First time Drag Racing........lol
07-16-03, 11:43 PM
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First time Drag Racing........lol
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.
07-17-03, 09:35 AM
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Originally posted by rx7gslse
heh... sounds like me last weekend, but I was at a stupid 1.8th mile track...
what were your 60ft times?
heh... sounds like me last weekend, but I was at a stupid 1.8th mile track...
what were your 60ft times?
07-17-03, 09:59 AM
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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?
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?
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07-17-03, 03:47 PM
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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.
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07-17-03, 08:37 PM
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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
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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
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Randy
07-17-03, 08:56 PM
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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.
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07-18-03, 12:35 PM
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Originally posted by Directfreak
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.
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.
07-18-03, 01:14 PM
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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.
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Randy
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Randy
07-18-03, 04:45 PM
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Originally posted by Eville140
Every .1 in the 60' is .2 in the end
Later
Randy
Every .1 in the 60' is .2 in the end
Later
Randy
07-19-03, 03:50 AM
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Originally posted by Eville140
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
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
Exit #7, off I-74 & I-275, just a few miles west of Cincinnati, Ohio.
07-19-03, 03:52 AM
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