good writeup.. i always stuck to the "dont burn up the strret tires itll make it slicker".. no wonder my 60ft times suck

Yea man, when I was on street tires, no burnout was cutting 2.2-2.3 60's... With burnout went to 2.0-2.1.

how many dam clutches have you ran through robbie? thats alotta abuse .

awesome writeup robbie.. i plan on going to the track soon, this should come in handy

double-yoo-tee-eff

You suck at teh writeups.. LoL.. Actually.. when I get nervous at the staging lights.. I just picture everyone nekkid. Works everytime

I'd just like to throw my own opinion into the mix.. There are a lot of people that have different ideas on how to do this.. A lot like slipping the clutch, others like feathering.. which leave many beginners to confusion and end up riding their clutch all the way to 3rd gear.. All I can say is.. PRACTICE. If it takes you 20 tries in one night at the speedway, then so be it. Also, the street and track are two totally different things, what works on one won't work on the other. Other techniques won't always net the same result..

For shits and giggles.. I'll throw mine in.. I rev the engine up to about 3500, and not slowly, but gradually let the clutch in (this will cause massive wheel spin), then i'd alternate between the gas and clutch untill I feel it gains some traction (you'll know when the car lurches forward), by this time it's about the end of 1st gear, and you've got 2nd down to approx a 3/4 car lead if you've done it right. Worked for me countless times on 5rT-4's.. But then again this only works for me on the street..

robbie thanks a bunch man, i burn the tires out more now, and ive dropped my 60' down to 2.1, 2.2's instead of 2.3-.4s

ive always just cleaned the tires off...  ill give em a decent burnout next time and see what happens..

Beow wrote:

ive always just cleaned the tires off...  ill give em a decent burnout next time and see what happens..

thats what i used to do to man. but there was never grip, i wasnt having one problem launching doing it this way

and i didnt launch that high(3500), i launched at around 2800

After a good burnout, try revving to 3500-4000rpm and then dump the clutch, but don't stomp the gas until your car jumps forward. It'll burnout a little, but just hold the gas pedal in the same position and it won't burn through the whole 1st gear.

It's like using a 2 step control but you'll be doing it with your foot.

nightrider45 wrote:

i always hear and thought that 3500rpms is alil too high to launch because you will get alot of wheel spin and if you feather it, it will take longer to control at 3500rmp.  I hear the best rpm to launch is no more then 2500 because it's less feathering and quicker response of controlling the wheel spin.
Am i missing something in between that i dont know about??

The point of launching at 3500rpms-3800rpms in a SpecV is that the QR25DE makes peak torque in this range. It would depend on your specific motor and dyno results to know exactly which rpm is best but they'll all be close. Basically the whole idea is that you have the most torque available to you the entire time you're launching. Once you're completely out of the clutch with little to no spin, you're at peak torque and in your power band. If you launch at 2500 and don't increase the RPM's while slipping the clutch you will be "bogging" and have less torque available than you could be using at the time the clutch is fully disengaged. Launching at 2500 and raising RPM's during your launch so that you finish disengaging the clutch around 3500 RPM could be beneficial and help reduce off the line wheel spin due to reduced shock to the system on initial launch.

i usually just do a quick spin to clean the tires off. Im deff gonna try burning them a little longer next time. I was always told to just clean them off, and than if you actually burn street tires all your doing is getting tiny balls of rubber on the tire which will act like little bearings, but if its working for other people than its deff worth a try. thanks for the advice.

^^^ yep.  exactly why.

i dunno how i buy into the street tire burn out.  i can understand spinning them a bit to clean them off, but a full on burn out sounds like a waste of a tire.  i always laugh at the kids that sit there and do 20 sec long burnouts on street tires.  last time i was at the track there was a kid there with a brand new SI that was doing that... wayyyy too much overkill on his burnouts.  he was burning out longer than the cars he was up against that had slicks.

i really don't know how serious englishtown is about getting really mad at people, but they make repeated announcements about the burn out box over the PA and they make it out to be serious.  i've never seen anybody do it, as the people directing racers make sure people go around.  they're on top of things pretty damn well.

ill be posting up a a couple of videos of my 1/4 race at english town nj tonight so wish me luck.....its my first time n i think i might just leave the tires at 33psi stock psi and see what happens

Your reaction time has NOTHING to do with your overall 1/4 mile time, that does not matter.

ronispec-v07 wrote:

im pretty dissapointed in my time i did a 16.04

wow, how the hell did you get a 16.04 in a B16 Spec? The worst I ever ran in my B15 Spec is a 15.6

Tweek wrote:

ronispec-v07 wrote:

im pretty dissapointed in my time i did a 16.04

wow, how the hell did you get a 16.04 in a B16 Spec? The worst I ever ran in my B15 Spec is a 15.6

Driver diet, and driver skill FTW

Plus, you've probably been driving your B15 for longer than him in his B16.  IMO.

it was my first time at the drags forgot to put that in lol
   but im going this upcoming friday to hit some 15s for sure this time my 2nd gear isnt working
       to well but ill post my times and what i beat

and still think i can get a flat 15 maybe high 14s dont know yet.