LS1RS89

Hey all, I have driven manuals all my life but never drag raced one. I will be soon hitting the track with a M6, slicks, and nitrous. Just curious as to what a good run will look like.

If anyone has a in car video with nitrous slicks or both please post up a run

Thanks

TheBlurLS1

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Keep your foot on the floor untill you cross the traps.

You're going to break the rear end if you hook, so just pray it holds up. I launch mine at 5k and ride the clutch for about 10ft, and I'm only on nitto drags. Car looks like this....

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...k/IMG_8428.jpg

Fire-formula 93

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Damn, that should be pic of the month! Nice launch man

bad95killer

TheBlurLS1
yeah really nice photo by Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

LS1RS89
i'm gonna do my best to find some for you

Peace

LS1RS89

Awesome picture man!! BTW I am praying the rear holds, I plan to baby the launch a bit and no spray in 1st gear. I am shooting for sub 1.65 60'. We will just have to wait and see.

TheBlurLS1

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I entered a better picture for pic of the month. My friend was taking them, he's awesome.

That launch only netted me a 1.83 60', still my best ever!

It hooks great, just doesn't have the ***** on the bottom end to push it out hard (big cam, stock heads/short block). It's got a little more left in it on the launch, but the car was running like **** on the big end so we went home.



That's exactly what it was taken with! My friend bought it a while back and it's amazing, he was using a tripod and a big *** lense for it. lol



Thanks for the compliments guys! I almost lifted one on nittos!

Hawk108

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thats amazingly close to lifting them with nittos and no skinnies up front!!! wow thats awesome.

02 Camaro SS

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That's just plain awesome. I'm close to doing that on 255/50/16 MT radials. I gotta try riding the clutch out at 5k like that.

2001z

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Lol i broke mine only running 1.8s trying to take it easy in my old 10bolt snapped the axle and broke the diff launching at 3 grand good luck!!

TheBlurLS1

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I usually drive around the water box, then back up untill my rears are in the water. I stick it in 1st gear, get them spun over a few times, pull out of the water, stop, put in in 2nd, rev to about 6k and dump it. This heats them up quick and the front tires don't leave a water trail for you to run over.

I am running 4.11 gears in my 12-bolt, so I'm not sure if you'd be able to burnout in 2nd as easy without them. It starts hooking up and bogging pretty soon after I start spinning them in 2nd.

Camaroholic

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Rear end, driveshaft, and clutch are your weakest links. Replace those 3 things and you can beat the **** out of the car at the track and not worry about things. My personal preferences are a 12-bolt with 4.56 gears, a Denny's Nitrous Ready driveshaft, and a RAM VDS/910 clutch.

If you have those 3 things covered, you can bolt on a pair of slicks, and launch off the rev limiter. That's what I did (until I got a 2-step). Talk about hella fun.

LS1RS89

Yeah, I know I'm on borrowed time with the 10 bolt but what fun would it be to take out a perfectly good 10 bolt next month The over the winter mod list includes a 9" with 4.56 gears and a new driveshaft. Well, keep looking for videos for me I just like the idea of seeing some M6 guys torture their 10 bolts

On a lighter note, I was getting consistant 1.76 and 1.77 with an auto and street tires two years ago so it will at least hold a few easy runs

Thanks guys
Andy

Dub C

This is just a bolt on SS on walmart street tires but it was a decent run.

In car at the track.

Chris81

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Here's mine from last season, the 12.27 pass in the video was on a 1.69 60' on 16 inch BFG DR's (3400+ DA). Stock rearend, suspension, heads..etc..

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/vi...EzZGZkMzF5NTQx

JD_Z28

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Teach me your wise ways on how to launch.

Hagarr

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Way to launch...I'll be studying the film coach.

I guess the Vette broke a rear huh?

B

camarokid94

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LOL i just got to the track last week no nitours passes yet thats next weekend. but i did drop the clutch at 6200 on my 27in slicks, was the first time out since the H/C swap. 1.72 was the best the slicks are to tall for all motor. i picked upi .4 on the Drs.
but i did get my buddy to ride and take a vid. i ll post ASAP looks and sounds sick

Chris81

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LOL, yea.. he's a buddy of mine that was there on street tires just playing around and it started wheel hopping on him and broke, its a stroker car.

The key to launching like that is tirespin and clutch slippage, you can't hook or it will bog or break. I slip dump the clutch really quickly from a high RPM. That 1.69 60' in the video was about a 6000 rpm launch. That clutch is still in the car, lol its a replacement LS6 clutch thats been in my car for like 3 years and 50+k miles.. don't let anyone tell you something can't be done. I was told I was going to break mine almost 4 years ago.

I've got an LS7 clutch going in with the heads/cam setup i'm going to do. I'll beat on that one for awhile.

LS1RS89

Great stuff man, that is exactly what I was looking for. I agree 100% that a good balance of tire spin ang clutch slip can be a good thing for a street car. If it was a 100% race effort car with tons of suspens work that would be a different story.

Good launch, nice driving

Andy

darbydarby

i broke my 10 bolt on an idle launch.If its gunna go its gunna go no matter what.

I then broke two more just daily driving the car and no hossing on it.

I then bought a moser 9"