Well last night was a learning experience indeed. First time with skinnies, bogarts, large sidewall rear tires (MT ET Streets 28"), new clutch, ect. I was playing with the tire pressure all night because i just couldn't hook at all.
I started at 16 and eventually made my way down to 14. I think i should have tried lower but i was afraid to go any lower. My short timeswere ranging from 1.7s to 2.0s this way. If i dropped the clutch i spun. If i slipped the clutch, i was bogging.
My first real true passes in over a year without anything breaking.
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At this point i starting playing with the suspension. Changed the front tokicos to 5 turns out and the drivers rear to 5, the pass rear to 3 turns out. This seemed to get the car moving a bit better.
I started slipping the clutch at 4500ish and my 60 foots were instantly better. I started averaging 1.6's again.
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1.694 60' [email protected]
1.631 60' [email protected]
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Timeslip for my new best ET and MPH:
R/T: .571
60': 1.631
330: 4.769
1/8: [email protected]
1000: 9.393
1/4: [email protected]
I felt like the car spun through first gear on every run, like i had zero traction. the track was not very good at all IMO and most were complaining but on TNT nights they dont do much prep.
Now for the expected news. The last run of the night i launched pretty hard and i ran into a problem. During the run, everytime i would hit the gas pedal the front end of the car would move dangerously to the right. This could also mean the rear of the car was moving to the left. My first thought was a LCA bushing exploded. I aborted the run and ran a 20.375@44mph haha. I got to the pits and started to switch back to street mode. The funny thing is it is not doing this on my street tires. i had the car up to 120mph on the highway and it did not pull when hitting the gas like it did on my last run. I am at a loss for what did or is causing this. I will give it a thorough look over tonight when i get home. Could this be related to the skinny up front? The only other thing i can think of is possibly bent LCA relocation brackets.
I started at 16 and eventually made my way down to 14. I think i should have tried lower but i was afraid to go any lower. My short timeswere ranging from 1.7s to 2.0s this way. If i dropped the clutch i spun. If i slipped the clutch, i was bogging.
My first real true passes in over a year without anything breaking.
1.909 60' [email protected]
1.788 60' [email protected]
1.838 60' [email protected]
1.957 60' [email protected]
1.888 60' [email protected]
2.076 60' [email protected]
At this point i starting playing with the suspension. Changed the front tokicos to 5 turns out and the drivers rear to 5, the pass rear to 3 turns out. This seemed to get the car moving a bit better.
I started slipping the clutch at 4500ish and my 60 foots were instantly better. I started averaging 1.6's again.
1.947 60' [email protected]
1.814 60' [email protected]
1.694 60' [email protected]
1.631 60' [email protected]
1.721 60' [email protected]
Timeslip for my new best ET and MPH:
R/T: .571
60': 1.631
330: 4.769
1/8: [email protected]
1000: 9.393
1/4: [email protected]
I felt like the car spun through first gear on every run, like i had zero traction. the track was not very good at all IMO and most were complaining but on TNT nights they dont do much prep.
Now for the expected news. The last run of the night i launched pretty hard and i ran into a problem. During the run, everytime i would hit the gas pedal the front end of the car would move dangerously to the right. This could also mean the rear of the car was moving to the left. My first thought was a LCA bushing exploded. I aborted the run and ran a 20.375@44mph haha. I got to the pits and started to switch back to street mode. The funny thing is it is not doing this on my street tires. i had the car up to 120mph on the highway and it did not pull when hitting the gas like it did on my last run. I am at a loss for what did or is causing this. I will give it a thorough look over tonight when i get home. Could this be related to the skinny up front? The only other thing i can think of is possibly bent LCA relocation brackets.
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