ok guys remember guys I was having problems with my traction because my mickey thompsons were bogging my car off the line. so i put on my street tires and installed lower control arms so i think that should do the trick. im goin to the track on friday so im pretty excited, how do you guys think i will do?
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Mods: borla catback exhaust, x-pipe, jlt cold air intake with sct tuner tuned 91 octane by brenspeed, springs, lower control arms
Appearance:18" saleen rims, shelby gt 500 wing, 5" pin on cowl hood
only thing i remeber about my 60" ft was that it was horrible with my mickey thompsons! my buddy said that the mickeys that i have were too much traction for my car and it was bogging out off the line. they tires are 305s
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Mods: borla catback exhaust, x-pipe, jlt cold air intake with sct tuner tuned 91 octane by brenspeed, springs, lower control arms
Appearance:18" saleen rims, shelby gt 500 wing, 5" pin on cowl hood
only thing i remeber about my 60" ft was that it was horrible with my mickey thompsons! my buddy said that the mickeys that i have were too much traction for my car and it was bogging out off the line. they tires are 305s
You just need to heat them Mickeys and launch at the highest rpms that you can hold at.Then put it to the wood as PL would say.
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11:933 ET, 1.674 60`,111.877 MPH 5600 feet above sea level 6900 D/A
You just need to heat them Mickeys and launch at the highest rpms that you can hold at.Then put it to the wood as PL would say.
Ahhhh....You have learned well Grasshopper!!
You are now ready to snatch the lugnut from my hand!
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
only thing i remeber about my 60" ft was that it was horrible with my mickey thompsons! my buddy said that the mickeys that i have were too much traction for my car and it was bogging out off the line. they tires are 305s
I'm guessing your car is an automatic? It sounds like you are not leaving with enough power. As Reg said try increasing the tire pressure a bit on the MT's. Footbrake the car to the highest RPM you can hold and drop the GO Pedal to the wood as your coming off the brake, as Bkid said!
Coming up on the tire pressure will help you get some wheel speed. A lot of people think if your tires spin it's a bad thing. However, you want a little, not a lot, but a little. You want that wheel speed up so the car doesn't nose over on you(what it's probably doing in your case). The car was probably dead hooking and this instant load on the motor was dragging it down and causing the car to nose over, the car then has to get moving again and that's killing the 60's. More tire pressure will cause the car to hook less and allow the wheel to spin a little.
Watch my wheels in the video attached. Nobody will debate that my car leaves hard, but you'll notice that my tires do spin.
2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
I know nothing about racing but want to learn. I noticed in PL's video that the green light was on for about a second before actual launch. Is that right or did I miss something. Some day I may actually make it to the track to watch in person.
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If you listen closely as I came out of the burnout you'll here a squeal. I didn't get the car into neutral quite fast enough. What happens is the tires grab and drag the motor down real quick. However, the blower is still spinning. The instant drag on a blower with a really tight belt can sometimes loosen the blower drive inside the snout.
You'll then hear me stab the motor a couple times (rev it), I was checking the boost. When I got it staged I brought the car up on the transbrake real slow. I was trying to make sure the drive was tight. Basically if it's loose when the car starts spinning up the blower during the run it will tighten up somewhere along the run. However, if you bring it up slow it will tighten quicker.
Since it was a single and I had no body in the other lane I just took my time. Made sure the boost gauge said 20lbs and went.
Hope that kind of makes sense. I was just making sure the car was right before I left. Honestly I don't get in a big hurry on test and tune. That's all about finding out about the car. If there had been a car in the other lane I would have left on the light or let him go and then run a single.
And bring yourself out to the track this weekend! We'll be out Sunday!
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
ok, I understand now. When does the actual time start? When the light turns green on when the car moves. What track and what time?
You could sit at the tree all day long and the time would not start untill you cross that line. Every track all day or night long. Reaction time is the time from when the light hits green and you cross the line. Great reation times can win races, unless your racing Reggie or PL. Then forget about it, just race for your best ET. Which is mainly what I do. I really try to get a better ET every time I run. That is a challenge.
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11:933 ET, 1.674 60`,111.877 MPH 5600 feet above sea level 6900 D/A
lol I was asking eric what track and what time he was going to on sunday.
Thanks for the explination. One more stupid question. If racer A leaves the line when the light goes green and runs a 15.0 and racer b leaves the line 2 sec after the light turns green but runs a 13.0 who wins?
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We're going to the HRP Baytown, opens at 2, we should be there when it opens!
If both cars cross the traps at exactly the same instant then the reaction time would be the deciding factor. In which case the driver in car A would win.
However, to show how unlikiley that scenario is it would have to be more like this.
Driver "A" cuts a perfect light .000 reaction time and runs exactly 13.000.
Driver "B" is 2.000 off the tree and runs exactly 11.000.
That's an awful lot of 0's.
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
ready for the track on friday! 
