[1997TA]

Help me out. I took a rode trip to Colorado from Utah and the fastest my 1997 TA was 110 mph. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) It seemed like there was governored at that speed. It started sputtering. What's up with that. Is this normal? How do I remove it????????????? It is a stock LT1 with CAI.

This post has been edited by 1997TA: Oct 29 2007, 10:30 PM

[1997TA]

I appreciate your feedback. Although I may be new to this forum I am not new to the racing arena. I have participated in SCCA for years with a race-prepared Mustang. After years of being beaten by the f-bodies, I decided to purchase one, recently, and commit treason. I had understood the top speed of my TA was 142, not 110. This is a concern of mine since I will be attending PDX/HPDE at MMP, and possibly Pueblo, this spring and intend to participate in Open Road. With a race prepared suspension and brakes, I decided to pass a car on the long and boring trip on the I-70. Yes, I went to 110, which is fairly easy with the 5.7.

My main concern is top speed at the MMP on the straights. I understand that it is possible to exceed 100 mph. My intention is to determine how to prepare my car for this experience on the track and in open-road racing applications. I understand that this is a race forum and I am not looking for ways to alter my top speed to exceed the posted speed limits on public roads in an unsupervised setting. I also know how to tune my vehicles. Unfortunately, the LT1 is a unique engine to me with the optispark and other challenging issues. I would much rather hear from you professionals on how to resolve this issue than to post on a teenage camaro website. They would probably load me full of crap.

Thanks for your advice and will be adjusting through LT1 tuner.

[cccbock]

I appreciate your feedback. Although I may be new to this forum I am not new to the racing arena. I have participated in SCCA for years with a race-prepared Mustang. After years of being beaten by the f-bodies, I decided to purchase one, recently, and commit treason. I had understood the top speed of my TA was 142, not 110. This is a concern of mine since I will be attending PDX/HPDE at MMP, and possibly Pueblo, this spring and intend to participate in Open Road. With a race prepared suspension and brakes, I decided to pass a car on the long and boring trip on the I-70. Yes, I went to 110, which is fairly easy with the 5.7.

My main concern is top speed at the MMP on the straights. I understand that it is possible to exceed 100 mph. My intention is to determine how to prepare my car for this experience on the track and in open-road racing applications. I understand that this is a race forum and I am not looking for ways to alter my top speed to exceed the posted speed limits on public roads in an unsupervised setting. I also know how to tune my vehicles. Unfortunately, the LT1 is a unique engine to me with the optispark and other challenging issues. I would much rather hear from you professionals on how to resolve this issue than to post on a teenage camaro website. They would probably load me full of crap.

Thanks for your advice and will be adjusting through LT1 tuner.

Sorry for the simplistic original response...we get all types on here.

I doubt you will be seeing anything close to 142 (or 157) at MMP in stock trim although 100+ is a DEFINITE since you have some experience. The biggest trick at MMP is carrying speed through turn 1 at the end of the straight (which is the entire drag strip). My best top speed at MMP was 135 and that was with 340 hp to the wheels.

As mentioned by others, good tires and brakes are essential. You may wish to look into an LS1 (or C5/C6) brake swap (from a 98+ model Fbody or Corvette) since the LT1 brakes are a well known deficiency in our cars when running at high speeds. You can try the LT1 brakes out but you will be very unhappy...just trying to help you cut off that corner so to speak.

Good luck

Bock