Going to Dragstrip for 1st time
12-23-2005, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by leftme4dead
Wed. was good, I ran my best et so far on street tires. Also, any reason guys im running quicker on street tires than on drag radials?
01-13-2006, 10:45 PM
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Went out for my 2nd time on Wednsday night. I was line hopping so i was able to get 4 runs in. On my last run I decided to try using drive and launching from idle ~600 rpms. I ran a personal best of 13.945@100.5mph, so im happy im making progress. I still think theres room for some improvment with the right track conditions. Traction was difficult w/ new BFG DRs @ ~30psi on that last run.
01-14-2006, 05:50 PM
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maybe lower the psi a bit. with drag radials high psi ususally makes the middle of the tire wear our really quickly and worse traction so you're getting the worst of both worlds. I've heard with nitto 555rs that 22-24 is optimum. I dunno about BFGs but I wouldn't imagine they are too much different.