First Time Drag Tips

xXEclipse · Jun 3, 2011

Here's my battery, what would I attatch the bracket to?

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And heres the lug

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Dsmkauai · Jun 3, 2011

Another little tip lower your tire pressure abit if your going to run street tires. I run two psi less on the drivers side than the passenger side this helps because of the unequal axle shafts. Try alittle at a time, to find the best spot. It will help with wheel hop abit to. Im headed down to our track tomorrow with some new upgrades. Looking for atleast a 13.9x pass but hoping for even faster.

my dreamt dsm · Jun 3, 2011

Oh another thing. If you have a logger now is the best time to log also. My 3rd gear pull, 36 counts of knock... OUCH!!! It was at 20 psi... it was spiking or something.
Second run was at 10- 12psi, 3rd gear had 21 counts of knock.. Knock = no fun and no power!

xXEclipse · Jun 3, 2011

my dreamt dsm said:
Oh another thing. If you have a logger now is the best time to log also. My 3rd gear pull, 36 counts of knock... OUCH!!! It was at 20 psi... it was spiking or something.
Second run was at 10- 12psi, 3rd gear had 21 counts of knock.. Knock = no fun and no power!

Honestly don't exactly know what knock is

(hope I dont get flamed for that) I have a cable and evoscan but just for checking on coolant temp and other info or clearing cels I'm a learning noob :/

my dreamt dsm · Jun 3, 2011

xXEclipse said:
Honestly don't exactly know what knock is (hope I dont get flamed for that) I have a cable and evoscan but just for checking on coolant temp and other info or clearing cels I'm a learning noob :/

It's cool we live and learn.
You should have these things check on evoscan...
engine rpm
knock sum
timing
02 sensor
coolant
and maybe egr...
and some other stuff I for got. But those are the main ones.

Here you go.
Engine knocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.torquecars.com/tuning/engine-knock.php

xXEclipse · Jun 3, 2011

my dreamt dsm said:
It's cool we live and learn.
You should have these things check on evoscan...
engine rpm
knock sum
timing
02 sensor
coolant
and maybe egr...
and some other stuff I for got. But those are the main ones.

Here you go.
Engine knocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.torquecars.com/tuning/engine-knock.php

That was helpful, thanks a bunch 

xXEclipse · Jun 4, 2011

So I went to oreilly And what I found was what looked like a handle for the battery not really anything to tie it down, can someone shed some light on what I'm lookin for -_-

my dreamt dsm · Jun 4, 2011

You are looking for this thing. It's the same as 2g... have you check the junk yards?

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xXEclipse · Jun 4, 2011

Yeah I know that's the thing but I didn't see one, and no I won't have time by Thursday :/

xXEclipse · Jun 5, 2011

What do you guys think? Good for inspection?

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-red97rum- · Jun 7, 2011

As long as it's screwed down and secured they will pass it. I'm sure that one will pass. What did you do about the broken wheel stud?

xXEclipse · Jun 7, 2011

Hoping they wont say anything :pray:

my dreamt dsm · Jun 8, 2011

At my local track they use to trip about it but now they just forget about it. As you stated... :pray:

xXEclipse · Jun 10, 2011

Well guys, I passed Tech inspection.. It was a great night! Had a blast! Saw Justin there(Ill upload your vid soon)
My First Run of the night and of all time was my best..

10.13 @ 70.23 MPH

YouTube - ‪Irwindale 6/9/2011‬&rlm;

Appreciate some feedback!

Also what is considered a good 60' Time?

richard33 · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
Well guys, I passed Tech inspection.. It was a great night! Had a blast! Saw Justin there(Ill upload your vid soon)
My First Run of the night and of all time was my best..

10.13 @ 70.23 MPH

Appreciate some feedback!

Also what is considered a good 60' Time?

Looks like you were having some problems lining up there LOL

. A good 60ft on street tires is probably 2.0. Im going to assume yours wasn't that good?

xXEclipse · Jun 10, 2011

richard33 said:
Looks like you were having some problems lining up there . A good 60ft on street tires is probably 2.0. Im going to assume yours wasn't that good?

It was my first time

Anyway no It wasnt that good, my best was a 2.489

-red97rum- · Jun 10, 2011

You'll get more familiar with it next time, I did the same thing the first time I ever went to the track. Thanks for getting that vid, I look forward to seeing it posted up.

4gst · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
It was my first time

Anyway no It wasnt that good, my best was a 2.489

That's the same 60ft I got there on street tires.

My bad I couldn't stop by maybe next time. I still gotta upload it, it won't let me do it from my phone. You did better than my friend his best was an 11 something. Lol.

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slow8033 · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
It was my first time

Anyway no It wasnt that good, my best was a 2.489

At least your learning and having fun! Thats really the most important thing. Congrats on getting your first day out of the way. Now next time will be smoother for you. It's a good day if you didn't break anything....you didnt break anything did you? :hmm:

streetdsmpwr · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
It was my first time

Anyway no It wasnt that good, my best was a 2.489

That's a decent 60' for being FWD. My first time at the track I did a 2.2 60' with AWD. With practice and 2-step, I got it down to a 1.73 with the same clutch and tires.

-red97rum- · Jun 10, 2011

slow8033 said:
At least your learning and having fun! Thats really the most important thing. Congrats on getting your first day out of the way. Now next time will be smoother for you. It's a good day if you didn't break anything....you didnt break anything did you?

Exactly right. That's how I look at it most of the time LOL

, if I'm able to drive to the track, makes some passes and drive the car home, it was a successful night

xXEclipse · Jun 10, 2011

No I didn't break anything =D

Justin here ya go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZMv0KQkTSE

-red97rum- · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
No I didn't break anything =D

Justin here ya go
YouTube - ‪Toyota Speedway 6/9/11‬&rlm;

Sweet! Thanks for putting that up man. It's Dustin btw

xXEclipse · Jun 10, 2011

4gst said:
That's the same 60ft I got there on street tires.

My bad I couldn't stop by maybe next time. I still gotta upload it, it won't let me do it from my phone. You did better than my friend his best was an 11 something. Lol.

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Is it the run where I was against the shelby?

-red97rum- said:
Sweet! Thanks for putting that up man. It's Dustin btw

Lmao great :ohdamn:

I thought I heard Justin, my bad

xXEclipse said:
Is it the run where I was against the shelby?

Lmao great

I thought I heard Justin, my bad

Also Have these, I don't have you on facebook so I couldn't Tag You

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-red97rum- · Jun 10, 2011

xXEclipse said:
Lmao great

I thought I heard Justin, my bad

Nah, no worries man. It's happened lots of times before and it's loud out at the track. Thanks for those pics! I do have FB, pm'd.

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