1BaDaSS

The last time I went to the track I was spinning the sh*t out of my tires and couldn't put it to the ground so I bought 2 BFG drag radials and am wondering when I go to the track on sunday with these new tires how should I launch? Slippin the clutch or dump it? What rmp's? Also do you guys think my stock rear end will hold??? My mods are 3.73's, lid, FAST intake manifold, long tube headers, ory pipe, underdrive pulley, and flowmaster muffler. Thanks a lot!
99 SS Camaro M6

Gary Z

You should use search - this is a common question. That said, my experience is that the big difference between normal street radials and same-size drag radials is that the DRs eliminated spinning in second gear. On Goodyear GSC Eagles, I never attempted a real launch because my car was so squirrelly in second gear. With BFG DRs, I no longer spin in second but a high-rpm clutch dump launch (at whatever tire pressure) leads to bad wheelspin. I'm still learning. My best sixty so far is 2.005 seconds, quickly lifting my clutch foot at 2500 rpm and easing into the throttle. Dumping the clutch and mashing the throttle drops my sixty into the 2.3 to 2.5 range. How some guys can lift the fronts and pull 1.5-second sixtys on DRs mystifies me. Good luck.

kenSS

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from my experience with bfg's. you have to burn the tread off of them before they will actually hook. Mine were new and I spun like crazy even with a a good burnout.