guy new to drag racing and has ????s

[Tyler]

i'd say the very basics of drag racing is to let the light go grean..hit the gas... grip the wheel, have fun and dont crash!


after you get the basics down.. then start practicing the launch, shifting etc...

[mjparme]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> If you lose traction when you mash the gas (my car in stock 3.08 open diffy form did NOT) then stalling is the way to go. However, if you can mash the gas on the launch and not lose any traction, then that's the best way to launch. <hr></blockquote>

Maybe, but with no stalling your RT is also probably going to be crap. Sice when you stall all you have to do is lift up on the brake. Of course I suppose you could take this into account when deciding when to go on the tree.

[ravenp]

Who cares about RT?

When I had my 3.08's, my converter definitely liked an idle launch... stalling only hurt me.

Practise and learn how YOUR car likes to launch... then mod it accordingly.

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[mjparme]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Who cares about RT? <hr></blockquote>

If you are bracket racing you probably care a lot about RT. Since a good reaction time can be the difference between a win and a loss in bracket racing.

Of course since he is just wanting to see what a car can do you are right he probably shouldn't worry about RT at first.

BTW, I went to your website, like your Camaro, looks real good.

[ January 28, 2004: Message edited by: mjparme ]</p>

[ravenp]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mjparme:


If you are bracket racing you probably care a lot about RT. Since a good reaction time can be the difference between a win and a loss in bracket racing.

Of course since he is just wanting to see what a car can do you are right he probably shouldn't worry about RT at first.

BTW, I went to your website, like your Camaro, looks real good.

[ January 28, 2004: Message edited by: mjparme ]<hr></blockquote>


That's what I meant... a lot of new drag racers(me included) get hung up on RT for test and tuning... not necessary.

First thing is to learn how to launch YOUR car... that usually means experimenting which results in bad RT's... but until you go bracket racing... it doesnt' matter [img]smile.gif[/img]

And thanks if it was my car/site you like [img]smile.gif[/img]

[njspder]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ravenp:
First thing is to learn how to launch YOUR car... <hr></blockquote>

the nice part about working on getting your car to launch in a happy way is that once you start hitting what the car wants you will see the reaction times just sort of start falling into place.
once you get used to teh launch technique you will still have to practice for R/T's, but that is not difficult once you understand your car.
you still have to remeber to stage the car consistantly. get your staging routine down first, because if the car isn't in the beams in a comparable way everytime then your 60ft's won't really be comparable. that first 60ft is all you should be lookin at when you are practicing launches.

later
tim