how do you know its time to upgrade?

[JiveMasterT]

I ask because I want to know if I can push my car even further. It ran a 14.5 at 94mph. I think if i ran a leak test and learned to launch a little better I could get my car to run like a 14.3 or something. How many times must you run down the track to find out if its the car holding you back and not the driver?

 

[GSTROJO]

Is it possible to have a bad driver in an AWD ? Driver error is much less then say a FWD.

 

[MrPikolo]

being a bad driver in a awd is not hard. It takes more than people think

 

[JiveMasterT]

i cut a 1.9 60' time and i think that was kinda slow, but i think it was cause my tires were spinning. i got new tires now and i think i can pull a 1.8 or so.

 

[demonchild]

How the heck did you spin the tires on a GSX?

 

[2gGSX]

I agree, I have yet to spin my tires off a launch (dry that is) in my GSX, and we have similar mods. The most I've done is chirped the tires.

 

[JiveMasterT]

How the heck did you spin the tires on a GSX?

well my rear tires had very low tread on them and they were h rated all season tires and they werent that great. i didnt launch hard, probably at like 4500 and i slipped the clutch, but i spun the fronts and the rear so it was bad. i think my friend has video of it.

now i got a good set of all seasons on there and im getting 17x8 rims and tires (summer tires) once it gets nice out.

oh and there was a lot of tire debris in at the line cause of the big dragsters warming up and throwing rubber all over the place and i think i just couldnt find traction.

 

[JiveMasterT]

Is it possible to have a bad driver in an AWD ? Driver error is much less then say a FWD.

yeah, its possible. bogging launches is easier because you need to give it more power coming off the line than in a fwd car, or at least thats what ive found between launching my car and my friend's gst. launching is no easy task. plus i think im waiting too long to shift. i think i should shift at 6500 instead of 7k.

 

[MrPikolo]

How the heck did you spin the tires on a GSX?

It's actually very easy.

 

[Syndicate13]

It's actually very easy.

Yes it's become an increasing problem for me as of late. Cold weather sucks and losing traction in an AWD car is almost scary.