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  • Launch technique with high stall and stock tires??

    I have a 3000 stall and it loses traction badly if I stall it up all the way. Would it bog down too much if I launched the car at 2500 rpm? This would help keep some of my traction, but I've heard that aftermarket converters will not perform well launching too far below stall.
    -Eric<br />2002 Navy Blue Camaro...Striped and Stalled. 35th Anniversary SS wheels <br />Best ET: 15.384 @ 88.32 on street tires<br />Project Whitney: Goal, 14.0 1/4 by summer 2008.

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    You will not bog.
    Stock tires will spin whatever you do.
    You can play with tire psi, relocate weight, get expensive traction devices and so on.... or you could get 2 used 16 X 8 rims from SLP for $50 each and pick yourself up a set of drag radials used for around $200

    High stall converter + stock tires = lots of tire spin
    Race car - gone but not forgotten - 1997 firebird V6
    nitrous et & mph: 12.168 & 110.95 mph, n/a 13.746 & 96.38 mph
    2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8: 12.125, 116.45
    2010 Ford Taurus SHO: no times yet

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    • #3
      If my tires are at 32 psi how much lower should I set them ? We are talking about the rear tires only, right?

      [ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: Camarorulz ]</p>
      -Eric<br />2002 Navy Blue Camaro...Striped and Stalled. 35th Anniversary SS wheels <br />Best ET: 15.384 @ 88.32 on street tires<br />Project Whitney: Goal, 14.0 1/4 by summer 2008.

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      • #4
        Well, on a stock converter I would go with 40 psi in the front and 30 psi in the rear.

        This set up got me to a 13.4 on stock converter and street tires
        Race car - gone but not forgotten - 1997 firebird V6
        nitrous et & mph: 12.168 & 110.95 mph, n/a 13.746 & 96.38 mph
        2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8: 12.125, 116.45
        2010 Ford Taurus SHO: no times yet

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