First track run

30stones · Post by **30stones** » July 01, 2006

So I suck at launching....well i can say i suck yet cuz this was my first time with the car since its been boosted but my 60ft suuuuucked.
I lowered the tire pressure to 15 lbs. My first run i didnt launch real high just cuz it was my first time i just wanted to get the feel for it.
i caught traction almost all the way through first till i hit like 6. My second and final run i launched somewhere between 4 and 45 and it seemed alright but it sucked just as much as the first run. It seemed to get out of the hole but it was just blowing tire.
My 60ft's were 2.6

the best run was a 13.8 at 106. Hopefully next time up ill do better and hopefull run a 12 but we'll see.

munster · Post by **munster** » July 01, 2006

Good luck next run. I'll let you know when I'm going. Boob and I are putting in my GSR tranny on Monday along with my brakes. Should be at the track this Thursday.

You're on 225 drag radials too. I run around 12psi in em, launch at 4500, and do a second gear burnout.

Eric and Knauff...doesn't he get caned for a 60' that high? I was tortured over a 2.1

30stones · Post by **30stones** » July 01, 2006

Haha yeha im sure im going to get shit canned for those 60ft's i was thinking about that as soon as i got the slip. I remember last year when you took your car up for the first time and you pulled i think like a 2.4 maybe?? You said it'll be smackdown for you when they find out. Just so everyone know im a blackbelt in kikkayoass. I didnt know they had test and tune on thursday i just thought it was wednesday and friday. We were all going to go up on friday i think but i dunno just let one of us know when your going and we'll try to head up,

01teggy · Post by **01teggy** » July 01, 2006

youll get the hang of it!!

30stones · Post by **30stones** » July 01, 2006

What kinda brake setup are you running?....i need to get some rear discs....i couldnt stop for shit. By the time i was slowed down i had to pull off the last exit thing at the end of the track.

BoostedITR41 · Post by **BoostedITR41** » July 01, 2006

30stones wrote:Haha yeha im sure im going to get shit canned for those 60ft's i was thinking about that as soon as i got the slip. I remember last year when you took your car up for the first time and you pulled i think like a 2.4 maybe?? You said it'll be smackdown for you when they find out. Just so everyone know im a blackbelt in kikkayoass. I didnt know they had test and tune on thursday i just thought it was wednesday and friday. We were all going to go up on friday i think but i dunno just let one of us know when your going and we'll try to head up,

Pre load the tranny and learn to back pedal the car and you will do fine. lower presure to about 12psi and ride that clutch like there is no tomorrow. i have pulled consistant 1.8-2.0 60fts on BFG's

30stones · Post by **30stones** » July 01, 2006

Yeah i preloaded that bitch everytime. I probly could have done a better burnout but i was the last racer so the wet box or whatever was always shitty they never wetted it for me. But i just need some more practice. How do you back pedal the car? Ive heard the term befor but no ones ever explained it to me.

munster · Post by **munster** » July 02, 2006

30stones wrote:What kinda brake setup are you running?....i need to get some rear discs....i couldnt stop for shit. By the time i was slowed down i had to pull off the last exit thing at the end of the track.

I know the feeling. I just got GSR fronts and EX rears with powerslots all around, Hawk pads, and Earls lines. I have to get a master cylinder yet, but I think we're going to put the Integra fronts on when we do the tranny. I couldn't stop for shit either.

My 2.4 60' was when my clutch shit the bed. haha. When I couldn't even boost because I didn't move.

I'm shooting for 1.9s this year with the traction bar. 2.00 with nothing for a traction bar got hairy. I thought I was going to leave the a-arms on the line.

BoostedITR41 · Post by **BoostedITR41** » July 02, 2006

30stones wrote:Yeah i preloaded that bitch everytime. I probly could have done a better burnout but i was the last racer so the wet box or whatever was always shitty they never wetted it for me. But i just need some more practice. How do you back pedal the car? Ive heard the term befor but no ones ever explained it to me.

do a 2nd gear burnout it will help.

it is just backing off the throttle enough to get it to hook. watch top fuelers in slowmotion and you will see the throttle plates on the blower moving as they back pedal it

boostjunkie95 · Post by **boostjunkie95** » July 02, 2006

Good luck next time to the track, i bet you'll get a 12 sec. slip once you get the launch dialed in. Next time you guys head down let me know, i'd like to tag along, i should have some drag radials to try out by then.