Morbid Intentions

I believe on stock tires doing a burnout is pretty useless... should be just dusting off the particles with a light spin from my experience

OzzDOA

Burning street tires at the track doesn't do squat. It'll actually makestreet tires more slick, the compound is much different than with a slick or drag radial. The lowest you would want to lower the pressure to on a street tire is 25 lbs, since a street tire has astiff sidewall it'll cause the tread to cup when under-inflated. Also on street tires you don't "launch" as much as you make a fast start. Don't just rev it to 3k and dump the clutch. The best thing to do is rev it to like 1400 or 1500 rpm then slip the clutch out while adding more throttle. The way I think of it is trying to make a quick start from a green light at an intersection.

94Blk5.0

Too low. Leave the rear tires at the recommened setting and overinflate the fronts, if you do anything with pressure. Your car doesn't have posi-taction, so underflated rear tires are not helping, only one wheel spins, then at the top end you encounter increased rolling resistence. You should be abel to make it into the 14's as is, but somes gears and a T-Lok would very benfical, on the right tires.

banka87

I leave at around 1300-1400 and slip the clutch.

S8ER01Z

That's all I do..no tire smoke or anything when I clean them..just a half second spin and I pull to the line.

Of course I don't adjust my air pressure either, and looking at my 60fts my method probably isn't the best. [8D]

bluebeastsrt

I'd try a 2500 RPM launch on tires set to 25 psi. Slipping the clutch is the only way to go on street tires. You can get a 2.0 60 with a little practice and theres your 14 second run.

fazm

launchin on the 16" bfg's suck. my best 60' on them was 2.0 before i swapped out for the 17" gt takeoff rims. i did manage to go 14.73 with just an intake and tune though. if you get down to a 2.0 ull probably clock off a 14.8 also there might be a tenth left in shifting, and make sure you shallow stage, it can help with ets as well.

nicknorth11

I don't really know this to be true, but I've heard it from 2 people who have 10 ten second cars and spend a LOT of time at the track, so I believe them.

kazman

You need to work on your 60' times. I would try launch at a bit higher rpm and slip the clutch. Try to stage as shallow as possible. Attempt to make the stage bulb flicker then tap in to turn it on. Finally try running at Cecil which is .10 quicker that Atco or Raceway Park. Drag radials would help too.

FYI a .10 on the bottom of the track (60') is 1.5 - 2.0 on the top end (ET).

Good luck, and low 15's in a 6 cylinder ain't bad.

jimmyDiablo

I ran a 15.5 and want 14's I too run a 6 cylinder. I am hoping soon to be in teh 14 club. we will see.