First Time at the Strip!
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Nothing wrong with experimenting. Just shifting before you even hit peak power seems silly.
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Launching!
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First Time at the Strip! I have a pic of my dyno. Keep in mind my car is stock besides a lid, headers and true duals. The only benefit I can see to short shifting is more torque. Can you give me some insight as to why it will give me better times?
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Guys - My '99 was a truly stock piece including the torque converter. Short shifting was good for a solid two tenths reduction in et...I tend to trust the et slips more than hearsay or theory's.
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Launching!
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I'm not saying I don't trust you or anything I'm just looking for an explanation as to why it works. I intend to try it when I go to the strip this Friday and I will report back.
Me too power00. Hell i manually shifted my 2500hd 6.0 at the track to get more rpm and it picked up a 1/2 second and 2 or 3 mph.
What times were you running handover? Miles on car? Mods? Details please
What times were you running handover? Miles on car? Mods? Details please
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Keep in mind this was during the 1999 NMCA season. The only mods at the time were a Transgo shift kit, Hypertech tuner, 4.10 gear and M/T DOT tires. Best I can recall it ran a 12.78 in decent air.
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Launching!
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Well boys, I'm back with results from my first quarter mile runs. First run and best run was a very surprising 13.275 @ 107.27! I couldn't repeat it after that but I still had a lot of fun. I was able to get 13 runs in with a handful of them against my friends 5th gen. I'm making a compilation of the videos I have and will post eventually.
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Launching!
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Launching!
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First Time at the Strip! Sorry handoverfist! I tried short shifting at about 5500 but it didn't seem to have an effect on my et's. It may have been just my bad driving so I havent given up on your technique just yet. I want to try experimenting a bit more next time I go. Looking at my dyno there would be a definite torque advantage from shifting before 6k.
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Launching!
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I think with some practice on launching I could do better, I was launching from a relatively safe rpm range and slipping the clutch.
I think so to. Some prectice and your there. The oe clutch won't take much rpm. I think i had a spec in mine then with a aluminum flywheel.....been a long time now. But i was on stock gear and tune.
