[Spooner]

I'm considering doing some drag racing--just a little bit--at an event held by one of the local clubs, here in Mass... The thing is, I've done a ton of drag runs in a Mustang, but never in my Camaro.

There's got to be a trick to launching with street tires, without breaking the rear-end or smoking the clutch...right? Anyone care to eleborate? I figure bump the konis to soft (I have SAs) and that's about all I can do. I have a T2R if that even matters and I'll be on street tires--Azenis 615s.

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-John

[trackbird]

Drag racing?


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The one (yes, one) pass I made at SLP day (before I had even made one car payment) was bogged badly. I launched at 900 rpm (like leaving a traffic light) and "drove" it down the track (no power shifting, etc). I ran a 14.04@102.5. I was watching everyone before me smoke the tires (hard) and was trying to decide how to launch mine (while staging), I was suddenly staged and the lights came down (and I'm still wondering how to launch the car). So, I just eased out the clutch and "off I went".

I suspect that you'll be slipping the clutch on the start in an effort to stay in the power band, avoid overpowering the tires and keep from bogging the car. That's probably the best way, but you are trading clutch wear for et and saving the tires and rear (not that you should break a rear on street tires).