If the track had a section for roll racing...
02-08-2008, 06:26 PM
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Alan, you sir are a homo for starting this thread. NO MORE DRUGS FOR YOU.
Seriously though, I can understand where he's coming from. From my own experience driving his car, I spun his fresh BFG DR's @ 120 +/- mph going into 4th..I don't mean just a chirp or anything like that..I'm talking painting black...
Seriously though, I can understand where he's coming from. From my own experience driving his car, I spun his fresh BFG DR's @ 120 +/- mph going into 4th..I don't mean just a chirp or anything like that..I'm talking painting black...
02-08-2008, 06:33 PM
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Exactly what I did in mine, but I guess my carsx TOTALLY different than Units and others running their mouths about splitting hairs with 699 hp to 700.
Go drive a car that makes that much freaking power and try to hook it and tell me how fun/easy it is.
As for the track Ill just race on the highway.
Go drive a car that makes that much freaking power and try to hook it and tell me how fun/easy it is.
As for the track Ill just race on the highway.
02-08-2008, 07:04 PM
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It sure isn't easy launching a car that makes full torque immediately
at WOT, trust me. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
Besides, I enjoy running from a roll a lot. It's great on the street
when you see a badass car when you're on the highway or
something. I just don't like the idea of roll racing at the track.
I don't see the big deal about that.
02-08-2008, 07:22 PM
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Part of the skill of racing is knowing how to launch, getting your timing right at the tree and knowing how to set up your car to get traction. This "roll race " idea is junk. Who the **** can't go from a 50 MPH roll and accelerate in a straight line. Where the **** is any skill envolved? The person who came up with organized roll races is probally the first person to slap a wing and stickers on a Civic or put a "GTR " emblem on his Mustang(see this forum for that story,lol). It's cool to get into a race from a roll on the hwy because there is no safe way to dead stop adn launch, but at a contolled enviroment track, that crapis unnessecary. What'd really make me take notice is a 3 to 5 mile strip for top speed testing. 0-200 sounds much more fun than two goobs starting at 50MPH and ending at 100mph a half a mile away.
02-08-2008, 07:26 PM
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Yours had a stock rear end right? Mine doesn't.
It sure isn't easy launching a car that makes full torque immediately
at WOT, trust me. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
Besides, I enjoy running from a roll a lot. It's great on the street
when you see a badass car when you're on the highway or
something. I just don't like the idea of roll racing at the track.
I don't see the big deal about that.
It sure isn't easy launching a car that makes full torque immediately
at WOT, trust me. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
Besides, I enjoy running from a roll a lot. It's great on the street
when you see a badass car when you're on the highway or
something. I just don't like the idea of roll racing at the track.
I don't see the big deal about that.
Me personally, I like being able to run whenever I want, who ever I want as many times as I want without waiting for a line. plus i dont have a cage so of coarse the track is out for me too. So Id much rather take it on the freeway due to ease but i was just seeing if there was a happy medium that people might like.
02-08-2008, 07:32 PM
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So far :
hal 12 point shocks
tubular k member
tubular lcas
tubular upper and lower panhard bar
tubular subframes
tubular adjustable torque arm
315 bfg drag radials
4000 lb car...
And I dont think maintainence would be so much since your not worried about people hooking off the line launching so you wouldnt need to spray too much vht. And it might take longer for cleanup/prep but that would be the price to pay if you wanted to run your ****.
Are you gonna come dial my car in so I can launch a 4k lb 6 speed car at cut 1.5x's?
02-08-2008, 08:17 PM
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**** out of it least.
Tires my friend, tires...those drag radials are nothing for your power.
You need a 28" slick at a minimum.
02-08-2008, 08:45 PM
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I would do it. no digs at the track for me due to no money for my borken rear end......
if it would get people off the streets and be safe why wouldn't you be for it?
if it would get people off the streets and be safe why wouldn't you be for it?
02-08-2008, 08:51 PM
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as far as hooking and getting past people with big power numbers, i spin into fourth gear, and really dont have too much trouble keeping it going straight, even off the line. practice your launches or something.
you can only have so much power, at a certain point, traction will become an issue like it has. have to decide sometimes, "do i want great time slips or big numbers to brag about"
you can only have so much power, at a certain point, traction will become an issue like it has. have to decide sometimes, "do i want great time slips or big numbers to brag about"
02-08-2008, 10:12 PM
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Ok tell me what else I could add that might help?
So far :
hal 12 point shocks
tubular k member
tubular lcas
tubular upper and lower panhard bar
tubular subframes
tubular adjustable torque arm
315 bfg drag radials
4000 lb car...
And I dont think maintainence would be so much since your not worried about people hooking off the line launching so you wouldnt need to spray too much vht. And it might take longer for cleanup/prep but that would be the price to pay if you wanted to run your ****.
Are you gonna come dial my car in so I can launch a 4k lb 6 speed car at cut 1.5x's?
So far :
hal 12 point shocks
tubular k member
tubular lcas
tubular upper and lower panhard bar
tubular subframes
tubular adjustable torque arm
315 bfg drag radials
4000 lb car...
And I dont think maintainence would be so much since your not worried about people hooking off the line launching so you wouldnt need to spray too much vht. And it might take longer for cleanup/prep but that would be the price to pay if you wanted to run your ****.
Are you gonna come dial my car in so I can launch a 4k lb 6 speed car at cut 1.5x's?
02-08-2008, 11:02 PM
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The tracks around here are starting to let people roll race. Im not talking about rolling half the track then hitting it but just getting the tires rolling and hitting it. They will let you have a flagman and cut the lights off if thats what you want. Its their attempt to get people off the street.
02-08-2008, 11:29 PM
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I agree you need M/T's at the very least, there are alot less hp cars that broil BFG's or Nitto's from a roll.
02-08-2008, 11:58 PM
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I would like to see a top speed track, and at say a mile it records your time and mph then says to brake as fast as you can, to give you your braking from xxx - 0 in xxxft that would be cool. but if you want to roll race, go to a road course!
02-09-2008, 12:02 AM
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Ok tell me what else I could add that might help?
So far :
hal 12 point shocks
tubular k member
tubular lcas
tubular upper and lower panhard bar
tubular subframes
tubular adjustable torque arm
315 bfg drag radials
4000 lb car...
And I dont think maintainence would be so much since your not worried about people hooking off the line launching so you wouldnt need to spray too much vht. And it might take longer for cleanup/prep but that would be the price to pay if you wanted to run your ****.
Are you gonna come dial my car in so I can launch a 4k lb 6 speed car at cut 1.5x's?
So far :
hal 12 point shocks
tubular k member
tubular lcas
tubular upper and lower panhard bar
tubular subframes
tubular adjustable torque arm
315 bfg drag radials
4000 lb car...
And I dont think maintainence would be so much since your not worried about people hooking off the line launching so you wouldnt need to spray too much vht. And it might take longer for cleanup/prep but that would be the price to pay if you wanted to run your ****.
Are you gonna come dial my car in so I can launch a 4k lb 6 speed car at cut 1.5x's?
Infact there is alot you can do to make your car hook. My advice would be to call a shop that has a fast F-body that hooks and ask them what you can do to get yours to hook. Sorry I can't help anymore, I'm just not up to date on F-body suspension.
02-09-2008, 12:20 AM
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omg.. we have people with basically stock cars telling a 408 stroker with a GT55 (839/903 with pump gas) to the ground how to hook...... wtf man??? and if hes leaving black marks at 120+ MTs or anything else for ******* matter isnt going to help him from a dig too much... ****.. you guys are pretty dumb im sorry.. o
as for the idea.. more power to it.. a lot of imports wont race us from a dig for some reason.. guess cause we have so much TQ??? they dont know about the traction issue.. or how powerful they are from 100+... id do it.. id rather do a dig.. but i think it would be a cool change to roll race.. it would make more people be able to see what their cars have.. cause a lot of people dont set up ONLY for the track.. or digs on the street... most of my race are from 30-50 mph.. cause you cant stop on a 4 lane usually.. plus it attracts a lot of attention....
2000 Ws6 Trans Am 408 6.0 Stroker/GT55 Turbo
Suspension:
Random Tech. Adj. torque arm,QA1's, BMR tubular LCA's, BMR adj. panhard bar, BMR Drive Shaft Loop, LG tubular weld on sub frames
Dyno Numbers:
Pump gas 893rwhp and 903rwtq SAE corrected.
Misc. Mods:
SLP Line Lock, Harlan Shift light, Autometer Dual gauge pod.
Dyno Graph
^^^^ i cant unstand why you cant hook till after 120... i have BFGs and i hook from a dig... o my bad you make 500 more horsepower than me.. not only more than me... i dont even make what you make doubling mine.. **** heads......
as for the idea.. more power to it.. a lot of imports wont race us from a dig for some reason.. guess cause we have so much TQ??? they dont know about the traction issue.. or how powerful they are from 100+... id do it.. id rather do a dig.. but i think it would be a cool change to roll race.. it would make more people be able to see what their cars have.. cause a lot of people dont set up ONLY for the track.. or digs on the street... most of my race are from 30-50 mph.. cause you cant stop on a 4 lane usually.. plus it attracts a lot of attention....
2000 Ws6 Trans Am 408 6.0 Stroker/GT55 Turbo
Suspension:
Random Tech. Adj. torque arm,QA1's, BMR tubular LCA's, BMR adj. panhard bar, BMR Drive Shaft Loop, LG tubular weld on sub frames
Dyno Numbers:
Pump gas 893rwhp and 903rwtq SAE corrected.
Misc. Mods:
SLP Line Lock, Harlan Shift light, Autometer Dual gauge pod.
Dyno Graph
^^^^ i cant unstand why you cant hook till after 120... i have BFGs and i hook from a dig... o my bad you make 500 more horsepower than me.. not only more than me... i dont even make what you make doubling mine.. **** heads......