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04-09-2006, 10:57 AM #21
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Originally Posted by lee1rbc
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04-09-2006, 01:25 PM #22
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I had worse tracton at the track than I do on the street...
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04-09-2006, 01:32 PM #23
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so does one of my buddy's who had a 04 gto 6-speed. On the street he could hook really good, but at the track, the best he could run was a 9.000(1/8 mile)
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04-09-2006, 06:21 PM #24lee1rbcGuest
Sorry to hear about those times scrapmaker, on my car I have 275-40-zr17s and 60ft for me is a best 2.01. But like I said I always warm my tires. I have tried not warming my tires and was sideways after hitting second. I know some people will tell You to go around the water box and not to heat up Your tires but for me it works. I dont spin in the water box, I just roll threw it by a foot and then start spinning. After about 5 to 7 sec I let off the break and burnem for about 8ft. Then I'll give it a punch before I stage to see how there hooking
I have a in car vid of me running a 13.28,(shows pre staging) I'll see if I can download it tomorrow.
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04-09-2006, 10:30 PM #25
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Originally Posted by lee1rbc
you are stock, m6?
and the reason most people drive around the water, is street tires really don't benefit from it... but you still need to at least chirp them for one or two revolutions, to get the oil and any water that may have gotten on the tires...
I was at an F-Body vs Mustang shootout event... almost every stock SS or WS6 got around 13.9-14.2... automatic or m6...
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04-10-2006, 07:02 AM #26
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What do you think a stock 99 a4 vette will run?
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04-11-2006, 04:51 AM #27
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A stock 99 Vette (my wifes was a 98 A4) should run the times I posted before in the quarter, but I know you dont have access to a 1/4 mile track, and I am clueless on the 1/8.
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04-11-2006, 07:03 AM #28
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13.2 is very good fr stock! Ill just add a vararam system and ill be in the 12's
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04-13-2006, 08:07 PM #29
99vette.....when he was saying put it in 3rd instead of drive that is because you tend to get a little better throttle response than in drive.
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04-13-2006, 08:28 PM #30
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my friend has a 2000 v6 camaro... he CANNOT burn out in drive... but in 'First,' he can do it with ease...
I never understood that... is it a computer setting?
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04-15-2006, 08:35 AM #31
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Well thats a good thing if you get traction
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04-15-2006, 10:49 AM #32
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anyone have the six speed. If so, do you shift at 5800-5900 rpm's, or do you shift at diffrent points? I was told that i should shift at diffrent points because the torque would be better and that i would lose horsepower going to high of rpms. What do you guys think?
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04-15-2006, 11:20 AM #33
Even on a street tire you benefit from burning them out for a bit. I would say drive around the water and then back up for your burn out so that you don't have water dripping off your front tires. Then mash the gas and go!!
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04-15-2006, 09:27 PM #34
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Originally Posted by 97formula
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04-15-2006, 10:59 PM #35
i have a 2001 camaro ss m6 and i raced this guy in a wrx not even a sti and he was killlllin me from the dig....mostly in part of the fact that i cannot launch at all whatsoever so i just sat there at idle rpm and rolled off the line
and mashed on it when i got rollin.....i just dont get this thing to launch.. do u guys launch at 2,000 rpms?lets say ur stopped ur revvin at 2,000 do u drop the clutch really fast or gradually and are u supposed to be pressin the gas at this time too????sorry for the essay i just need help
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04-16-2006, 10:52 AM #36
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in our cars... you probably don't wanna drop the clutch very high, because you will just keep spinning...
maybe you'd be better off with a smoother transisition... definitely don't just 'drop' the clutch... this is where the automatic CAN help, since the converter smooths out the engine output....
I need to make it back to the track to learn how to launch my a4 properly..
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04-24-2006, 11:03 AM #37
Originally Posted by JattGunMan
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04-24-2006, 12:47 PM #38
Yes 99vette when you put it in third it does the same thing as in drive but you will not shift out of third and you will have better throttle response.
its not like you put it in third and it takes off in third!!
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04-24-2006, 01:17 PM #39
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will you have better throttle response in first and second as well, or just the added response from not changing to fourth?
I could have sworn that somehow my friends 2000 v6 was more capable of a burnout when it was stuck in 1st...
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04-24-2006, 01:28 PM #40
I had a 96 firebird v6 that was m5 and i could lay a 40ft strip of burn rubber, and shifting in 2nd i could easily bark em!!
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