[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

[Teutonic Speedra...]

Okay here goes my story on the Victoracers.. I had a Detroit locker in the car and there was no way you were going to smoke any tire with stick to it. I hated the Detroit because of the slop in the C-Locker and canned it for a T2R. The day we put the T2R in a mechanic friend and I decided to try it out on the street with Victo's mounted. We took a couple of freeway u-turns off the ramps and I hammered it pretty good..no slip. So anyways we pulled up to a stop sign and I left about 3 grand...nothing but putting the power down. So's I fugure lets try that again at about 4000. The car hooked up hard and when I hit 2nd the clutch said goodbye. Oh, well, needed a new "fuse" anyway. I wouldn't bother to burn out on Victo's just clean them a little, if at all. Kind of get into the damp spot just out of the burnout box and just spin them over. Don't try any dry hops; just stage and be kind to your clutch. I think you'll still break the clutch before you get the T2R.

I think I'll stick to roadracing......seems easier on the car!