How long should you wait before your first street race?
05-31-2006, 01:22 AM
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How long should you wait before your first street race?
My car has about 900 Miles on it.
A dealer told me that 500 was plenty before hot rodding it.
I raced some ricer today that pulled up on me and shredded him by about three car lengths. But the RPMs did go in the for a bit.
Then I read on posts not to do this untill 1 to 3k miles?
GREAT. Is this true? So I coulda screwed up my stang?
I was told that going in the red for a while doesnt hurt the stang.. That it simply cuts the gas .. If thats true why do nascar engines blow when they have it in the red?
I think I had it at about 6 or 7 in second gear. Not sure how long it was.
If I messed it up would I know it or would I be able to tell IMMEDIATLY?
A dealer told me that 500 was plenty before hot rodding it.
I raced some ricer today that pulled up on me and shredded him by about three car lengths. But the RPMs did go in the for a bit.
Then I read on posts not to do this untill 1 to 3k miles?
GREAT. Is this true? So I coulda screwed up my stang?
I was told that going in the red for a while doesnt hurt the stang.. That it simply cuts the gas .. If thats true why do nascar engines blow when they have it in the red?
I think I had it at about 6 or 7 in second gear. Not sure how long it was.
If I messed it up would I know it or would I be able to tell IMMEDIATLY?
05-31-2006, 02:57 AM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
Wait till the first CHALLENGE, if that doesn't happen.................. LOOK for one, or start one. LET THAT MOTOR EAT, you won't hurt it, it was test run, and redlined at assembly.
Break in is complete, when you leave the lot. You won't hurt it. Continued pampering can actually decrease future performance.
NASCAR engines are a whole different subject, they are built to last 500 miles, or so many laps, and then rebuilt, and they rarely take the engine in the red.
Fear not you haven't hurt a thing, except for neglecting 50 or 60 horses that haven't got to run yet. You better let them loose B4 their legs begin to stiffen from lack of exercise.
JMO
Break in is complete, when you leave the lot. You won't hurt it. Continued pampering can actually decrease future performance.
NASCAR engines are a whole different subject, they are built to last 500 miles, or so many laps, and then rebuilt, and they rarely take the engine in the red.
Fear not you haven't hurt a thing, except for neglecting 50 or 60 horses that haven't got to run yet. You better let them loose B4 their legs begin to stiffen from lack of exercise.
JMO
05-31-2006, 03:00 AM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
How long should you wait before your first street race?
forever.
romping on it in a relatively safe area is one thing, but racing another car is something that needs a racetrack, or its all for nothing.
dangerous/risky/dont prove anything...give me long enough road my wifes windstar would take out kenny bernstiens top fueler.
'quick' and 'fast' are only relevant over a common yardstick- usually exactly 1,320 feet.
forever.
romping on it in a relatively safe area is one thing, but racing another car is something that needs a racetrack, or its all for nothing.
dangerous/risky/dont prove anything...give me long enough road my wifes windstar would take out kenny bernstiens top fueler.
'quick' and 'fast' are only relevant over a common yardstick- usually exactly 1,320 feet.
05-31-2006, 03:23 AM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
i praise your self control. i just bought my GT a week ago today.. i only have like 300 miles on it. the 2nd day i had it i was driving home from work and a turbo GTI pulled up to me and revved his lil engine and pshhh with the blow off valve. i wasn't gonna just let some little rice rocket do that to me. i just dropped it into second and roasted him. then i made a u-turn to go back home and he followed me. tried to race again.. same result :-)
05-31-2006, 05:30 AM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
ORIGINAL: iluvmycar
My car has about 900 Miles on it.
A dealer told me that 500 was plenty before hot rodding it.
I raced some ricer today that pulled up on me and shredded him by about three car lengths. But the RPMs did go in the for a bit.
Then I read on posts not to do this untill 1 to 3k miles?
GREAT. Is this true? So I coulda screwed up my stang?
I was told that going in the red for a while doesnt hurt the stang.. That it simply cuts the gas .. If thats true why do nascar engines blow when they have it in the red?
I think I had it at about 6 or 7 in second gear. Not sure how long it was.
If I messed it up would I know it or would I be able to tell IMMEDIATLY?
My car has about 900 Miles on it.
A dealer told me that 500 was plenty before hot rodding it.
I raced some ricer today that pulled up on me and shredded him by about three car lengths. But the RPMs did go in the for a bit.
Then I read on posts not to do this untill 1 to 3k miles?
GREAT. Is this true? So I coulda screwed up my stang?
I was told that going in the red for a while doesnt hurt the stang.. That it simply cuts the gas .. If thats true why do nascar engines blow when they have it in the red?
I think I had it at about 6 or 7 in second gear. Not sure how long it was.
If I messed it up would I know it or would I be able to tell IMMEDIATLY?
05-31-2006, 01:33 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
Ok we get street racing is a bad idea, there have been 200 threads about this. CHill. But on the subject I had my first race around 1K miles to some ******* on a dam harley who literaly told me my car was "ugly" when I pulled up to him at a light. light goes green, and he was lookin at my taillights the whole way.
05-31-2006, 01:45 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
I unleashed all the ponys as soon as mine was warm driving away from the dealer, rural Mn. With the newer technology of rings and so on, no wait required. After a rebuild on my race motors, warm them up, let er rip! 8.80s right off the trailer. It might pick up a couple of hundreths in a few passes, but my log book doesn't show it. That is how well things seal up these days. The rings are virtually as well sealed as they will ever be after a good warmup.