pat-ls101

Well guys, Its that time again! Going to the drag strip friday, hoping for a my 12 second time slip! Ive been chasing the 12's for 2 years. Always falling short with a best of 13.03 @ 107.9. Late last year I got a SS3600 with a 2.5 STR and Pacesetter longtubes. Im hoping for a 12.5 @ 109-110. Any tips to launching with this converter? I can stall it up to about 2500 rpms and my tires start to break loose at about 3000 rpms. And, I have 255 BFG drag radials. Im thinking of dropping air pressure to about 17 psi and doing a nice burnout. Any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Tensec94z

iTrader: (1)

Tire pressure somewhere between 15 and 20 and leave off idle. Let the converter help you leave.

1Bad97WS-6

iTrader: (3)

Yes leave off Idle thats the best any of my car has ran.

zracer323

iTrader: (12)

I stall mine up to about 2500 rpms. In my experience, launching at a higher rpms helps with the consistancy of your launch because it preloads the drivetrain a little. Some people have had success leaving off idle, but not me. My advice would be to try both and see what works best for you.

kdavis

iTrader: (14)

i stall mine to 1500 and let it flash

pat-ls101

Well, just got back from the track. My best run was a 12.3 @ 110.98! My other runs were 12.5 @ 110, and 12.4 @ 111. My best launch was from leaving at idle letting the converter flash. So I dropped 7 tenths & 2 mph from just a ss3600 stall and longtubes. I'm very happy with these times!

Teakwo23

Nice times!

pat-ls101

Thanks, and I still have 2.73s

senicalj4579

iTrader: (41)

Well so far ive been launching mine close to off idle. Just a little to take some slack out maybe 1k or so. Havent had much seat time with it though.

senicalj4579

iTrader: (41)

Sweet! What was the DA?

pat-ls101

Density Altitude: -719 feet
Relative Density: 102.12 %


Thats from Dragtimes.com

Mike Morris

iTrader: (55)

Nice job. Hard to say how to launch-depends on track prep. Sometimes idle or 1400 stall works best. For MIR private rental preloading it works best for me

pat-ls101

Thanks, Im going to try it again this friday. Thats a good idea, to pre load. The first run I did, I reved to 2500 RPM and cut a 1.9 60 ft. And the 2nd time and best time was 1.7 60 ft and that was off idle.

TurboStangJON

iTrader: (27)

I've always preloaded the car and it works best for me. My 60' falls off a little when I just stab it from idle.

Silver98Ztwentyeight

iTrader: (1)

what did your 1/8th mph and time look like?