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Old 09-09-2011, 08:04 PM
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Alright, so tomorrow I'm heading down to the local 1/4 track for the first time ever with my bolt on LT1 Z. Never been to the track before in any car.

I'm running 315/30/18 Toyo R888's out back and I'm not sure if these tires need to be warmed up? I hook pretty good with these on the street so I guess a burnout won't be necessary...

Also, is there an ideal tire pressure I should be running?

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make some pass and see! if you hook well on the street, start right there, with no burnout, if it won't work, try with a burnout or a quick spin. after that, well, begin to play with air pressure. I will say start around 25 psi and see what happen. don't forget to try different way to lunch the car off the line! have fun tommorow!


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Like said before start with a quick spin to clean them off. I'd start at 24psi and work my way down to no lower then 20psi. bump up the fronts to 45-50psi. Stage the car at 1000rpms and stab the gas at the last yellow, feel for any wheel spin and control the throttle until you can reach WOT w/ out any spin. Should be at the 100ft mark or about the top of first gear.
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Oh and if you can remove your front sway bar or at least disconnect one end for better weight transfer



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