tips?

[DaLe five OH!]

my mph was 69.09...60ft was 2.5 sec...and my reaction time was a molassis like 1.11... it was on the 8th..and i wasnt really used to the car at the time...i did a burn out in the water box on street tires...should i or shouldnt i do that next time...

[rwhite65]

I am not great with the 1/8 mile, most my experience is with quarter times. But I will give you what I see, and hopefully some of the track regulars will take over from there.

A 2.5 60ft is no good, and that is killing your times right there. Is your car only spinning one tire? Also, most will tell you to avoid the water box all together, and just do a small (dry) burn out to clean them off before your run. Don’t feel bad, I did the same thing at the track when I was 17.

Get a better reaction time to go with better 60 ft times, and I think you will be surprised at the times you get then (especially compared to the current times).

Ryan

[DaLe five OH!]

ya I have the disease of being young and stupid no both tires are spinning when i burn out...i dont spin out at all when i take off...i think i might be, i'll have my freind watch next time...anyways...i'll try the small dry burn out next time i go to the track, i'm a little more used to the car now so hopefully i'll run better times.. i'll be buying a BBK fenderwell intake and a 65mm t/b, yeah i know i said i couldnt buy parts but i just got a raise so... you think i could get in the 9's with that?

[Dark_5.0]

Thats about a 16.40 in the 1/4 mile. With a good 60ft you have a high 15 second car.

I wouldnt waste money on a TB or a CAI if I were you. Just keep saving till you can buy some real HP parts. Intake/Heads/Cam etc...

[DaLe five OH!]

well i kind of have to get a new CAI because the other one i have is well...the person that rigged the old one up was very imagenitve...

[~The Jester~]

Originally Posted by DaLe five OH!

ya I have the disease of being young and stupid

"In order to be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid."

I'm somewhere in the middle. LMAO

So far everyone is giving you good advice. It's all about traction and weight transfer. Better gears will get it done quicker, but like already said reaction time doesn't come into play until you're racing.

Another OLD trick we used to do is put standard shift pulleys on the automatic cars. Not sure if there's still a difference, but back in the 80's there sure was. Standard shift cars came with a slight "underdrive" compared to the autos.

Are you shifting manually, or just throwing it in "D" for DRAG? Try shifting manually, and playing around with shift points. You'll be surprised how much shifting sooner/later will change your ET.

Rear tire pressure, drop it down a bit when you get to the track. Make sure they have air at the strip FIRST, so you can air them back up for the ride home.

There's some "no budget" tips for now, I'm SURE we'll come up with some more once we think about it a bit.

Good luck!!!