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wat other questions do u have lol?

 

I'm completely lost when it comes to driving on the track..
I mean, i'm going to try and get slicks, put on some tranny mounts (difficult of install??) footballs in springs..

I just don't know what to expect.

 

Tranny mounts are a breeze to install. 10 minutes tops?
Also I'm quite surprised no one has suggested upgrading the axles yet either.
that would be my suggestion as well as a launch box

 

it kinda depends on how often u race to upgrade axles...if hes only racing a few times i wouldnt spend the cash but a wot box i would invest in

 

What is a Launch box and a WOT box
and where can I find these?

 

a company called n2mb or something like that...read up on them on their site they are awesome

 

alright, i just ordered my meth kit.. so i'll have to look into it.

How does it work though? What does it do exactly?

 

nvm, i just looked it up.. lazy me..
for 200 bucks .. hmmn.. I don't know about that! LOL


I still have to buy tranny mounts, and find slicks.

 

some srt4 guys have cut half a second off their et with one....they help a lot...but def do the slicks and mounts before a wot box

 

Yeah

THe wheel hop is disgusting.. :-/


THanks for the advice..

mid 13's hopefully!

 

Its called practice. Goto the track and practice it.

 

I will be getting hours of good practice in May THanks everyone for the help


There should be a For Beginners at the track thread.

 

what's the ideal tire size for slicks for the 07 ss/sc?

 

Here is one of my early videos. You can pretty much here me applying the throttle here. Thats about a 2000 rpm slip, on the street tires the clutch was not released till about 20-30 foot out. Nice slow slip. 2.0 60 foot on that run. It really depends on the track and surface as to what you can do at the line. Dont buy a wot box unless your going a full slick, you wont get the benefit of it. It is really a good idea to go out on a nicer country road with no cars and practice. Then when you get it down thats where to start at the track.

YouTube - 2009 Cobalt SS/TC 12.74

 

Ideal is going to be 24.5x8.5x15 MandH tire. But you have to shave the calipers down some. So on the other hand the hoosier quick time pro 225x50x16's will work well too.

 

deff slicks like everyone mentioned lol.. if you dont wanna do the football trick, drag bags are nice. The ingalls torque dampener is really nice to have, obv. trans mount, traction bars are nice to have as well. As for the slicks it all depends on the wheel you use. Need to know what offset to get and thickness of the tire, because slicks will expand when heated. And of course practice practice practice.. just keep making passes until you get it down. The hardest part about our cars is getting a good 60ft time, which is normal since we have silly FWD's. Just beware to not heat soak your superchargers, don't hot lap it.

 

Just remember, the more things you add to stiffen up the drivetrain, ie Ingalls TD, tranny/motor mounts, slicks...it all puts stress on your front axle. So you might snap it. Just take it easy your first couple races, dont worry about the other car or your time, just focus on what you need to do. WIth practice your ET's will get lower. Heres a quick list of what you can do to get good times

Weight Reduction: Go with less then 1/4 of gas, remove your passenger and rear seats. Remove the subs, spare tire...pretty much everything you dont need.

Tires: If you cant get slicks, get some sticky tires. Deflate them to around 25psi. Also if your using street tires, avoid the water box and dont bother doing a burnout. You can give it a quick little one just to clean off the tires but with street tires, its serving no purpose.

Pre-staging: Keep your engine off and hood open to help keep the engine/blower cool. When cars move up in line, put your car in neutral and just push it up. Some people even wire up there fans to a switch so you can have the fans running without the engine being on.

Staging: hold your RPM's at whatever rpm you feel is right (normally between 1500-2000rpm with street tires)

Launching: Feather the clutch out and "quickly" ease onto the gas, its hard to explain but dont just slam on the gas, ease into it quickly.


Thats pretty much it, main thing, is practice and have fun.

 

^ what he said ....street tires + water box= shitty times .......but I would highly disagree with the guy that said practice with the slicks on a actual road it can only end bad....your only gonna learn from your own experience make a couple passes on street tires get comfy and confident your clutch will hold then go easy with the slick you'll get the feel and figure ir out on your own...mounts are definates just don't be shocked if a axel goes....I typed this on my droid sry if it makes no senselol

 

Yea, thats not what I said. Only time I mentioned slicks was for the wotbox. I think I have a little room to give advice as I have done more than the majority of css.net at the track. Also get the powell race shop mounts not any solid mounts.

 

i agree. Only purpose the waterbox has is to aid in a burnout, only purpose of a burnout is to warm the tires up, that being said, warming street tires is pointless. DR or Slicks on the other hand is a different story.

Depending on the track, you may not be able to avoid the waterbox. With my Cobalt and 370z i was able to but with my truck i cant...here is a quick and good burnout to dry the tires off since i had no choice...

YouTube - SRT-10 Drag Strip Burnout

i also have other videos of my cobalt, however i never got a chance to get a good launch since i was always changing my mods or tune, so i neve got a feel for it.

 

Ya ok champ

 

so you wouldn't dump the clutch but how do quickly ease LOL onto the accelerator. Ease into it but do it quick, i don't get it. Please elaborate.