Like I said this was my first time. My best run 16.958.....1/4 with R/T .....444. My best R/T.....125 but 17.311.....1/4 .....kill a ford ranger.

 

She is stock only with header and muffler. Cat on.

 

heh... sounds like me last weekend, but I was at a stupid 1.8th mile track...

what were your 60ft times?

 

the best one was at 60ft .....2.389

 

that's right where I was my 1st time out last week. 2.31 I think.

 

im was trying to get mine ready fer kennedale.... but... its being a bastard....

I really really really want to see what my car can do.... buuut... the holley's accellerator pump is mis adjusted... causing grief......



What would be needed to get lower 60 ft's ?

Sticky tires?

 

better launch would help, better tires would help a lot more.

 

also springs so the car doesnt bounce any, but ya, tires more than anything so it can grip. keep up the good work



Snake Eyes<l><l>

 

yeah, I ha the illuminas on full soft in the rear... stock springs.

sqooshy on the ride home. yikes!

 

You want the rear shocks as stiff as you can get them and the fronts loose. So when the weight is transfered to the rear it is used to push the tirres into the track instead of being soaked up by the shocks.

Later
Randy

 

uh, that's the opposite of what I've always heard...

soften up the rear so it will squat. gives you better traction and provides more weight transfer.

 

Contrary to popular belief, Eville140 is correct

 

hmm... good to know...


what's the logic behind this? Generally for autoX I have the fronts set on 5 (full hard) and the rear on 2. (Illuminas)

 

I Disagree. Not on a Street Car.
And that is from personal experience.

By the way, Lower you air pressures to improve the 60'ft times.

 

Especially on a street car. Back in the good old says of playing around on the street, A pinion snubber and drilled front struts would hook up like a mad man. Got many a low 1.7 60' on cheap *** pepboys rubber with that setup.

But all in all, don't even worry much about the back suspension, whether you have it on hard or soft won't make that big of a gain. Get the front as soft as possible and get the weight to transfer. Like mentioned above drop the pressure in the rear tires a little bit, but not to the point where the center starts to cave in.
I have all stock suspension and was getting low 1.9 60' on the stock 13" rubber. Slicks will be going on soon, and if it doesn't 60' in the low 1.5's it is getting scrapped
Every .1 in the 60' is .2 in the end

Later
Randy

 

OOPs.. what I really wanted to say that setup would be ideal on a street car turned full dragster ( no sway bars, etc. ). For a street car keeping it the way it is is better.

 

How much preasure I need on the tires and Thanks for the information to all.

 

I see you are in northern KY. What track did you go to? I hit Beech Bend in Bowling Green a few times a year. Also WindyHollow (1/8th mile) in Owensboro a few times, going there tonight if the rain will stop.

Later
Randy

 

If that's true than i should've ran a low 14s pass because i had 14.8s with 2.4 60' time and now i can get 2.1 easy.

 

I go to Edgewater Sport Park is located at 4819 East Miami River Road, Cleves, Ohio,
Exit #7, off I-74 & I-275, just a few miles west of Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

click here

http://www.edgewaterrace.com/

 

hell i was running the quarter in 15.2 with a sixty of 1.89 good set of sumitomo htr 200 and launching all taken care of up ot a point.

jr