racin66coupe

how would the 3 spd slow you down?

zggill04

Easy, my drive tran killed this car. It has more motor, and alot of potential but slowed down so much by that transmission and even the rear. I didn't even realize it prior to this. I ran mid 15's. Had trouble at the line since I wasn't launching it and then little traction issue. But 15.4's were the average time. I need to get my 9" installed and a new tranny. Anyone got one for sale? 4spd or better for a manual. Or auto?

quesey

been down that road many years ago when i was 16 42 now.thought my car would run 12s lol 16.50 1st time down the track clocks really suck sometimes.what was your MPH @end you could tell more by that than your ET since you were on street tires?like i said before theres probably a 1 to a 1.5 sec to be gained from were you are bepending on your motor HP
good luck

zggill04

Here is my slips. Start times were slow because I wasn't trying to break anything. I was seeing green before I left, not go on third yellow.
First Run:
Reaction- .9060
60- 2.4620
300- ? not reading on left side
1/8 ET- 9.9290
1/8MPH-73.38
1/4 ET- 15.4769
1/4 MPH- 86.74

Reaction- .9998
60- 2.4720
330- 6.5470
1/8 ET- 9.8741
1/8 MPH- 74.25
1/4 ET- 15.4199
1/4 MPH- 81.54

Reaction- 1.0609
60- 2.8400
330- 7.1221
1/8 ET- 10.6931
1/8 MPH- 71.07
1/4 ET- 16.7761
1/4 MPH- 69.02

Reaction- .8109
60- 2.3760
330- 6.5051
1/8 ET- 9.9071
1/8 MPH- 72.80
1/4 ET- 15.4821
1/4 MPH- 87.87

Let me know what you guys think, I'm thinking there is alot being lost in the drive tran.

racin66coupe

i think you need to work on your reaction times
although your 60 ft's didnt look TOO bad for the first ime down the track in the car

zggill04

Like I said, I wasn't looking to break anything. I was waiting to see green then got into it. I've raced many times before, been over a year, but you launch on last yellow. ONLY, I wasn't launching this car. From idle to go, as if I were at a normal red light.

Iskwezm

seems about right.Everybody that i knew that took their car out the first time thought it was a easy 13 second pass and almost all of them were in the 15's.

Well, theres only one way to go from here

zggill04

Oh... it'll dip. Just after the rear and tranny are put in!

zggill04

My setup is almost exact to a guy that I saw run... only he had a 9 inch... and believe 4spd and ran high 12's. Don't think it will dip that low though with just tranny and rear though.

quesey

http://www.race-cars.net/calculators/et_calculator.html
as of right now ^^^^^^^^^^^that shows if your car is #3000 160 hp to the ground
and the mph matches the ET.and your reaction times really dont affect your ET deep stagein or shallow stagein could make a little differnce