My vette has a hurst shifter and the old style Varam other wise pretty close to bone stock. Just got back from Byron Dragway. Made 7 passes with the best a 12.89. Two others were 12.98 and 13.07. My 60' times were pretty
bad at 2.1 and 2.2. Instead of a hard launch with some wheel hop and burning up 1st gear the secret was to come out easy and gradually apply the throttle until on the floor. Speed shifts only as I didn't want to break any thing. I went to the same track 2 years ago (13.4 ET) without the Vararam and Hurst and this time I had a shift lite (Raptor) set at 6000. I'm satisfied and can now feel good about doing any mods and trying to get the car into the 11's.
If I stay with natural aspiration then heads, cam, headers, clutch, hardened axle shafts could get it there. I think a little more practice might allow you to break 12.50 on this car.
The most fun was when I lined up with an older Z28 and we went neck and neck until I got 4th and pulled him by a quarter car lenght or so. He did red light so I would have won anyway but it was COOL.
