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I sucked at drag day Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 03-19-2010 @ 15:47:38 Reply | Edit 11 passes before it rained and I wasn't happy with my driving or the weather. Out of the 11 passes, I missed shifts on 6 of them. I totally blew the launch on one. That left 4 runs that were without event. My best 60' was a horrible 2.00. My best run was only a 12.6x at only 114.9 mph. I realized at the end that I had the smallest plate on my borla without totally blocking it off. I think I may have picked up 1-2 mph but I never found out because once I opened it up I only ran twice more and missed shifts both times. Also, it was super humid and I think that may have hurt me even though the temps weren't horible (80 degrees or so). I have no clue as to why I couldn't launch it. I launched between 3000 and 4000 rpm and let the clutch out fast but didn't sidestep it. I bogged every run except for one where I launched at like 4500 rpms and spun horribly. I guess I just have to practice alot until next time I go to the track. Also, we have a laong driveway and my dad said I could use it to practice 60' runs with my G-Tech Pro  -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 M6 with Hurst shifter, T-tops, Leather, 12 CD Changer; Ram Air Scoop, SLP Lid, K&N Filter, Smooth Bellow, Borla Exhaust, Dynatech Long Tube Headers, Off Road Pipes, BMR Adjustable Torque Arm, BMR Rear Lower Control Arms, Nitto Drag Radials, 3.73 gears, FAST 78mm TB, SPEC 3 Clutch, Pro 5.0 Shifter, ESP1 cam, Comp springs, TR Pushrods; Dyno: 420 RWHP, 374 RWTQ; best track time: 12.17 @ 117.9 mph, 2.05 60'  [ Edited on 05/27/2006 @ 15:50:15 ] Posted By: ChazGotAZ28 On: 05-27-2006 @ 17:43:58 Reply | Top | Edit Sucks about the crappy conditions bro, but you and I both know that car has low 12's at the VERY least in it. I bet you can hit 11's with a bit of practice in your dads driveway.  -- 
Check out my car at http://www.cardomain.com/id/chazgotaz28 Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 05-27-2006 @ 19:53:11 Reply | Top | Edit LOL, I figure I'll never hook in the driveway like I will at the track, but I just want to figure out the method for launching where I won't bog or spin. Once I figure it out in the driveway then I'll do the same at the track, I'll just up the rpms. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods  Posted By: blck89rs On: 05-28-2006 @ 00:13:13 Reply | Top | Edit get some VHT in the driveway, you'll hook -- _Hostile racing team_ 
http://photobucket.com/albums/b373/fbm314 1978 malibu, 355, th350,3500stall, 4:56's, eaton posi, m/t e/t streets, 7.5" rear Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 05-28-2006 @ 08:41:00 Reply | Top | Edit LOL, there's a thought. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: ryguy_45832 On: 05-28-2006 @ 12:33:17 Reply | Top | Edit Bah well, cant always have personal best every outing to the track. Keep practicing with that t56 and dont dare put a th350 or 400 in it... -- 94z28 13.0@109 (still tweaking) best 60ft:2.22 
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~r3goode/shitbox10.html Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 05-28-2006 @ 15:01:01 Reply | Top | Edit Don't worry, I'll keep practicing and I'll get better at shifting this pig! -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: hurley_21_07 On: 05-28-2006 @ 16:16:44 Reply | Top | Edit It's not the driver. Your car is just slow as piss. Get a Sentra man, you can't go wrong. Posted By: hurley_21_07 On: 05-28-2006 @ 16:17:44 Reply | Top | Edit I always wondered how old you are redscreamin? Oh yeah and 420rwhp =
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 Posted By: I8ASaleen On: 05-28-2006 @ 16:50:11 Reply | Top | Edit Oh well you did better than any of my sh!tty 60ft's maybe next time hmmm. -- 98 Cavalier w/exhaaaaawst 
97 T/A Will never EVER be finished... SLP CAI (GREENARROW is the sh!t), HBHRacing Fan Switch (Tasty!), edelbrock shorties, blowmaster muffler, other assorted random mods, Bad driver mod. Posted By: frosti108 On: 05-29-2006 @ 19:59:42 Reply | Top | Edit lmao @ launching in the driveway i used to do that with my quad all the time -- katana 750.....nissan 240sx.....husqvarna cr-125......mazda b2000  Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 05-30-2006 @ 07:26:55 Reply | Top | Edit Yeah, I figured why not. It's alot safer than trying to pull over on a back road and it should piss off the neighbors -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods [ Edited on 05/30/2006 @ 07:27:31 ] Posted By: blck89rs On: 05-30-2006 @ 16:53:40 Reply | Top | Edit  i did it alot with my car until i fu(ked everything over royally -- _Hostile racing team_
http://photobucket.com/albums/b373/fbm314 1978 malibu, 355, th350,3500stall, 4:56's, eaton posi, m/t e/t streets, 7.5" rear Posted By: W68Firebird97 On: 06-01-2006 @ 20:57:19 Reply | Top | Edit sorry to hear. if your gonna practice, go to the local speed shop and pick up a bottle of VHT thatll help out w/ putting the rubber on the ground. and make sure you launch in the same spot each time. time for the Atco mod again hehe.. later brandon -- 00 Black T/A M6 -11.81 @ 117- 1.59 60' -Stock Internals- http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/574623 343rwhp and 349 rwtq AIM: W68Firebird97 Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-02-2006 @ 08:42:13 Reply | Top | Edit LOL, yeah I was paying around with power shifting yesterday and I definitally think my shifting sucked at the track. I think missing shifts on my first 2 runs made me real leary about power shifting the rest of the day. I'm pretty sure that with some better shifting I could have knocked at least 2 tenths off my time. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: screaming99Z28 On: 06-03-2006 @ 17:34:48 Reply | Top | Edit I have never tried to powershift, simply becuase I'm afraid of destroying something. I think I can shift pretty quick, so I don't think its slowing me down that much. However I don't know because I never go to a track. How much does powershifting really help, and is it worth doing? -- Red '99 Z28, M6, Factory body kit, K&N CAI, Flowmaster Catback (I know everyone thinks it sucks, but it sounds good), Hypertech 180 degree thermostat, Jet performance chip, MSD 8.5mm wires, chrome 18" AR Rebels Burgundy-orange '95 Z26 (Beretta) Posted By: 87bandit On: 06-04-2006 @ 20:22:23 Reply | Top | Edit hose your tires down with vht, helped me drop my 60' a tenth -- 
1994 Trans Am GT A4 - NOS Dry Kit 100 Shot, K&N FIPK CAI, TPIS Air Foil, Trick Flow Elbow, Pacesetter Midlength Headers, !CAT, 3" Exhaust Cutout, SLP Loudmouth, Nitto 555R Drag Radials, 30# SVO Injectors, Walbro 255lph, NGK TR6 Plugs, MSD 8.5mm Wires, Plan Z PCM Tuning, Hypertech 160 Thermo, Manual Fan Switch, TB Bypass, LT4 Knock Module, MAF Descreen, Flexlite Transmission Cooler, !Front Sway Bar, Energy Suspension Polyurethane Trans Mount, 3.23 gears Best Time: Coming Soon Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-07-2006 @ 07:10:31 Reply | Top | Edit Powershifting is usually worth a couple tenths and a mph or 2. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: 87bandit On: 06-07-2006 @ 12:04:41 Reply | Top | Edit honestly buy some vht track prep stuff from your local performance shop, dillute it 50% rubbing alcohol 50% vht, I've this shit help cars dead hook on the middle of a bridge and lift the front tires off the ground and then on the next run without vht just spin like crazy. it's the same shit the hose the track down with to help you hook. --
1994 Trans Am GT A4 - NOS Dry Kit 100 Shot, K&N FIPK CAI, TPIS Air Foil, Trick Flow Elbow, Pacesetter Midlength Headers, !CAT, 3" Exhaust Cutout, SLP Loudmouth, Nitto 555R Drag Radials, 30# SVO Injectors, Walbro 255lph, NGK TR6 Plugs, MSD 8.5mm Wires, Plan Z PCM Tuning, Hypertech 160 Thermo, Manual Fan Switch, TB Bypass, LT4 Knock Module, MAF Descreen, Flexlite Transmission Cooler, !Front Sway Bar, Energy Suspension Polyurethane Trans Mount, 3.23 gears Best Time: Coming Soon Posted By: mikeyb2003 On: 06-12-2006 @ 10:10:01 Reply | Top | Edit hey man to let ya know the only way you are gunna be able to run consitant donw the track it with a auto look at all the pros cars no one runs a manual trany cuz of the possiblity of driver ya i know that manual is fun is piss with i had one n i could not run the same run over and over agine ya need a 350 or 400 turbo have it beefed up n get a tras brake with a cheata shifter with co2 shifting assit best way to go i know it what i do n i cut .002 light an i run a constitant 10.10 1/4 mile in pro class but dat my advice man do as ya want and do what the 87banidt says get the vht for your tries makes them super stickey -- Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-12-2006 @ 22:32:42 Reply | Top | Edit That's why I drive a street car and not a pro car. BTW, punctuation is your friend (not trying to be a dick). -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: blck89rs On: 06-12-2006 @ 22:55:12 Reply | Top | Edit WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU USE CO2 FOR AN AUTO SHIFT, not being rude but seriously how hard is it to shift and auto fast? -- _Hostile racing team_
http://photobucket.com/albums/b373/fbm314 1978 malibu, 355, th350,3500stall, 4:56's, eaton posi, m/t e/t streets, 7.5" rear Posted By: mikeyb2003 On: 06-13-2006 @ 13:47:08 Reply | Top | Edit its set up so you dont have to shift it when the light gose on it shifts it for ya for the consestain shift point with it elmatais the driver err when ya run pro ya get a lil more fancy toys with it -- 86 camaro 10.10@131.001 Posted By: ryguy_45832 On: 06-13-2006 @ 14:19:45 Reply | Top | Edit screw auto's....i like drag racing just as much as the next guy on here but i dont think i'll ever own a auto again, just not as much fun. I can tolerate my et's fluctuating by a tenth or two due to the manual trans. -- 94z28 13.0@109 (still tweaking) best 60ft:2.22
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~r3goode/shitbox10.html Posted By: blck89rs On: 06-13-2006 @ 17:23:18 Reply | Top | Edit ehh i understand the whole point of Co2 shifting, but blah even if im in the low 8's im still shifting by myself , especially if im running a glide -- _Hostile racing team_
http://photobucket.com/albums/b373/fbm314 1978 malibu, 355, th350,3500stall, 4:56's, eaton posi, m/t e/t streets, 7.5" rear Posted By: bluescreaminmachine On: 06-16-2006 @ 07:17:55 Reply | Top | Edit Standard is definitally more fun, even if it's not more consistent. -- 1988 Firebird Formula - 16.3 @ 83 [ Edited on 06/16/2006 @ 07:20:08 ] Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-16-2006 @ 07:21:05 Reply | Top | Edit mikeyb2003, I understand that you're trying to give advice to help me be more consistent, but you're trying to compare a "pro" car to my daily driven street car. No offense, but I'll take my inconsistent car that I can have fun with everyday on the street over a much faster and more consistent car that I can only drive once in a while. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: BlackScreaminMachine On: 06-16-2006 @ 11:52:27 Reply | Top | Edit Cars suck... Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-16-2006 @ 17:54:37 Reply | Top | Edit The longer I work on them, the more I agree with you. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: mikeyb2003 On: 06-17-2006 @ 04:21:53 Reply | Top | Edit on no mines still a street car but i just take dragracin secrious i try to run the same pass over n over agine cuz im in the race for the point so i kinda gotta didnt know what you where tryin to reach at the track so ya n i agree that standerds r better to play with -- 86 camaro 10.10@131.001 Posted By: RedScreaminMachine On: 06-17-2006 @ 07:53:28 Reply | Top | Edit As the car sits right now I just want an 11 second pass. If it was an auto then I'd probably be running deep 11's, but being a standard and having the stock 10-bolt rear, I'll be happy with my 11 second timeslip...even if I can only do it once for the time being. Thanks for the advice though, it is appreciated. -- Red 2002 Camaro Z28 Couple Mods Posted By: blck89rs On: 06-17-2006 @ 14:22:38 Reply | Top | Edit Cars suck... The longer I work on them, the more I agree with you. i agree fully with both of you -- You can make any car fast with money but you cant make any car look or sound like it will tear your heart out, eat it and then bang your significant other. 1971 454 nova, 1978 352 malibu now part of GM RACING :: BREAKSHIT DIVISION If you can drive it to the supermarket and back without having to tear down the motor, it's a street car 
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