Cambo3

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I have a 2000 camaro ss with a lid, potz tb, lm2, putting down 326hp. The fastest I ran was 13.437, I know I have summer only tires and was not hooking up that good but it was getting chilly. A lot of people where not hooking up good. Tell me what you think and what I can do for the next time. Mine is in the right.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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better tires. what trans do you have and have you been tuned?

HCI2000SS

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Yep some drag radials would be your best bet. Wouldn't be surprised if you made 12's at that point

HioSSilver

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Get your 60' down to a 2.00 and you'll pick up alot. That's very doable on normal tires with some practice.

demonspeed

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Doesn't really seem that bad considering you're a 2000 with just three simple bolt ons. Your MPH is most telling at 107. Just keep practicing your launch and shifting.

murphinator

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As demonspeed points out that trap is fast for a 13.4 , fast trap shows potential for lower et.

The 2.1 60 foot should be able to drop into the 1.7/1.8 range without much effort on a proper tire. If you can take 3 tenths off your 60 foot that alone will likely take 4 or 5 tenths off your et , there is a bit of a "slingshot" effect when dropping your 60 foot which builds a momentum that can continue down the rest of the pass.

Is your car M6 or A4 ? if its M6 your best tire option would be a bias ply dot tire not a dr as the tire has some give and takes the shock of the clutch dump better=easier on your rear end. If its an A4 a strip oriented DR will serve you well such as an MT ET street or Hoosier QTP DR. If its an a4 and has 273's it may be a bit harder to get any lower than 1.9 60 foots on a stock torque convertor.

Also where do you race it ? local weather/elevation can vary greatly on what you can expect out of a combo also.

The best part of your first trip is your not one of those guys that ran 14's or 15 flat the first time out so your already ahead of the curve (which makes me think your likely A4 as its a lot simpler to get decent et's right away with an auto)

Cambo3

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I have a m6 and I'm running continental summer extremes. I had one 1.8 60 foot but ran a 13.6xx. I was at epping in hn and the weather was good but in the 50's

murphinator

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that is my home track - less than an hour south of me , 45 min from my work , there will be some really great racing weather there between now and the end of oct when they close.

When its cool and clear you will make more power and trap speeds will get faster but the colder track surface coupled with making more power it will get harder to find traction so your et's may not improve without dedicated tires , removing the front sway bar for the track will help transfer weight and help with traction but I think tires is really what your going to need to take advantage of the great racing conditions you will get at Epping and close in on that 12.99 goal

Apply your 1.8 best 60 foot to your pass that netted the 13.4 and you will be very , very low 13's

tomorrow night looks to be fairly good racing weather should be slightly negative density altitude.

98CayenneT/A

Imo there is nothing wrong with that run, not bad at all, get some nt05r's and knock that 60' down a couple tenths and run a 13.0 - 13.1, could be worse like my bone stock, street tire 13.8 @ 101 mph 2.73 geared auto did, talk about disappointed, ha

Cambo3

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Knowing I could do better was driving me crazy. I was just trying a couple things on the launch. I was doing no burn out, a little burn out, no rev launch, 1,500rpm launch. It was the first time at the track with a rear wheel drive, so it was a little different. I was stay right around .2xx for reaction time is that good?

murphinator

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reaction time has no effect on et only on whether you get a head start on the guy in the lane next to you , the timing of the run begins when you break out of the staging beam.

.2xx isn't bad but when I used to go regularly I cut .030-.035 pretty regularly , successful bracket racers routinely cut lights under .02x

For a street night anything that starts with .0 is pretty good and will generally give you a real good advantage over what your racing against.

With your 60 foot times you can likely leave on the 3rd yellow or when the 2nd yellow shuts off as long as you shallow stage.

Cambo3

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Yea, I just stage so I set of the second light. As soon as I saw the third light I would go.