FMX05

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They just need a 1/4 with an extra 100ft or so added in for us stock 10 bolt guys... lol j/k of course. But seriously I roll race from fairly low in second gear because if I put some DR's or ET streets on and went from a dig I would be looking at another 2500 for a rear end and then more for a new drive shaft, and then more for suspension parts to hook the power since I had the rear end... etc. etc. Right now my 10 bolt is keeping me from spending a lot of money I don't have. So as long as I don't break it I don't have to worry about getting the mod bug too bad. As for my time in my sig, the F1's were on the car when I bought it and were almost bald. I was spinning into 3rd.

And to the guy having trouble hooking the turbo car, I think taking a street car as nasty as that one and doing any more to the suspension would cause it to lose some appeal to me. Being able to drive it fairly comfortably on the street is what's cool about it. If you try and make it hook and turn it into a track car your not the baddest sled on the block anymore. Not many people can claim to hang with you in the 100+ category on the street. Drive it, and build a drag only car if thats what you want. Of course, just my opinion again.

Stopsign32v

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I see what you guys mean...hell I don't know what I was thinking...900+hp cars have no hope of hooking up from a dead stop. Hell here is a Supra with that power that has INSANE traction issues at the track!!! His car is also a 6 speed and he drove it to the track too...alot in common with the OPer other than no traction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2a1dXiCbOw

FMX05

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Yeah, now if he can just keep from leaving rubber past the 1/8th... He could run low 8's... Anything can be made to hook, look at the FWD's in the 7's...

germeezy1

Now this is a good post, some of us also drive our cars every day. And for me my car would look kind of funny with the rear hiked up on slicks and skinnies

lemons12

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when i get out of the 13s.. lmao.. ok.. um let me count how many bolt on mustangs i walked yesterday.. i think it was 4.. all by 4 or more lengths.. not to mention the yummy procharged gt @12... damn.. wish i could keep up with those insane 4.6s.. and for the 5.0s.. raced a 347 stroker w. heads and cam.. he got me bad off the line to about 45 because i was spinning so bad.. and then it was pretty evn to about 125..

shoulda bought a stang..

Stopsign32v

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I agree you should have your ***** slow. Again come back when you get out of the 13's.

necrocannibal

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Well if you are just going to be an ******* and show a car that probably has just as much money in suspension as motor work why not thow up a Top Fuel car?? Hell they get traction with 5000 hp whats wrong with the slow *** 900 hp cars??

2000 Tran Zam

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Lol.

Ok, first of all, its not JUST weight and hp that will win... theres gearing, area under the curve, traction, etc... that come in to play.

Second... have you ever tried driving/hooking a powerful car? Its a little difficult to go WOT and expect traction when you have your horsepower/tq jump 400 hp and ft/lbs in 1000 rpm....

2000 Tran Zam

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and for the haters that dont understand traction issues :

http://media.putfile.com/408-Turbo-TA

thats just first, second and third gear...

V-seriesTech

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[QUOTE=Stopsign32v;8684102]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2a1dXiCbOw

Thats hardcore

SSilverSSurfer

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we have 60-130 events here at a local track in houston that another website sets up once a month or so. FWIW a supra went 4.15sec in the event

necrocannibal

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Heres me hitting it at 60 mph in third gear, not very high in the RPM band in other words. Pay attention to at what mph the car grabs.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=2

blackhawk_02

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Not as as you.

Stopsign32v

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Sorry, I'm taken

tripblackls1

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yeah its easy to talk **** on the net uh it amazing how slow all our fbodys are compard to how fast you say your car is post some videos of your car doing at least 10s before you tell other members to shut up cuz they only run 13s

and btw roll races are for in the moment racing otherwise

racing from a dig is real racing and if you cant hook or you break ur **** then spend more money on your car or admitt its slow lol

2000 Tran Zam

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Ok... I admit, my car MUST be slow cause I do roll racing... everyone knows even a ford escort can whoop me right?

FEARSM

That car has a mostly stock suspension. TRD diff, Tilton clutch and maybe a drive shaft. Not alot invested in it. It's also 100% streetable with a/c etc. He drove it to and from the track.

GXPPOWER

lol. roll racing at the drag strip? is pointless. if you go to professional sanctioned events most cars are paired up by their ETs forcing the "better" driver to win. roll racing takes out so many aspects of what make a Driver "good" why even be in the car? just go buy some mini Nitro remote powered cars and race them. same thing no skill involved give it throttle and shift mabe one time....

GT Griller

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If u cant hook then why did u build it like that?

I agree with about 98% of this board...roll racing is the gayness!!

ThisBlood147

Count me in on that as well. Sure, most of the time one races on the street, it is from a roll.......but I dunno. Racing from a roll (I should say a "high" roll.......like 40mph+) just feels like two cars speeding to me. I never feel satisfied with a kill unless I manage it from a stop or, at least, a very very low roll.

And funny thing is.......9 times outta 10 going from a stop is more to the advantage of my competition than it is to me, cuz I'm still on da street tires. But I still prefer it to roll racing.

As far as the OP's idea.......I could maybe see doing a full mile drag track or something. But roll racing at a drag strip would only be useful for bragging rights. It'd be hard to standardize the timing and starts. And even if you did manage it, the timeslips wouldn't be worth much to most drag racing enthusiasts.