Quarter Mile Figures???

[Ben CTR]

A Stage 1 LCR can run 14.0 with the right start.. I know as I ran about 9 of them.. lol. Never did nip into those 13's in the LCR..
I had Contis on mine and they were leagues above the shite Pirellis that were on from factory.. Can't recommend them enough.. Even managed a few 2.1 60ft's with them bad boys.. lol

 

[probee]

its all in the start... find some traction (which i still think i havent properly) and you can really feel it. i think theres a much better time in there somewhere. Nick has run 13.8's and we have never run on a prepared track.

20-25psi should be somewhere near

 

[R Power]

so its all in the start then. this was the first time id been down a 1/4 mile strip, and defo was fun. i can't be changing my tyres again, as just had these 452's put on couple months ago. would have been happy just to get it in the 14's. wasn't far off though, got 15.01

 

[probee]

i was using 452's at the time

 

[R Power]

i like my 452s. probee jus quick question, what have you used to lower your car to look like that?

 

[daboy3000]

I ran a 15.56 in a standard mk2 Golf GTI 8V nearly 10 years ago.

 

[probee]

its on KW V2's

check out the build thread... dont take much notice of the avatar

 

[daboy3000]

i like my 452s. probee jus quick question, what have you used to lower your car to look like that?

Photoshop!

 

[probee]

Photoshop!

 

[dubstyle]

as a guide. i ran 14.7 in my civic type r. that had 209bhp and 147lb/ft. on an unprepped track.
its defo all in the start.
i use the technique of flooring it, and using the clutch to control the wheelspin.
dropping the pressures in road tyres is pointless as they go out of shape and you get a smaller footprint on the floor.
for most standard cars, an unprepped track is as good as prepped track. if you have ver walked on the track at santa pod, you will realise how sticky they are, and how much power that must sap.

that was my first post. thanks.

 

[Faisal]

wont clutch control just burn the clutch? how is just controlling the throttle when lifting off?

iv been advised keeping at biting point with the handbrake up,then drop the handbrake and floor it,adjust the accelerator to maintain traction as i lift off,good idea or bad?

 

[dubstyle]

it will burn it a little, but only as much as slipping it while holding the handbrake. bare in mind that the clock only starts when you do. its not important to go on the green light, unless your racing something french. or a corsa.
let the light go green then balance the power with the clutch and accelerator. it takes practice. i was running 14.9 - 15.1 all day, till i got the perfect launch and ran a 14.7.

 

[mrwookie]

it will burn it a little, but only as much as slipping it while holding the handbrake. bare in mind that the clock only starts when you do. its not important to go on the green light, unless your racing something french. or a corsa.
let the light go green then balance the power with the clutch and accelerator. it takes practice. i was running 14.9 - 15.1 all day, till i got the perfect launch and ran a 14.7.

True but drag racing is also about reaction times as well as how quick you can get up the strip.

 

[probee]

the idea of dropping tyre pressures is that they dont go over pressure on your burnout

 

[Willie]

And to give you a BIGGER foot print. how can softer tyres give you a smaller foot print.
this is all to do with the start and getting off the line.
Soft at the front hard at the back to put more weight onto the driven wheels to get a better start

 

[dubstyle]

the reaction time doesnt count as part of your 1/4 mile time. that only starts when you leave the line. obviously, if your racing the car next to you then it will count as to who gets to the finish line first. you can beat someone down the track and run a slower time than they do.

road tyres are meant to be run at certain pressures. if you drop the pressure too much you get wear on your tyres on the outside edges and not the middle. thats because the tyre is out of shape and only touching on the outside edges. hence smaller footprint.

proper drag tyres are made so the sidewalls flex with lower tyre pressures, rather than the tread area, to keep that footprint as big as possible.

 

[Willie]

the reaction time doesnt count as part of your 1/4 mile time. that only starts when you leave the line. obviously, if your racing the car next to you then it will count as to who gets to the finish line first. you can beat someone down the track and run a slower time than they do.

road tyres are meant to be run at certain pressures. if you drop the pressure too much you get wear on your tyres on the outside edges and not the middle. thats because the tyre is out of shape and only touching on the outside edges. hence smaller footprint.

proper drag tyres are made so the sidewalls flex with lower tyre pressures, rather than the tread area, to keep that footprint as big as possible.

20 PSI is okay though

 

[mrwookie]

the reaction time doesnt count as part of your 1/4 mile time.

Oh yea I know it doesn't count as part of 1/4 time but everyone likes good reaction times also. Think I'm getting into drag racing a little bit to seriously......LOL!

 

[Ben CTR]

Oh yea I know it doesn't count as part of 1/4 time but everyone likes good reaction times also. Think I'm getting into drag racing a little bit to seriously......LOL!

It's easily done mate.. I counted my Santa Pod slips the other day from the last three years.. Ooooops!

 

[dubstyle]

i have a shoe box full of slips(the beauty of york raceway, 20 runs in a day), but unfortunately, i didnt write on them what car they were in, and now i cant remember!!!