tips?

[~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!!!