Run what ya brung
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Run what ya brung I see so many sigs around here with track times and a lot of them have something like "drag radials spinning" or "spinning through 1st and 2nd." It just seems like a ***** excuse. You run what you run. If your car, as a whole, ran a 8.0 or 7.0 in the 1/8th then that is what it runs. Why does everyone feel so insecure that they need to give some sort of lame *** excuse?
I see so many sigs around here with track times and a lot of them have something like "drag radials spinning" or "spinning through 1st and 2nd." It just seems like a ***** excuse. You run what you run. If your car, as a whole, ran a 8.0 or 7.0 in the 1/8th then that is what it runs. Why does everyone feel so insecure that they need to give some sort of lame *** excuse?
That post was directed at me...
You can obviously tell in the vid the radials where spinning... I normally dont like to go to the track on street tires.... but the slicks we brought wouldnt fit.
Cars that spin dont go fast. I have cut better 60fts on real tires before. ****.... IMO cutting a 1.51 60ft aint tooooo bad for a street tire.
550+rwhp will make most unprep'd drag radials spin
cars that spin don't go fast? how so. as in "if i spin i won't make as fast time, but if i hook i'm very quick" or more like if your car spins period it's slow? such as a full on dragster on doughnuts.
meaning.... a car that spins is not as fast as when it doesnt.
DUH.....
are you stupid or something?
don't get butthurt over a comment buddy. just making sure you didn't have you're head up you're *** when you said that. apparently you did, must be soo cool to be a key board worrior
But If you had a problem with my vid... why didnt you post it in MY thread vs starting a new one? Seems pretty stupid to me to start a new thread asking about excuses.
If someone wants to make a "excuse" he has the right to.... does that make it acceptable for you to say it is a "*****" thing to do? Probably not Mr. Hypocrite... why don't YOU get YOUR head out of YOUR ***?
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also, i don't think i even said anything about you're car 
NOW THAT MUST BE A BETTER EXCUSE?
and no it isnt.... car ran a 7.6 on motor and a 6.8 on the jug...... still spinning. So..... I think the extra power isnt useless.....
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It gives you the power to spin tires...why didn't I think of that...hell..they should equip the new Corvette Z06s with the shittiest, baldest, used, beaten tires that chevy can find!
point:Tires are made to grip. Companies wouldn't make gripping tires if people didn't want to ground their power and therefore *dum dum dum* have a faster car. "A car that grips beats a car that slips."
I didn't start this argument either, you started it with me, have a nice day and hope your slicks fit so you'll run better
Last edited by cobalt9123; Jun 14, 2008 at 06:16 PM.
well that's sad to hear that your slicks won't fit, but tires are still made to grip.
It gives you the power to spin tires...why didn't I think of that...hell..they should equip the new Corvette Z06s with the shittiest, baldest, used, beaten tires that chevy can find!
point:Tires are made to grip. Companies wouldn't make gripping tires if people didn't want to ground their power and therefore *dum dum dum* have a faster car. "A car that grips beats a car that slips."
I didn't start this argument either, you started it with me, have a nice day and hope your slicks fit so you'll run better
It gives you the power to spin tires...why didn't I think of that...hell..they should equip the new Corvette Z06s with the shittiest, baldest, used, beaten tires that chevy can find!
point:Tires are made to grip. Companies wouldn't make gripping tires if people didn't want to ground their power and therefore *dum dum dum* have a faster car. "A car that grips beats a car that slips."
I didn't start this argument either, you started it with me, have a nice day and hope your slicks fit so you'll run better
Put over 550rwhp to that vette and see if those amazing "Chevy" tires hook. My drag radials are not bald, severly beaten, or old. It is a fact that hitting 550+rwhp to the tires is not going to hook. If I did I wouldnt be 60ft'n 1.51 and would be doing 1.3's or 1.4's like a slick
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What if your excuse is, " I had shitty times at the track b/c I don't know how to drive." I've never heard anyone say that, but I think that would be an acceptable excuse.
Last edited by PatriotT/A; Jun 15, 2008 at 02:51 AM.
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Don't know much about racing do ya. Have you ever heard the old saying "If your spinning you ain't winning"? Might wanna buy yourself a clue there buddy.
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I see so many sigs around here with track times and a lot of them have something like "drag radials spinning" or "spinning through 1st and 2nd." It just seems like a ***** excuse. You run what you run. If your car, as a whole, ran a 8.0 or 7.0 in the 1/8th then that is what it runs. Why does everyone feel so insecure that they need to give some sort of lame *** excuse?
and patriot, u have no room to talk ur car is slow as *****. for godsake who puts 105mph speedo in their sig?! i mean wtf.
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You're right...I'm stupid for only going 105 and taking a picture while driving. Of course that means that the car only goes that fast too. 106 and I start crying. Give me a break. Besides, what did I say that made you feel I was having room to talk? It's called rhetoric...look it up.
