zeus86

hey guys well it's another race season here and the first track on the hit list is the 1/8th mile track here in my town i raced it last year but was the first time out with my 99 gt and was doing alot of learning i have since put a diablo tuner in my car and new khumo tires i was woundering about launching the car with or with out traction control on it's the auto to if that helps and at what rpm to hold it last year i tired both but with bad tires i found idle and trac control on worked the best then but wanted to see what you guys think the races are on sunday and i would love some imput for them thanks guys

01GTfanatic

i wouldnt run with traction control on i tried that and it bogs your engine down to much. For the rpm question what size tires are in the back and any gears?

zeus86

the tires in the back are 245/45/17 kumho's that are a soft compound and stick rather well the gears are stock in the rear end for now looking at .373 or a .410 soon though

WannaBeGearHead

Turn traction control off when at the track.

And learn to type a proper sentence. Adding periods and commas aren't difficult.

TRUEBLUE3934

LOL Yes, please with some punctuation. Long bodies of text without any punctuation is annoying to read.

Traction control at the track is never a good idea (unless it is snowing). You will have to experiment with rpms to see what works with your gear and tire package. I suspect rpms in the range of 1500 will be slightly better than leaving off idle(800rpm).

01GTfanatic

That sounds like a correct rpm range, just practice on the street when your tires let loose. Hold your rpm range just below that and you should do fine.

72MachOne99GT

Oh the irony

zeus86

Thanks guys. I am sorry about the writing lol but yeah, thank you and i will try what has been said and let you guys know how i make out at the track. I ran last year but the tires i had were junk and ready to be replaced so i can't really use that info....