... I'm in Davenport, lol

[IsaacHayes]

You'll be in the 80's somewhere for trap speed. Hopefully! lol

[Tdunk]

should be around 82 with the older 3.1 I would think. What he can look into to go faster is making sure after the engine has been tuned to make sure nothing is lagging him behind. I know my main problem is that my rear bumper traps air. So make sure the underside of the car is getting the air out of there as quickly as possible.

[gectek]

ah yes the ol' ported rear bumper, nice

[Arns85GT]

fast?

I agree with the posts that recommend not taking that Lumina to 105+.

I've been up to 130+ and that was in a GTO with HD everything.

Guys with modified Fiero's clock 120+, and that car is aerodynamically designed for it and they generally have modified brakes and suspensions, body mods to maximize downforce on the front.

I'd forget going for speed with a Lumina. Just my opinion.

Arn