Drag Racing Basics

[dustyb]

iono, it sounds ridiculous, but how do you shift? me and my friend has nearly the exact same car and i'm a full second faster than he is, even in his own car. we switched cars and i still whooped his arse. driving technique

[MarsaGSX]

Originally Posted by dustyb

iono, it sounds ridiculous, but how do you shift? me and my friend has nearly the exact same car and i'm a full second faster than he is, even in his own car. we switched cars and i still whooped his arse. driving technique

Iam shifting good.. maybe better then good:-)
How I wrote.. In 1st and 2nd gears Iam faster when shift 3rd ..oponents gets me...
max speed 90miles..

Yesterday I raced with BMW with 3,0i more then 250horses.. I had him.. until I shift 3rd..and When I had 6000-6500rpm´s on 3rd he gets me...

just tell me how you shift/how you drag(down this thread is my style..check it and tell me if I did any mystakes..
THX

[Turbo Demon]

Originally Posted by MarsaGSX

Iam shifting good.. maybe better then good:-)
How I wrote.. In 1st and 2nd gears Iam faster when shift 3rd ..oponents gets me...
max speed 90miles..

Yesterday I raced with BMW with 3,0i more then 250horses.. I had him.. until I shift 3rd..and When I had 6000-6500rpm´s on 3rd he gets me...

just tell me how you shift/how you drag(down this thread is my style..check it and tell me if I did any mystakes..
THX

For better times, try some bolt on mods. Read the thread on here..."First things first" and "The Bible"
You can add a lot of horses by adding the parts listed on stage 1. Sound like you did quite a few things on stage 2. Your car's gonna haul ass if you do that stuff.

[MarsaGSX]

I take out my T25 and tell you..my charger is dead shaft play..In/OUT..maybe 3mm!! up/down..not so bad.. This is my problem..I think.. I hit 16PSI at 3750rpm´s or so.. and at 4500rpm´s got 11PSI...

Now bought bullseye TO4E 50 trim... and whole support mods
FIC850,Walbro255,FPR,MafT setup -my Tuning tool.until I get funds for DSMlink,
custom3" O2 housing(external dump/internal gate) and whole 3"exhaust,Logic P. tubular mani,31*12*3" 3"In/Out FMIC and 3"Alu pipes,3"KaN ,3"custom Intake,Datalogger,SBR3500/Fidanza Flw.Underdrive pulley.. Hope to make over 350+AWHP on my AWD..
Iam affraid of my tuning/MafT setup and logger

Merry Xmas

[Shane2GSX]

What exactly is staging?

[Wufei]

Originally Posted by Shane2GSX

What exactly is staging?

It's when you line up w/the other car at the tree. You creep forward until the first row of yellow lights shine, then a bit more until the 2nd row lights up. Then prepare to launch!

[nightspeed87]

maybe your engine isnt running as good as you think and you may have low compression or timing is being pulled back or something of the sort.

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I would like to add the different tree's

For instance on your normal test and tune you are likely to see your "sportsman tree" which means when both racers are fully staged you will see 3 amber lights flash one after another then a green.

Secondly we have a "pro tree" usually seen at big events which means when you are full staged you better be bouncing off your studder box because all 3 amber lights will flash at once then the green , this is where courtesy staging is almost neccesary

Finally we have the "bracket tree" this all depends on what you and your opponent dial in at.

Ill use myself as an example this past weekend at the sport compact nationals i was running a civic hatch dialed in at 13.99 and i was dialed in at 12.00 so when we were both full staged his lights would come down like a sportsman tree but only on his side and it would be 1.99 seconds before my lights would finally come down because our dial in times were 1.99 seconds apart, here is where reaction time and consistancy come into play , you must beat your oponent to the end of the track without breaking out or going faster then your dial in time , you want to be very close to your dial in time and cut a good light for bracket racing.

Last but not least i made a little video of all the different lights so you can visually see what im talking about, check back in a few minutes for the video

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Here is the video as i promised, once done optimizing it will be viewable for anybody.

[1gjosh]

i would also like to add, if not mentioned allready, before you fully stage pump the clutch a couple of times and go through all of the gears, it kind of lines up all the synchro's and makes for easy shifting down the 1/4 because i notice alot of people miss that second gear

hope this helps some

josh