Its my first time hitting up the drag strip tonight and im really looking forward to it.

im running an all stock ss/sc on bald pirelli pzero's so my launchs may suck tonight... but we'll soon find out. picking up a set of new tires this weekend and see wut kinda difference it makes for next week.

wut times do u perdict?? ive owned the car for just over a year and the only expierence i have is launching on the street.

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best 2 times of the nights


1st

r/t... 0.333
60'... 2.378
330... 6.344
1/8... 9.569
MPH... 75.75
1000... 12.362
1/4... 14.702
MPH... 96.73

2nd

r/t... 0.585
60'... 2.510
330... 6.543
1/8... 9.782
MPH... 75.38
1000... 12.590
1/4... 14.944
MPH... 96.16

 

Launching is the key! That and a good 1-2 shift. Practice practice practice!

 

Watch out for blowing axles... Don't pull a hard launch, you'll regret it.

 

ease in on the gas and not be WOT for first gear cause you spin and learn what wheelhop the hard way dont ask

 

If this is ur first time take a lil time and watch the other racers. Then when u feel ur ready to go for ur first pass, get in line, don't do a burnout just pull up and stage. On your first pass launch as if u r leaving a red light on the street and get a feel for it. Slowly work ur launch up n rpm every time u make a pass.

L8r,
PD

 

with out engine mounts ,i wouldn't launch the car at all, high rpm roll out while slipping the clutch.
thies cars wheel hop like the end of days. and your 1-2 is the key, when going into 2nd dont slam it, you have to be off the gas alittle as you pop the clutch or your just light up 2nd gear and have the worst 330' time.

iv gotten my launch down but cant nail that damn 1-2. i get 2.2 60's with 6.7 330s its the only thing keeping me joining the 13sec club.

 

well i had a blast last night and i managed to get 6 runs in.

here are my best 2


1st

r/t... 0.333
60'... 2.378
330... 6.344
1/8... 9.569
MPH... 75.75
1000... 12.362
1/4... 14.702
MPH... 96.73

2nd

r/t... 0.585
60'... 2.510
330... 6.543
1/8... 9.782
MPH... 75.38
1000... 12.590
1/4... 14.944
MPH... 96.16



wut do u guys think for my first time??

 

u did well, now more practice and sum consistency will begin and u will have the most important mod of them all done, the driver mod

l8r,
PD

 

Not bad at all for your first time! My first time out with just catback my best was 14.8 @99 so you did better than me!

 

thanks guys. i had a lot of fun and i do plan on getting more practice in. its funny cuz those were actually my first 2 passes of the night. everything after that was in the 15s. i look forward to getting a few mods done and dropping those times some.

 

you may have been heat soaking on your later passes, were you letting the car cool down between passes? you should definitely let it cool down some between each pass, these cars hate the heat, so the more you run it the slower you will get...

l8r,
PD