drag racing Options

[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

[bobbylee]

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.

[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!