racing tomorrow!! thoughts, ideas and/or suggestions

[rich v.]

i'm taking the viper to cecil county raceway in MD tomorrow and was wondering whether there was any tips or things to be careful of. i have heard of and seen these cars break half shafts. i will be on stock tires and no real mods. also if anyone in the area wants to come down and check it out, it starts at like 10am. it is a mustang club event, but there is always some cool stuff there. i'll also be racing the hayabusa(can't beat up the viper all day )

 

[prevnine11ownr]

Walk it out of the hole, then stand onit! Goodluck!

 

[Magicboy2]

Hey Rich see you finally made it on.

In a drag situation, grip is usually much more of a concern then half shafts. I've seen very few problems in unmodded cars. Plenty of posts on here about how to do a good launch... once you get that down, let er rip! I expect to see your timeslips with 11's on em.

-Matt

 

[Viperfreak2]

11's for a rookie in a creampuff!

 

[HOGDEALER]

LIFE BEGINS AT 1320FT GOING LEFT AND RIGHT!

 

[rich v.]

rookie only to the viper
have made couple of hundred passes in my time. over 100 on a bike alone and i know i made 92 in my last car (RIP blown yellow cobra conv. )
i am just worried about breaking something
i'll post results tomorrow

 

[dwhitt]

I have the same mods as you - went once to Budds Creek, MD - my biggest problem was wheel hop - see best time for me below - did not have the air induction set up on car when I went

Good Luck!

 

[garolittle]

rookie only to the viper
have made couple of hundred passes in my time. over 100 on a bike alone and i know i made 92 in my last car (RIP blown yellow cobra conv. )
i am just worried about breaking something
i'll post results tomorrow

Can't wait to see those numbers! Good luck and be safe.

 

[rich v.]

1st pass:[email protected] bogged a little 1.92 60'
2nd pass: :[email protected] felt great 1.84 60'
3rd pass: [email protected] spun 2.12 60'

busa
9.91@148">9.91@148
9.98@146">9.98@146
10.2@145

overall, i'm pretty happy

 

[V10 MOJO]

that second pass 11.92 is damn good; good job! street tires i assume?

how were you launching (technique)

 

[Magicboy2]

YEAH baby!

 

[rich v.]

3000rpms , stock tires
slipping it.

 

[rich v.]

i have the video if anyone wants to tell me how to get it up here for everyone.
also how do i put a pic in for my avatar, i looked all through the "my home" and didn't see anything

 

[CMilViper]

Man, Those are GREAT times!!! Congrats

 

[Mike 99ACR]

Good job. I think some people need to ask you for advice. Those are good times first time out or 100 times out in a almost all stock RT/10.

 

[Andrew/USPWR]

I found a full tank of gas helps the grip when launching.

best time so far 12.362 @112.55 60' @ 1.882

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