05gtgreen

I was running through the lights at about 6300rpm in third gear. What should a guy shift at, I was shifting around 6300rpm.

bl1nk

You should be able to stay in third, so do that. And like the others said, do some tire pressure changes, work on your launch, and youll drop a few tenths. You did good not burning your tires and not hitting the water box. These are street tires and they dont gain any traction from being warmed up, in fact its the opposite. Just do a little spin to get some dust off, but dont get them heated.

viking396

You're doing it right, just clean the tires off but I would walk it out a bit more when you take off and leave the tires at normal psi, street radials are not like drag radials or slicks that respond to lower pressure, heck low profile drag radials don't respond to lower pressure well either. My car went 13.42@104.95 with just a CAI and 93 octane tune with a 2.0 short time. You'll improve, heck with a 2.0 short time you'll trim 1.5 tenths at the big end! Also, I stayed in third as well, everytime I tried going to 4th it hurt my ET and trap speed.

Menace

The reason the car bogged down was because you shifted while the wheels were spinning. Getting wheel spin under control is going to require some suspension, tires, and practice.

If you're running on stock tires, fill the front to about 40 psi, and drop the rears to around 25 psi. I've got the 17" Brushed Aluminum with the Pzeros; so different pressures may work for different combinations. (IE the 18" with the BFG.) Nevertheless, just keep messing around with the pressures under you're confident you found something you like.

Lower control arms, with the relocation brackets are probably a must, and will definately help keep the rear end stable and on the ground. (Instead of wheel hopping.)

Hope it helps. All I'm running is a C&L Intake, 93 Octane Brenspeed tune, Steeda UDPs with LCAs (No relocation brackets) and a Steeda Tri-ax, on 1/4 tank unleaded (just happened to have that much when I went). I don't think the Tri-ax contributed to my times at all, I ran a 13.104 without the tri-ax. It just makes my shifting more comfortable (it sits higher, and of course the shorter throw.) Anyway, my best time now is a 13.075 @ nearly 108 mph. My 60's are only in the 2.0xx range. Relocation brackets should help me break into the 1.9xx.

05gtgreen

I am running Nitto 555 255\50 17's on the rear. I only spun the tires a little off the line, but enough to make a ****ty 60 foot time. I just need to learn how to launch the car. I will pump the front tires up next time. think I am goin again this friday.