Breaking out on the Brakes!
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Breaking out on the Brakes! Last two events I raced I've broke out by a tiny margin, .001 and .003. I couldn't figure out how this was happening because I would dial hard, stage deep, and be on the brakes at the line till it just hit me that my front air dam must be trippin the beams. Does anyone have any suggestions to prevent this? What about removing the air dam or shortening it?
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Exactly, but I'm running stock original springs and shocks. The stripe taker or beam tripper is in the back of my head.
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If the car is tripping the beams with the front end, the MPH will be higher than normal. You are correct about decreasing the distance. Distance = Rate x Time. If you clip the beams with the front end, you are actually decreasing the distance which in turn decreases the time between timing blocks and represents a faster MPH.
Typically when mine does the same thing, its worth about .02 et and a mph or two. Of course thing will vary slightly depending on the speed of the car.
Typically when mine does the same thing, its worth about .02 et and a mph or two. Of course thing will vary slightly depending on the speed of the car.
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I used a old mud flap off of peterbilt. Mounted it on a piece of angled aluminum from lowes and bolted it to the bottom of front bumper cover with bolts. It hangs down about 4 inches off of the ground. Solved my break out problem. The mud flap is flexible enough that it doesn't break off when loading or unloading the car from the enclosed trailer. I made a nice strip taker out of plexiglass and it broke when I unloaded the car at the track. It passed tech at div.3 bracket finals.
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I used a old mud flap off of peterbilt. Mounted it on a piece of angled aluminum from lowes and bolted it to the bottom of front bumper cover with bolts. It hangs down about 4 inches off of the ground. Solved my break out problem. The mud flap is flexible enough that it doesn't break off when loading or unloading the car from the enclosed trailer. I made a nice strip taker out of plexiglass and it broke when I unloaded the car at the track. It passed tech at div.3 bracket finals.
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It's about 8 inches long. 5 inches wide and it's 4.5 inches from the ground. It does not effect reaction time, but it will make your E.T. about .02 quicker if it trips the beam.