waterbox
 

Ive only been to the drag strip a couple times and because i was on street tires i just rolled through the waterbox. now i have a set of drag rad's and i think i should warm them up some. What exactly do you do? just rev it up and pop the clutch or should i use the brakes or the parking brake or what?

Re: waterbox
 

When you are on street tires especially regular tires you should not go threw the water box or even get them wet! All you need to do is just give them a quick spin to clean them off. As goes for the drag radials, I would do the same and smoke them up. In another words, do a dry burn out until you feel a slight drag on the motor or a decent amount of hazing from the tires. Leave the water box for the people running drag slicks.

When you do a burn out with a manual transmission, you simply just dump the clutch to get the wheels spinning and with your left foot press the brake pedal. Try getting some practice on the street to profect this. :D :D :D ;) Once you have mastered this go to your nearest drag strip and give a spin!
Good luck

well at the track i go to, there is no dry burnouts and you have to go through the waterbox to get to the lanes, thats why i said i just rolled right thru them when i had street tires.

unfortunatly i live in pittsburgh and with the current weather i cant really take my mustang out especially with drag rad on so i doubt ill be getting much practice until spring when the track opens but thanks for the info.

You cant even go off the track like through the dirrt or rocks, Thats what I do down here at moroso and just clean them off with a burn out, beware of flying rocks!

When you roll through the waterbox, dont spin your tires. You will fling even more water into the wheelwells and will eventually drip down on the tires. Do a nice 2nd gear burnout with some smoke.

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DO NOT AND I REPEAT DO NOT Jab the brake pedal when you do this .. PRACTICE IT and feather into the brake a little harder every time untill you feel your stopping the motion of the car fast enough and getting a good burnout. I have personally seen a drive shaft and tail shaft desenegrate when the back brakes locked when the driver slammed the brakes. NOT PRETTY

I think all the basics were covered here. Just chiming in to increase my post count:rolleyes: :cool:

You could also install a roll control to hold your front tires. This is an easy install and is nice if you plan on doing much racing.

Or, you could do what I do. I wear a 13 shoe, so I say anyone can do this. I hold the brake with my right heel and gas with my right toes. To keep from doing what he said. I think this is easier and safer.