How do i drive my automatic on the 1/4 mile
#1
How do i drive my automatic on the 1/4 mile
i figured how to launch by holding the brake with my left foot and reving to 2000 rpms with my right, but how do i drive it down the track. do i just go pedal to metal and hold it down until the end, or do i pump the gas at certain points.
thanks
Brian
thanks
Brian
#3
What Jim Said...hold it to the floor and keep the hood pointed downrange.
Even before I had a t-lok, I found that just hitting the gas gave me better 60's as it is such an easy muscle reaction. I found the coordinated letoff/application causing more problems...and our 6ers do just fine with a pedal launch.
Best here is 14.49 and I doubt I will break that (by anything significant) until I either go FI or spray...and I wont do either until my warranty is over. Then an X commeth.
Even before I had a t-lok, I found that just hitting the gas gave me better 60's as it is such an easy muscle reaction. I found the coordinated letoff/application causing more problems...and our 6ers do just fine with a pedal launch.
Best here is 14.49 and I doubt I will break that (by anything significant) until I either go FI or spray...and I wont do either until my warranty is over. Then an X commeth.
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#6
Thanks, the 75 shot of nitrous makes the car pull pretty good. It surprised a guy in an older Firebird when we lined up at the track his friend called out "no problem, it's just a six" - then I treed him and he never caught me. They didn't want to talk afterwards.
#7
HAHA! Poor sports huh? One of these days I'll have to catch you and your car in action. It looks as tho BBIII is out for me due to a family conflict that Friday night, so maybe another time.
To the OP, try different launching methods. I know my 60' times in the 4.0L/auto vert were better by just hammering the gas from a dead idle.
#8
Brian, what part of Texas, which track(s)?
Yeah, rev up to 1800-2000 rpm with right foot on gas, left holding brake down firmly, then at the light, floor it, and keep it floored to the finish line. Simple.
(BTW, that's why I like this automatic for racing )
Yeah, rev up to 1800-2000 rpm with right foot on gas, left holding brake down firmly, then at the light, floor it, and keep it floored to the finish line. Simple.
(BTW, that's why I like this automatic for racing )
#10
I bought the basic set up off Craigslist (bottle, brackets, lines, Zex nitrous management unit, purge) for only $250. I added a window switch for $50, a bottle heater for $75 (bought off members on other sites), picked up a bottle pressure guage for I think $25 and the dyno tune only cost me $125 for the update.
All the switches are mounted on a Speed of Sound cupholder switch that cost less than $50. The kit I bought came with a gauge that I didn't use because it required running a nitrous line into the car and I didn't want to have that.
The Zex system installs very easily.
Sorry for the little hijack of your thread Brian
All the switches are mounted on a Speed of Sound cupholder switch that cost less than $50. The kit I bought came with a gauge that I didn't use because it required running a nitrous line into the car and I didn't want to have that.
The Zex system installs very easily.
Sorry for the little hijack of your thread Brian