6 speed drag racing tips
04-21-2011, 03:08 PM
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The tires are spinning. Its only a couple of revolutions but it is what keeps the car from bogging. Something has to give when you let go of the clutch. Its either going to:
A. Spin the tires
B. Slip the clutch
C. Bog
D. Dead hook and put the car on the bumper hard
If you have a car on bias ply tires then you can dump the clutch and the tires will spin a revolution or two and keep the car from bogging. If you have a car on radials you will need to slip the clutch since radials won't recover once they start spinning, you need to dead hook them.
A. Spin the tires
B. Slip the clutch
C. Bog
D. Dead hook and put the car on the bumper hard
If you have a car on bias ply tires then you can dump the clutch and the tires will spin a revolution or two and keep the car from bogging. If you have a car on radials you will need to slip the clutch since radials won't recover once they start spinning, you need to dead hook them.
04-21-2011, 03:13 PM
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[QUOTE=buzz12586;14814744]If you have a stock style clutch (non slipper) its going to be quicker with more gear and dumping the clutch. It will need to be a bias ply tire though.
If you went with a slipper clutch it would be quicker. It gives you a lot of adjust-ability.[/QUO
I completely agree. Does anyone make a slipper clutch for a lt1 car by any chance?
If you went with a slipper clutch it would be quicker. It gives you a lot of adjust-ability.[/QUO
I completely agree. Does anyone make a slipper clutch for a lt1 car by any chance?
04-21-2011, 03:13 PM
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ill be honest with you I do not know anything about tanners car, so as far as power levels and being on spray I can not debate that. All im saying is I can find a lot more videos of people with fast street car like tanners and the guy that you posted side stepping the clutch than slipping it. Let me ask you a question lets say my car cuts 1.70 60ft with a 3.90 gear is my car going to run quicker 60ft time with more gear or by slipping the clutch?
if slipping your Rpm's up up way up to carry the car and stay in its power band and carry it along same with tire spin so no loss of E.T every stick car you are watching is spinning the tires atleasts 3 times as it leaves the line trust me here is a vid to prov it. This is a dump but look the tires spin to keep the rpm's up and the car in its power band go to 1.23 in this vid and watch the tire spin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzm2pk9-nY
your failing to see the point
if i had a car with a 3.90 gear and a 26 tire i would run a slipper break's less parts easyeron the drive train 60's better.
to be true i wish i didnt go the big tire and gear route. if i could get back the money and time i wasted on that setup i would still have my 3.89 gear in my car with maybe 27x11.5 tire and a soft lock clutch. my 60's would never be hit or miss and way more con·sist·ent way more and then all them A4 cars would have a M6 to be scared of
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The tires are spinning. Its only a couple of revolutions but it is what keeps the car from bogging. Something has to give when you let go of the clutch. Its either going to:
A. Spin the tires
B. Slip the clutch
C. Bog
D. Dead hook and put the car on the bumper hard
If you have a car on bias ply tires then you can dump the clutch and the tires will spin a revolution or two and keep the car from bogging. If you have a car on radials you will need to slip the clutch since radials won't recover once they start spinning, you need to dead hook them.
A. Spin the tires
B. Slip the clutch
C. Bog
D. Dead hook and put the car on the bumper hard
If you have a car on bias ply tires then you can dump the clutch and the tires will spin a revolution or two and keep the car from bogging. If you have a car on radials you will need to slip the clutch since radials won't recover once they start spinning, you need to dead hook them.
its a lil more confusing when considering that radials can and have out 60'd the bias ply slicks along with the idea of "hit radials hard" to get em to work well. just seems like there 2 lines of thought that have worked well is all.
04-21-2011, 03:19 PM
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[QUOTE=starbucks;14814769] Mcload Soft lock they make them
If you have a stock style clutch (non slipper) its going to be quicker with more gear and dumping the clutch. It will need to be a bias ply tire though.
If you went with a slipper clutch it would be quicker. It gives you a lot of adjust-ability.[/QUO
I completely agree. Does anyone make a slipper clutch for a lt1 car by any chance?
If you went with a slipper clutch it would be quicker. It gives you a lot of adjust-ability.[/QUO
I completely agree. Does anyone make a slipper clutch for a lt1 car by any chance?
04-21-2011, 03:22 PM
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this is a good video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRUjQFVHnBQ&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRUjQFVHnBQ&NR=1
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04-21-2011, 03:24 PM
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It can be done both ways but if your doing it by gear you will need wheel spin like i have said and others.
if slipping your Rpm's up up way up to carry the car and stay in its power band and carry it along same with tire spin so no loss of E.T every stick car you are watching is spinning the tires atleasts 3 times as it leaves the line trust me here is a vid to prov it. This is a dump but look the tires spin to keep the rpm's up and the car in its power band go to 1.23 in this vid and watch the tire spin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzm2pk9-nY
your failing to see the point
if i had a car with a 3.90 gear and a 26 tire i would run a slipper break's less parts easyeron the drive train 60's better.
to be true i wish i didnt go the big tire and gear route. if i could get back the money and time i wasted on that setup i would still have my 3.89 gear in my car with maybe 27x11.5 tire and a soft lock clutch. my 60's would never be hit or miss and way more con·sist·ent way more and then all them A4 cars would have a M6 to be scared of
if slipping your Rpm's up up way up to carry the car and stay in its power band and carry it along same with tire spin so no loss of E.T every stick car you are watching is spinning the tires atleasts 3 times as it leaves the line trust me here is a vid to prov it. This is a dump but look the tires spin to keep the rpm's up and the car in its power band go to 1.23 in this vid and watch the tire spin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzm2pk9-nY
your failing to see the point
if i had a car with a 3.90 gear and a 26 tire i would run a slipper break's less parts easyeron the drive train 60's better.
to be true i wish i didnt go the big tire and gear route. if i could get back the money and time i wasted on that setup i would still have my 3.89 gear in my car with maybe 27x11.5 tire and a soft lock clutch. my 60's would never be hit or miss and way more con·sist·ent way more and then all them A4 cars would have a M6 to be scared of
04-21-2011, 03:26 PM
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doesnt that mean more when you add power level into it? i would think when talking an ~11 second car on radials, side stepping the clutch on radials would be fine.
its a lil more confusing when considering that radials can and have out 60'd the bias ply slicks along with the idea of "hit radials hard" to get em to work well. just seems like there 2 lines of thought that have worked well is all.
its a lil more confusing when considering that radials can and have out 60'd the bias ply slicks along with the idea of "hit radials hard" to get em to work well. just seems like there 2 lines of thought that have worked well is all.
04-21-2011, 05:14 PM
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you had said that radials cannot recover as well as slicks when it comes to wheel spin. i thought that referred to the stickiness of the tire.
04-21-2011, 06:05 PM
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Nice info Rob. I thought Tanner was running a slipper clutch too. I believe it's a Mcleod Softloc, I could be wrong though. So the "BIG QUESTION" is, are you gonna run a slipper this year Rob???? 
04-22-2011, 09:24 AM
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