[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

[bigshoe]

I have the same tires as you Spooner, and i havent done any racing this year, except i was able to go to a dragstrip last week. I suspect my clutch is on its last leg for dragracing, but its fine for everything else, but here is a little video of a 2.140 60ft time i made, this was with the trans/clutch hot, and its hard to tell in the video, but i held rpms around 3000 or 3500 and let the clutch out somewhat rapidly, the motor was bogging down as my crappy clutch was slipping for another second or so after i was off of the clutch, i think after that is where you can here the motor actually start to wind up (since it was bogging to catch up with the slipping clutch). my two other runs that day were both 2.003 and 2.004 60ft's, but the clutch was colder for them.

http://members.cox.net/milkac/thompson.wmv

anywyas, i've dragraced with the nitto 555r2's before these tires (and my clutch was in better shape at that time also) and the nitto's grip much better, but your probably half way there or more than halfway there compared to a high mileage street tire.

personally, i would slip the clutch, but i hear of some guys that leave just above idle that can still get good 60ft times, i have no idea how, i need MINIMUM 2200rpm to keep from bogging, and that usually takes quite a bit of feathering, i find that i feather less if i use a higher rpm, but that may be since i had stickier tires and a better clutch at the time.

either way, its gonna be hard to get a decent start, especially if your track doesnt prep well.

I just wish i had the time to take my car to an autox/track day with these tires like i intended them for, its a waste wearing them down on the street.