come on i'm tring lol. i guess you can say it runs like a stock 07-08 spec. but then again, the numbers will go down as i keep hitting the track, track floor is way different then i thought. It's extra sticky.  When my boy on the bike went on the track first he said his feet was actually sticking to the floor.  Thats how sticky it was.

Island dragway in Great Meadows, NJ
for there times check there website out

nah he hasnt yet. i'm still waiting for those too.

is the elevation better at great meadows or englishtown...?

ivanv06 wrote:

is the elevation better at great meadows or englishtown...?

dont know.

ivanv06 wrote:

is the elevation better at great meadows or englishtown...?

i would guess you would see better numbers at englishtown cause of the altitude....but im not a scientist or nething

What were your 60' times?  That's where you need to improve to get a better ET.  Did you lower the front tire pressure?  I find about 24-26 psi on a street tire works well.

nightrider45 wrote:

donspecv02 wrote:

What were your 60' times?  That's where you need to improve to get a better ET.  Did you lower the front tire pressure?  I find about 24-26 psi on a street tire works well.

60' was 2.3, mph was 93, front tire pressure was at 30psi and i launched at about 2500rpms.  next time ima bring the rpms to 3000 since it was really sticky, i think it will hook.

30 psi is too high for a street tire.  Go down to 26 psi or even 24 psi.  You'll get off the line much better, believe me.

iight next time i'll bring it down some more.

yea thats what happens to me to when i redline 1st gear it's really rough to go into second gear.

We also had a few boosted specs and they had trouble tring to get lower then a 14.5  the fastes boosted spec was i think a 14.2,  but it was everyones first time.

cute02spec wrote:

HaHAHAHAH, the altitude difference within NJ is going to be so negligible you will NOT see any chance from it.  You gotta start going up/down thousands of feet for stuff to make a difference

However, E-town is a "faster" track with a way better surface, so you would probably run faster because of that.

nothing like being schooled.....but thnx for the info

+1 for that the island drag meet we did was all fun even though i didnt run but i plan to next time around

nah, that'd be a pretty crappy turn out for a meet once people realize it's $30 to run at englishtown...

ah man that's twice the price of atco, atco is 18$ total racing + helm rental.

I've never been to Etown on a Sunday

I've been 3 times on Saturdays... once was during Nissan Day and we got 4, another one was just a normal day and we got 7. Then the last one was closing weekend, so it was really busy, and I got 3.

Saturdays are a whole lot better than Friday/Wednesday nights... way less imports, and a more older, mature crowd (usually a large Corvette club).  Which is fine by me honestly.  I've heard lots of stories of stuff getting stolen on the weeknight events, so I figure my wheels are a little safer around the Corvette guys

I think etown is really just hit or miss... some weekends just have a busier turnout, or more cars breaking down on the track, etc.

atomicguy7 wrote:

I hate when cars break down...pisses me off lol  jamil, load up a vid of me if u got one

It's always the POS Outlaw bracket cars, too... fucking POS mustangs... UGH.  Another reason why I hate Friday nights at etown... POS domestic bracket cars always breaking... and insisting on still finishing the run... spewing oil the whole length of the track, which in turns takes an hour to clean up

And when they break, they always have to spew out oil and shit... that's what's annoying.  They need to cover their POS mustang with huggies or something... contain that shit!

nightrider45 wrote:

atomicguy7 wrote:

I hate when cars break down...pisses me off lol  jamil, load up a vid of me if u got one

i only got 1 video of you v.s the supercharged spec, it was your last run which was a bad run for you 15.0 lol. I'll PM you the link and u can post it up.  Ronnie has the rest of the vids of everyone.

Ok cool thanks...lol yea i sucked ass in that run, u can see the black specv pull away lol  whatever

too bad Atco is 70 miles from me   and they make you drive through the water

They always make announcements over and over that if you break, STOP.  don't keep going.  but alas, seemingly 90% of the people drag their shit alllllllll the way to the end of the 1/4....

donspecv02 wrote:

nightrider45 wrote:

donspecv02 wrote:

What were your 60' times?  That's where you need to improve to get a better ET.  Did you lower the front tire pressure?  I find about 24-26 psi on a street tire works well.

60' was 2.3, mph was 93, front tire pressure was at 30psi and i launched at about 2500rpms.  next time ima bring the rpms to 3000 since it was really sticky, i think it will hook.

30 psi is too high for a street tire.  Go down to 26 psi or even 24 psi.  You'll get off the line much better, believe me.

+1 This is my experience too
With street tires I agree 3000 rpm may be too high
Loved the videos I have to do that
As you have already learned, track time will do wonders for you
Keep it up
A question for Don
If he were to use track bite or cats claw traction aids
Would that help him on what already seems like a sticky track?

donspecv02 wrote:

Yogi B wrote:

donspecv02 wrote:

30 psi is too high for a street tire.  Go down to 26 psi or even 24 psi.  You'll get off the line much better, believe me.

+1 This is my experience too
With street tires I agree 3000 rpm may be too high
Loved the videos I have to do that
As you have already learned, track time will do wonders for you
Keep it up
A question for Don
If he were to use track bite or cats claw traction aids
Would that help him on what already seems like a sticky track?

I've never used that stuff, but it might.

I see a lot of it being used especially at small under-prepped tracks

I line up my car in the tracks they use and burn through it seems to work [ for one run]
I am ordering a gallon of cat’s claw
We will see
Don I am going to run the brackets at paradise when I get the car back.
I was actually invited.

nightrider you might  try to line up your run in the previous burnout path at the start
I assume you are already shallow staged

and overall it really is practice, practice, practice

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