Stalled and tires, ET guesses?
You guys need to get mt drag radials, they hook for me everytime they are awesome. I can launch at off idle to 1500 or even flash it when the track is prepped even though its harder on the drivetrain.
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Wow, I was right on 
....if you get your tire pressure down I really think you could get that 12.3-4 I was telling you. Maybe a tich better...who knows. I'd drop down the air pressure and see if you can hook better. What rpms were you launching at? How long you think your burnout was? Hows the stall feel? You loving it?
....if you get your tire pressure down I really think you could get that 12.3-4 I was telling you. Maybe a tich better...who knows. I'd drop down the air pressure and see if you can hook better. What rpms were you launching at? How long you think your burnout was? Hows the stall feel? You loving it?Edit: Oh, and my friend that was watching guessed a burnout of like 8-9 seconds, so I'm not completely sure, but that's what he said. I couldn't really see it very well because there was a pretty good wind blowing blowing the smoke away and keeping it down low.
Last edited by Speedmonster185; Apr 19, 2008 at 03:47 PM.
Yeah you were. I really wish that I could have gone more too, because there was a lot left in that launch... I know it. Another .1 at least, which would definitely have me in the 12.3-4 area at least. On my first launch I wasn't very high at all, in the teens somewhere, and then just mashed the gas. That didn't work obviously. The second time I was up in the mid 2000's, but I'm not exactly sure where. I had just crossed ~2100-2200 when i looked up at the lights coming down and I got it a little higher before I launched. MAN I want to get back there and feel it stick off the line though. At like 10-15 when i punched it it REALLY went.
Edit: Oh, and my friend that was watching guessed a burnout of like 8-9 seconds, so I'm not completely sure, but that's what he said. I couldn't really see it very well because there was a pretty good wind blowing blowing the smoke away and keeping it down low.
Edit: Oh, and my friend that was watching guessed a burnout of like 8-9 seconds, so I'm not completely sure, but that's what he said. I couldn't really see it very well because there was a pretty good wind blowing blowing the smoke away and keeping it down low.
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I ran Nittos for two seasons and now run Mickey Thompsons. The M/T hook MUCH better. But I did get some low 1.7 60's out of Nittos. Here is what worked best for me:
19 - 21 psi. No more and no less or I would spin. 10 second burnout. That is to say that as soon as I started to see smoke I would count out ten seconds in my head like 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, ect. Then stage ASAP so the tires don't get too much time to cool down. Brake stall up to 1500-2000 rpm's and floor it on the third yellow.
Now when my Nittos were new to 50% tread they would dead hook but after 50% they started to spin me out of the hole a little causing me to feather into a full throttle.
Try that the next time you go and see if you can't nail a low 1.7 or high 1.6. You can also go off a dead idle if you want. I got several 1.75 60's doing that.
19 - 21 psi. No more and no less or I would spin. 10 second burnout. That is to say that as soon as I started to see smoke I would count out ten seconds in my head like 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, ect. Then stage ASAP so the tires don't get too much time to cool down. Brake stall up to 1500-2000 rpm's and floor it on the third yellow.
Now when my Nittos were new to 50% tread they would dead hook but after 50% they started to spin me out of the hole a little causing me to feather into a full throttle.
Try that the next time you go and see if you can't nail a low 1.7 or high 1.6. You can also go off a dead idle if you want. I got several 1.75 60's doing that.
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I ran Nittos for two seasons and now run Mickey Thompsons. The M/T hook MUCH better. But I did get some low 1.7 60's out of Nittos. Here is what worked best for me:
19 - 21 psi. No more and no less or I would spin. 10 second burnout. That is to say that as soon as I started to see smoke I would count out ten seconds in my head like 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, ect. Then stage ASAP so the tires don't get too much time to cool down. Brake stall up to 1500-2000 rpm's and floor it on the third yellow.
Now when my Nittos were new to 50% tread they would dead hook but after 50% they started to spin me out of the hole a little causing me to feather into a full throttle.
Try that the next time you go and see if you can't nail a low 1.7 or high 1.6. You can also go off a dead idle if you want. I got several 1.75 60's doing that.
19 - 21 psi. No more and no less or I would spin. 10 second burnout. That is to say that as soon as I started to see smoke I would count out ten seconds in my head like 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, ect. Then stage ASAP so the tires don't get too much time to cool down. Brake stall up to 1500-2000 rpm's and floor it on the third yellow.
Now when my Nittos were new to 50% tread they would dead hook but after 50% they started to spin me out of the hole a little causing me to feather into a full throttle.
Try that the next time you go and see if you can't nail a low 1.7 or high 1.6. You can also go off a dead idle if you want. I got several 1.75 60's doing that.
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