Where are the FWDs at????

[Pipnorcali]

Finally subscribed to this thread. I pulled a 14.3 @ 107 in my car at the Shooutout this year, which wasn't bad for my first time, but I know I can do better.

Going to the track tomorrow with slicks to beat my personal best.

You got the mph for 12's , ## running slicks right? And are you preloading with the ebrake ?

 

[1qkfwd]

nice 60 fts! I too cut my best 60ft of a 1.65 which isnt great but Im glad the changes Im making are making a difference.

It really is so much work. Alignment is a big thing and so is making sure the weight is in the right places.

What slicks and pressures are you running??

 

[Jaxness]

You got the mph for 12's , ## running slicks right? And are you preloading with the ebrake ?

I learned how to do a FWD burnout about 20 minutes ago, and I'm still bad at it. Should I even bother with preloading yet? Lol

 

[Ghost_92TSi]

I forgot you were FWD!?!?! Is that why you got beat by Ms BLUUUU?

 

[Pipnorcali]

I learned how to do a FWD burnout about 20 minutes ago, and I'm still bad at it. Should I even bother with preloading yet? Lol

I was just doing a lil burnout in 1st gear cause i was a ####...preloading just helps with the shock of the launch n trying not to break stuff (you got some nice power going)

Check out dsmkauai he has some sweet in car video of him preloading .

 

[1qkfwd]

I guess im late to the party. I still don't preload with a brake.

 

[1qkfwd]

I learned how to do a FWD burnout about 20 minutes ago, and I'm still bad at it. Should I even bother with preloading yet? Lol

When you start running slicks, DO NOT DUMP THE CLUTCH. Its not needed to cut good times. Youll break more stuff doing that than easing it out of the hole.

 

[Ghost_92TSi]

I guess im late to the party. I still don't preload with a brake.

I have seen a civic stage for a good 3 mins bacause he couldn't get his hand brake down.

 

[Pipnorcali]

He needs the drifter style ebrake button..ahahah

 

[1qkfwd]

He needs the drifter style ebrake button..ahahah

Or a new driver

 

[richard33]

When I still had the 5 speed I was doing 2nd gear burnouts. Just get in the water box and dump the clutch. It will spin .

I have 26x8.5.15 MTs at about 8psi. I haven't messed with the tire pressure much though. Its still a new setup with the auto and new slicks.

 

[1qkfwd]

When I still had the 5 speed I was doing 2nd gear burnouts. Just get in the water box and dump the clutch. It will spin .

I have 26x8.5.15 MTs at about 8psi. I haven't messed with the tire pressure much though. Its still a new setup with the auto and new slicks.

You can drop lower on the pressures. In all honesty, your gonna want a wider tire if you want good 60'. 10" wide. I ran the same M/T slicks for a long time and even with the 16G id spin them. As soon as I switched over to the 26X10" M&Hs it was a whole different game.

 

[RichardB]

You can drop lower on the pressures. In all honesty, your gonna want a wider tire if you want good 60'. 10" wide. I ran the same M/T slicks for a long time and even with the 16G id spin them. As soon as I switched over to the 26X10" M&Hs it was a whole different game.

Yeah 10 wide m&h are the way to go running 6psi and 3rd gear burnouts

 

[Jaxness]

Street tires at 20psi. Car was running 26psi. Launching at 5500, shifting at 7500.

Car's new personal best! My husband was driving, he has more FWD experience and he was showing me how its done. Got to the track and noticed one of my slicks had a slow leak -.- Oh well.

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[MJcanada]

Street tires at 20psi. Car was running 26psi. Launching at 5500, shifting at 7500.

Car's new personal best! My husband was driving, he has more FWD experience and he was showing me how its done. Got to the track and noticed one of my slicks had a slow leak -.- Oh well.

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Hey you dropped into the 13s at least . Your learning. Really try and follow the vid in posted on your fb. That will get you the fastest times if you can get that down. Also controlling your throttle in the first two gears will help allot if you don't have or use boost by gear. You need to find the slip point of your tires and ride the line till you can go wot.

 

[shortydtp]

*9-10" wide wheels
*5-7psi on the tires
*preload with a staging brakes/ebrake
*3rd gear burnouts if you have the power. ;-)
*practice practice

High 1.4-1.5 60ft comming your way.

 

[Jaxness]

Hey you dropped into the 13s at least . Your learning. Really try and follow the vid in posted on your fb. That will get you the fastest times if you can get that down. Also controlling your throttle in the first two gears will help allot if you don't have or use boost by gear. You need to find the slip point of your tires and ride the line till you can go wot.

Which video?

 

[1qkfwd]

All bias ply slicks will leak down over time. If they hold out through an event your fine.

 

[Pipnorcali]

110mph is about 300hp or less... so i just dont see how its running so slow with 400+ hp

Is he or u leaving it in 3rd or shifting up to fourth

 

[1qkfwd]

110mph is about 300hp or less... so i just dont see how its running so slow with 400+ hp

Is he or u leaving it in 3rd or shifting up to fourth

Thus the reasoning I hate dynos. The numbers can be skewed very easily.

 

[LandSpeed-DSM]

Weight. But, a big part of it had to do with the dyno type and operator.

 

[Jaxness]

Went to the 1/8 mile today and had my first experience on slicks.

Before today, my best 1/8 time was 9.8 @ 81mph and a 2.4 60 ft.
Today, I ran an 8.6 @ 87mph and a 2.1 60 ft.

It was good practice, and I feel like slicks will get me 12's easy in the 1/4 mile.

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[Pipnorcali]

Nice get that seat time...2.1 60' will get ya a twelve if ya leave it if 3rd

 

[richard33]

With those tires and the stock fwd gearing you shouldn't be shifting into 4th at all. I was going through the traps at 140 in 3rd at 8800rpm. I tried shifting to 4th to see the difference and it obviously slowed me down.

I agree though about 110 traps being way off from the power it should be making. You're missing about 20mph! Go find it

 

[1qkfwd]

With those tires and the stock fwd gearing you shouldn't be shifting into 4th at all. I was going through the traps at 140 in 3rd at 8800rpm. I tried shifting to 4th to see the difference and it obviously slowed me down.

I agree though about 110 traps being way off from the power it should be making. You're missing about 20mph! Go find it

Im running 24.5s and I shift into 4th around the 1/8th. That's even when my power was down to where I trapped 118, and is the same all the way up to 128 so far. I shift no higher than 7200.

24.5s super wide is the only way to go if you can. It yields the highest mph per gear. But that's if you can get away with the smaller tire.