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Well I got a chance to get down to the drag strip last night. I got 5 runs in...which was actually a lot...usually I only get about 3 in. The thing that I am excited about was my consistant R/Ts... Check em out...
.587, .533 (Wooohooo my best R/T yet), .436 (I faulted...damnit), .537, and .546. How about that for some consistant R/Ts? And yes, I have the slips to prove it...
Here's the other thing...(remember, I was just trying to get my stock times before I add the CAI, and more performance parts, etc) but my 1/4 mile time was 17.800. My question is: How the hell did the people at Car and Driver run a 16.8 in a stock auto?????????? That's a friggen 1 second drop from what I was running. Yes, I tried shifting through the gears, combinations of overdrive being on/off and 17.800 is the absolute best I think that a stock autotragic tibby can do. Trust me...I have ran the track 7 times...each with different combinations of launching in drive 2, low, overdrive off in low, shifting through the gears, overdrive on/off in regular drive, brake torquing...I'm talking everything... I have talked to everyone else that has an autotragic at the track to see what they do, I talked to a guy with a badass mustang who gave me some suggestions as well. You know how I got my best time? *Drum roll please* For everyone who wants to know how to launch an automatic brake torque it while you are staged, keep it in regular drive with overdrive OFF. You wont need to worry about hitting your last gear or redlining it, because you will not get there by the end of the quarter mile. As soon as you see the last yellow light come on, let off of the brake (remember, since you are brake torquing your gas should be mashed to the floor anyways...) and let her go. Take it from someone who was trying to get his best stock times... like I said... I have been trying to get the best combination for the past month. I consider myself pretty educated on this situation now hehehe.
I will be posting my slips on my site as soon as I get home tonight, and I will also be writing up a little How-to race autotragic tibbys for newbies...just so that people won't have to make the same mistakes that I did the first times I got to run my tibby. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Take care all...
JGraham9382
2001 Alpine White Tiburon
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...As hip as a fat chick...
.587, .533 (Wooohooo my best R/T yet), .436 (I faulted...damnit), .537, and .546. How about that for some consistant R/Ts? And yes, I have the slips to prove it...
Here's the other thing...(remember, I was just trying to get my stock times before I add the CAI, and more performance parts, etc) but my 1/4 mile time was 17.800. My question is: How the hell did the people at Car and Driver run a 16.8 in a stock auto?????????? That's a friggen 1 second drop from what I was running. Yes, I tried shifting through the gears, combinations of overdrive being on/off and 17.800 is the absolute best I think that a stock autotragic tibby can do. Trust me...I have ran the track 7 times...each with different combinations of launching in drive 2, low, overdrive off in low, shifting through the gears, overdrive on/off in regular drive, brake torquing...I'm talking everything... I have talked to everyone else that has an autotragic at the track to see what they do, I talked to a guy with a badass mustang who gave me some suggestions as well. You know how I got my best time? *Drum roll please* For everyone who wants to know how to launch an automatic brake torque it while you are staged, keep it in regular drive with overdrive OFF. You wont need to worry about hitting your last gear or redlining it, because you will not get there by the end of the quarter mile. As soon as you see the last yellow light come on, let off of the brake (remember, since you are brake torquing your gas should be mashed to the floor anyways...) and let her go. Take it from someone who was trying to get his best stock times... like I said... I have been trying to get the best combination for the past month. I consider myself pretty educated on this situation now hehehe.
I will be posting my slips on my site as soon as I get home tonight, and I will also be writing up a little How-to race autotragic tibbys for newbies...just so that people won't have to make the same mistakes that I did the first times I got to run my tibby. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Take care all...
JGraham9382
2001 Alpine White Tiburon
<img src="http://www.wtfisup.com/tiburon/images/tibsig.jpg"" border=0>
http://www.wtfisup.com/tiburon/
Sign my damn guestbook...hehe
...As hip as a fat chick...