First time out!

[screamin86]

well next weekend im going to take the camaro to the track for the first time. right now its an all stock 98 camaro y87 with 67k on the clock im hoping for low 10's im going with a friend and he has a 99 or so merc. cougar v6 5spd adn he went and ran about a 10.4 or 10.5 and i can easily pull a car to a car and a half on him. so any advice on launching or anything realy free mods i can do till then? i know if i stall it up all i do is spin for the first 10ft or so. well any advice will be helpful

[bret_xi]

Re: First time out!

i hope you kidding about getting low 10s.... a stock camaro is a 15 sec car... i imagine a cougar is around the same

[screamin86]

Re: First time out!

im sorry i ment to say its an 1/8mile track!

[screamin86]

Re: First time out!

come on i know someone much have some advice. im going to try and getthere early so i can practice to see how the car feels on the track. i usually have a decent amout of wheelspin when im out just messin around and especially when im launching it hard so im gona try a few diff techniques and see what works best before elemination starts i guess

[SilverRS96]

Re: First time out!

is it a auto or 5-spd? work on ur launches

[Shodown]

Re: First time out!

^^ Yes, the launch will determine how the rest of the run will be. 5 spd or auto is huge bit of info that is needed to give you any advice.

[screamin86]

Re: First time out!

its an auto.

[stevethepirate]

Re: First time out!

hold the brake, rev up as high as you can without the tires breaking loose. when you see the 3rd yellow, let off the brake, dont floor the gas yet, ease into it, as soon as you are sure you have traction, let that thing rip.

[screamin86]

Re: First time out!

well when i launch it now thats what i do is hold brake and gas and stall it up and im able to about 3k those disc rears hold good! lol anyway when i do i spin for atleast first 10-15 ft i was surprised for being a stock v6. well tonight i went to start it and as soon as i did it started shaking and sputtering then check engine light came on so i took it to autozone and its cyl. 4 misfire so im asuming another coil pack went bad:bs: second one in less than 30days well anyway im taking it to the shop tomarrow so hopefully ill get it fixed but if its too much ima have to wait since i am going to get a tranny for the trans am this week and ive been waiting on one all summer

[seancon112]

Re: First time out!

hey abought your coils are they shorting out? if they are check the plug wires that go over your intake and see if any are worn through that could caus it to short
if so change them and the coil
it solved my mifire problem

[screamin86]

Re: First time out!

well the first time it was the one for the no.6cyl and these things are hard as hell to getto the damn plugs and wires