How to race on slicks
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10-09-2004 | 04:33 PM
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How to race on slicks
please inform me. I have tried everything. no gas ot floor, 1k launch, 1250, 1500, even tried a 2k. Nothing gets me better than 1.9 60 ft and a 13.1
2 weekends ago i was running slicks to 13.3 constant, pulled them off and made 2 pases on streets at 13.3 also.
Mods...
JLP intake
4lb lower
Metco idler
58" traction bars
Hoosier QTP
Predator tuned
PSP DS Loop
Magnaflow Exhaust
Thursday it will have a FTVB
Please help a brotha out...
2 weekends ago i was running slicks to 13.3 constant, pulled them off and made 2 pases on streets at 13.3 also.
Mods...
JLP intake
4lb lower
Metco idler
58" traction bars
Hoosier QTP
Predator tuned
PSP DS Loop
Magnaflow Exhaust
Thursday it will have a FTVB
Please help a brotha out...
#3
10-09-2004 | 04:38 PM
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From: DETROIT, (formerly Eaton County, Michigan)
the secret to low low time is a convertor with a higher stall.
If you ahve a stock tranny, expect to get a good 60' time rarely.
On a stock trany you need to "FLASH" the convertor (make it lock up) ASAP after hitting the gas.
There are a lot of disputes on how to do this, so I'll let others chime in.
If you ahve a stock tranny, expect to get a good 60' time rarely.
On a stock trany you need to "FLASH" the convertor (make it lock up) ASAP after hitting the gas.
There are a lot of disputes on how to do this, so I'll let others chime in.
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10-09-2004 | 05:08 PM
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Originally posted by l-menace
the secret to low low time is a convertor with a higher stall.
If you ahve a stock tranny, expect to get a good 60' time rarely.
On a stock trany you need to "FLASH" the convertor (make it lock up) ASAP after hitting the gas.
There are a lot of disputes on how to do this, so I'll let others chime in.
the secret to low low time is a convertor with a higher stall.
If you ahve a stock tranny, expect to get a good 60' time rarely.
On a stock trany you need to "FLASH" the convertor (make it lock up) ASAP after hitting the gas.
There are a lot of disputes on how to do this, so I'll let others chime in.
I've got a 2400 PI from JLP and mine still are around 1.9 with hoosiers
#5
10-09-2004 | 05:38 PM
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From: Burlington, Ma
Which QTP's are you running, how wide are your rims, and what PSI are you running in your slicks?? Most people run about 16 psi cold.
Also when you launch, how hard are you mashing the gas pedel to the floor. I have found with mods like you have it isn't so much what rpm you launch at, but how hard you mash the gas. It is a fine line between bogging off the line and spinning the tires.
I asume you have a stock converter, so I would start at around 1000-1200 rpms. You have to experiment a little as all trucks are a little different.
Also when you launch, how hard are you mashing the gas pedel to the floor. I have found with mods like you have it isn't so much what rpm you launch at, but how hard you mash the gas. It is a fine line between bogging off the line and spinning the tires.
I asume you have a stock converter, so I would start at around 1000-1200 rpms. You have to experiment a little as all trucks are a little different.
