first passes on the 5.3

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  1. Joe Dirt

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    Ran on my hard street radial 255/60 radial t/a's lol

    Best et of 8.20 ran 87 mph all night with 2.0 range 60's not a bad baseline
     
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    Cool!! Those BFG's dont hook to well do they. I thought those numbers were actually pretty good for those tires. Be fun with some sticky's.
     
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    ...:thumbs2:...

    my 275/60/15s light up at 30 MPH. i may need to check the setting on my Cal-Tracs...
    i'll get mine to the track when i get back from the Gathering/Roundup...:chirp:
     
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    :)
    With heat they get greasy I knew they wern't going to work well chance of rain tonight made me leave my slicks at the house lol it will run well into the 7's on slicks not bad for a 350.00 motor
     
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    Greasy is a good description.

    I like to call it "Play-Doh", and it stays that way for about 10 minutes. You can reach down and dig out a couple fingernails full of it when it is hot.
     
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    Yup no doubt
     
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    just an update i finally got it to run some consistant 7.90's @87 with some !.80 60's.

    theres alot more in it to get out just got to whittle this 60' down
     

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