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Not an ideal time to go to the drag strip... We all know HEAT is the enemy when it comes to racing or trying to reach a speed goal. It was 105 degrees when we left the house in Austin and 105 on the highway before we pulled into the track at San Antonio Raceway. A friend of mine said his girlfriends car, out in the parking lot in Austin, read 111 about the same time we left to go to the track. My goal originally had been for a high 11 because this car felt faster than my RT/10 that ran a 21.1, but ideally with this heat, I was more expectant of a low 12 second pass if things went well...
However... Viper came though!!!
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Here are the details for any of you interested or wanting to know more about my setup.
When I installed my Eibach Springs a few months back, I adjusted my shocks. My shock adjustment settings are as follows... First tighten the shock at full tight (clockwise).... then backed off to:
Front - 1 full turn back off
Rear - 1/2 turn back off
I had my rear tires " 345's - BFG G-Force Drag Radials" on 18" HRE's, at 22lbs of pressure. There was ZERO tread, so only sticky flat surface left, which is good... BUT, I BARELY had any tire left in the rear at all and needed to make sure I could make it back home (about an hour drive) so I couldn't go ALL OUT with burnouts. I think smoking the tires would have netted me better results but I just couldn't do it. I basically went around the water box as much as possible and did a few clutch dumps to dry the tires off. I tried to launch around 4000RPM's and since I was on drag radials, I could pretty much get into the gas fairly quick off the line.
For my shift points, I upped my shift light to 5700RPM because the Dyno showed some power left at the top (my RT/10, was set at 5200, so trying another shift point in this car).
I didn't really ride the clutch out this time, like I did with my RT/10, so after the launch, it was gear bangin time!
Results Below:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYkULeO1zE[/media]
However... Viper came though!!!
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Here are the details for any of you interested or wanting to know more about my setup.
When I installed my Eibach Springs a few months back, I adjusted my shocks. My shock adjustment settings are as follows... First tighten the shock at full tight (clockwise).... then backed off to:
Front - 1 full turn back off
Rear - 1/2 turn back off
I had my rear tires " 345's - BFG G-Force Drag Radials" on 18" HRE's, at 22lbs of pressure. There was ZERO tread, so only sticky flat surface left, which is good... BUT, I BARELY had any tire left in the rear at all and needed to make sure I could make it back home (about an hour drive) so I couldn't go ALL OUT with burnouts. I think smoking the tires would have netted me better results but I just couldn't do it. I basically went around the water box as much as possible and did a few clutch dumps to dry the tires off. I tried to launch around 4000RPM's and since I was on drag radials, I could pretty much get into the gas fairly quick off the line.
For my shift points, I upped my shift light to 5700RPM because the Dyno showed some power left at the top (my RT/10, was set at 5200, so trying another shift point in this car).
I didn't really ride the clutch out this time, like I did with my RT/10, so after the launch, it was gear bangin time!
Results Below:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYkULeO1zE[/media]
