[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 harlan shift light, and before my camswap, i would shift at 5800, now i shift at 6400 - but the mtor is a bit different.

anywyas, i think the idea is that when you shift, you want to motor to end up at peak torque (which on stock ls1 is something like 4500rpm iirc). this way you are in the power band as much as possible.

my car also has the stock 3.42 rear gears, and unless i really screwed up and missed a shift or something, i would ALWAYS need 4th gear, its right at the end of the track, but if i didnt, i would be all over that rev limiter in 3rd gear.

now i didnt get low to mid 13's till i had most of the bolt ons in my case. maybe i suck and driving (ok, i know thats true), but maybe my technique isnt all that great, but i'm going from alot of internet research, so take it for what its worth i guess