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Spooner
post Aug 29 2005, 01:25 PM
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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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post Aug 29 2005, 02:38 PM
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Oh yeah, no need to do a burnout on street tires. Won't help and you're liable to just sling water up in the wheel wells to drip back down while you're staged. Avoid the water box.
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Spooner   drag racing   Aug 29 2005, 01:25 PM
v7guy   I can't believe I'm seeing a thread with t...   Aug 29 2005, 01:46 PM
John_D.   Yeah, on the LS1, from what I understand it's ...   Aug 29 2005, 01:58 PM
trackbird   Drag racing? BAN HIM The one (yes, on...   Aug 29 2005, 02:19 PM
John_D.   Oh yeah, no need to do a burnout on street tires. ...   Aug 29 2005, 02:38 PM
Spooner   It's fun to mix it up once in a while, ain...   Aug 29 2005, 02:44 PM
felton316   A easy little mod that will help your launch is to...   Aug 29 2005, 02:56 PM
John_D.   Front swaybar only. On street tires it probably ...   Aug 29 2005, 03:01 PM
sgarnett   What I used to do was let the clutch out fairly qu...   Aug 30 2005, 01:41 AM
steve-d   QUOTE (John_D. @ Aug 29 2005, 09:58)Yeah, on ...   Aug 30 2005, 01:54 AM
Rob Hood   Concur w/ Sean's 2500 rpm launch; that seems t...   Aug 30 2005, 01:57 AM
pimpmaro   Street tires tend to get greasy when you heat them...   Aug 30 2005, 02:12 AM
Judd   I've done quite a few of 1/4 mile passes in my...   Aug 30 2005, 05:07 AM
bigshoe   I have the same tires as you Spooner, and i havent...   Sep 4 2005, 08:53 PM
Teutonic Speedracer   Anybody ever drag on Victoracers? Would you do a ...   Sep 4 2005, 09:51 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (bigshoe @ Sep 4 2005, 15:53)I just wis...   Sep 4 2005, 09:54 PM
bigshoe   QUOTE (trackbird @ Sep 4 2005, 16:54)Come to ...   Sep 4 2005, 10:26 PM
trackbird   We have a guy who comes down from your area, he...   Sep 4 2005, 10:39 PM
Spooner   Guys, Thanks for all of the suggestions. Very hel...   Sep 6 2005, 01:29 PM
Judd   A stock LS1 should be shifted somewhere around 580...   Sep 6 2005, 03:48 PM
bigshoe   i have the harlan shift light, and before my camsw...   Sep 6 2005, 04:26 PM
bobbylee   Okay here goes my story on the Victoracers.. I had...   Sep 7 2005, 05:08 AM
Teutonic Speedracer   QUOTE (bobbylee @ Sep 7 2005, 00:08)Okay here...   Sep 7 2005, 11:39 AM

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