need help launching mt drag radial 2011 5.0???

[2011Black5.0]

I have a 2011 5.0 with arh headers,steeda cai,x- pipe,borla s type mufflers,sct jon lund tune.one piece drive shaft lca,uca qa1 adjustable shocks front sway bar off. Now saying all that i cant get the car to hook. Im running 275/60/15 mt et street radial race star skinnies in front. Maybe im leaving wrong with these tires i droped my pressure down to 14 pound the track was pretty decent raceway park nj did good burnout left at 5000 kind of dumped the clutch the best i ran 11:57@120 1.70 60 ft i had my shocks at#5 setting i know its got more in it can sombody give me some tips on launching with my setup?

 

[stkjock]

what gear burnout are you doing? how much MPH are you getting them spinning?

did you set your pinion to ~ -2*?

what did the tires do when you dumped? hook/spin?

 

[2011Black5.0]

1st gear burnout didnt pay attetion to mph did big burnout lot of smoke jdm installed driveshaft i dont think we messed with pinion angle the tires spun then hooked

 

[SlowA$$5.0]

I have a 2011 5.0 with arh headers,steeda cai,x- pipe,borla s type mufflers,sct jon lund tune.one piece drive shaft lca,uca qa1 adjustable shocks front sway bar off. Now saying all that i cant get the car to hook. Im running 275/60/15 mt et street radial race star skinnies in front. Maybe im leaving wrong with these tires i droped my pressure down to 14 pound the track was pretty decent raceway park nj did good burnout left at 5000 kind of dumped the clutch the best i ran 11:57@120 1.70 60 ft i had my shocks at#5 setting i know its got more in it can sombody give me some tips on launching with my setup?

You should be able to leave at 6500 or so. I'm not sure what you mean kind of dumped, just side step it. Poor prep maybe? If your UCA is adjustable, you need to set your pinion angle.

1st gear burnout didnt pay attetion to mph did big burnout lot of smoke jdm installed driveshaft i dont think we messed with pinion angle the tires spun then hooked

Sounds like you might have done a poor burnout. Put it in 2nd or 3rd (depending on gears) and roast them.

 

[JJ@WMS]

Second gear burnout FTW!!! 1st gear burnouts dont give you enough wheel speed to get the tires sticky and up to temp.

JJ

 

[2011Black5.0]

So your sayin if i do 2nd gear burnout that will help me out?

 

[SlowA$$5.0]

So your sayin if i do 2nd gear burnout that will help me out?

Sounds like you might have done a poor burnout. Put it in 2nd or 3rd (depending on gears) and roast them.

Second gear burnout FTW!!! 1st gear burnouts dont give you enough wheel speed to get the tires sticky and up to temp.

JJ

 

[stkjock]

So your sayin if i do 2nd gear burnout that will help me out?

yes 2nd gear and hold 50-55 MPH (RPM do not matter) for 4-5 seconds and roll out of it.


wheel speed = heat = hookage!

 

[2011Black5.0]

i just came back from wpb fla i was to moroso drag strip the was relly good i got it up at5500 and dumped it i burned trough first at end if first it hooked still cut 1.77 short time

 

[fdjizm]

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[2011Black5.0]

So do burnout then shift second real quick then back on brake? Thanks got to try that cause i knew it wasent tires 6 second cars run those tires. What about the shocks should i mess with them

cant wait to go to track to try that lol

 

[fdjizm]

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[stkjock]

Yes I was doing a 1st gear burnout for a while and thought it was going good, Then I tried a second gear burnout per stkjock's advice and "dropped that bitch" at 5k and I learned the meaning of the word HOOK.

 

[2011Black5.0]

I figured that way would get the clutch hot?

So di u guys think by me doing 2nd burnout will get the tires sticky enough to get down in the low 1.6 high 1.5 60 ft thqts my goal i know i got the right setup. everybody i talk to keeps confusing me with the shock set5ing half peoole told me run them all the way soft the other half said qll the hard dont onow what to beleave

 

[fdjizm]

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[stkjock]

yes on 1.6s

you do not want the shocks on full soft, too much squat then, you'll have to play around to see what works. I'd start 4/3 clicks from full hard and adjust.

also, try to work on your posting please - they are hard to read

 

[2011Black5.0]

Thanks for info sorry about that im posting from cell phone evo this key board sucks

 

[2011Black5.0]

one more question with those tires doing second gear burnout if track is in good condition what would be ideal rpm to launch at?

 

[fdjizm]

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[2011Black5.0]

Yeah i just back into the game need more seat time i never did try leavin at 4500 rpm anyway thanks for the help everybody post some results next week wensday or friday after track