terrible times :(

December 2nd, 2006, 03:46 PM	#1
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,385	terrible times :( Well I went to the drag strip last night for this big test and tune race all night thing they have. When we got there they were prepping the track because it was too cold and no one was catching traction. Well they got done and we started to race, and it was terrible. I could not get traction off the line sadly my best time was a 16.3 the import guys were having a great time because they could catch traction. All night I saw civics beat corvettes ( a majority of what was there. Most the guys i talked to said a week before they were running at least a second faster than they were tonight so that made me feel a little bit better. All in all it was a fun night just wish I had gotten some better time. Well this ended up just a little long, but I thought I would share.

December 2nd, 2006, 04:17 PM

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Re: terrible times :(

Originally Posted by GreenFaleen

Well I went to the drag strip last night for this big test and tune race all night thing they have. When we got there they were prepping the track because it was too cold and no one was catching traction. Well they got done and we started to race, and it was terrible. I could not get traction off the line sadly my best time was a 16.3 the import guys were having a great time because they could catch traction. All night I saw civics beat corvettes ( a majority of what was there. Most the guys i talked to said a week before they were running at least a second faster than they were tonight so that made me feel a little bit better. All in all it was a fun night just wish I had gotten some better time. Well this ended up just a little long, but I thought I would share.

Why do people try to drag race on street tires and then complain about no traction...

That would be like me going off roading with a set of slicks and crying about getting stuck in the mud.

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December 2nd, 2006, 08:48 PM	#3
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,385	well I don't have the money or the set up for drag radials but I can usually catch traction fine but spinning through 2 gears is ridicules __________________ Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 3rd, 2006, 01:15 AM	#4
SWEET2KSTANG MM Fanatic 2000 mustang gt 11.79@115.83 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.W. AR Posts: 4,869	it can get worse. if i go on street tires i have to watch out for 4th, it will step out on bad conditions. i never have went on a night where i was a full second slower, was it snowing? __________________ stock long block, bolt ons, slicks, and a little squeeze N/A-12.81@103.7 N2O-11.79@115.8 Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ 2. The American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

December 3rd, 2006, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SWEET2KSTANG

it can get worse. if i go on street tires i have to watch out for 4th, it will step out on bad conditions. i never have went on a night where i was a full second slower, was it snowing?

It had been sleeting earlier that day they were very close to not opening but there were a lot of people there. Even the guys on DR's had some problems.

December 3rd, 2006, 03:31 PM	#6
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December 17th, 2006, 03:43 AM

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hey green thats what i run and that was with a poor track too. yes i know street tires dont hook but at the other track i go to i can usually get a great launch. there i couldnt. my best in the 1/4 is 16.36 and the 1/8 10.34

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December 23rd, 2006, 06:20 AM	#8
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December 23rd, 2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

Street tires will never hook..........EVER! Slicks will help more than you can imagine. Track prep is a big issue too. If the track isn't prepped you won't even hook with slicks.

yea but slicks on a 7.5 rear end, wont last to many hard launches

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December 24th, 2006, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by itschristorres8

yea but slicks on a 7.5 rear end, wont last to many hard launches

V6 and hard launch don't belong in the same sentence. A 7.5 will live a long time behind a V6. My 85 GT had a 7.5 and never broke.

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December 24th, 2006, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

Originally Posted by itschristorres8

yea but slicks on a 7.5 rear end, wont last to many hard launches

V6 and hard launch don't belong in the same sentence. A 7.5 will live a long time behind a V6. My 85 GT had a 7.5 and never broke.

even on a 9 second TT v6? hell, at my track i have seen a ford 7.5" rear break on 13 second car with slicks...

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December 24th, 2006, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99

even on a 9 second TT v6? hell, at my track i have seen a ford 7.5" rear break on 13 second car with slicks...

We are talking about a damn near stock V6 car here. Not a twin turbo car. That 7.5 that broke on a 13 second car was probably not a V6 car and probably been abused for many years. My 85 was a low 13 second car and I abused it for two years and the rear end laughed at all the abuse. A naturally aspirated V6 doesn't make much torque so breaking the rear end would be the least of my concerns. And for the record the 7.5 and 8.8 rear ends use the same axles.......well at least on the fox body cars and Rangers and Aerostars. I can't imagine anything changing since then.

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December 24th, 2006, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99

even on a 9 second TT v6? hell, at my track i have seen a ford 7.5" rear break on 13 second car with slicks...

We are talking about a damn near stock V6 car here. Not a twin turbo car. That 7.5 that broke on a 13 second car was probably not a V6 car and probably been abused for many years. My 85 was a low 13 second car and I abused it for two years and the rear end laughed at all the abuse. A naturally aspirated V6 doesn't make much torque so breaking the rear end would be the least of my concerns. And for the record the 7.5 and 8.8 rear ends use the same axles.

true for the torque, but it was a sn95 v6 with nitrous. (nitrous adds a lot of tq. though...) yeah, the 28 splines are a weak point for sure- and i dont have all the specs on the car, so it is almost as bad as hear-say and taking the guy's word for it...

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January 1st, 2007, 11:18 PM	#14
rodenberg Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: missouri Posts: 42	try staying out of the waterbox with your street tires.

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