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Ok guys i have been doing sum reserch for you and this is my final product from what my reserch has tought me....
So im assuiming by reading this you wish to learn about improving your ¼ mile times, ill tell you now it does seem easy to do and it is simply push the gas and go straight, however if you wish to make your times better this will help you alot as it has me
PREPARING YOUR CAR
Ok so were preparing your car for your street meet at the local drag strip, the first task it get your car scrutineering the key things they will look for is anytihng that my hurt anybody so things like umbrellas or rubbish in ur your car must be gone anyway who wants to look at a dirty car your here to show off arnt you, secondly they will inspect your car for modifications and mechanical faults(any leaks on your car even if it only water chances are u cannot race as it can contaminate the track.
Now that your car has passed you are ready to race if it your 1st time you will benifit from jsut getting on and having a go to get the feeling of it and understand what it is like
Now things that will affect your time are object in you car that you dont need such as spare tire, jack, tools and anything that you can remove with ease i wudn’t go as far to take seats out
Now your tyres are very important as they are the last step to getting power to the ground most off you may think a big burnout spewing smoke everywere to show of is good and make look awsome your wrong it gets very technical. On street tyres DONT SPIN THE WHEELS it does nothing, they are designed to have traction across all temrature ranges and keep the pressure at the recomended pressure
how ever if you have slicks on a burnout does help as they have a optimal traction and certain temps now this is were track temprature comes into because they will warm your tyres up in one spot more than other causing an uneven heating so study the track temp and study your slicks specification it should tell you all this, that hard part is judging the temprature u can get it with in 10degrees by using heat sticks adn from that u can judge how long to spin the wheels for
Now that you have got your wheel to optimum temps time to stage you car slowly creep forward still your 2 stage lights come on the but dont go past it and if you do dont put it in revers to revers back you dont wanna get a green light and plant it while its in reverse could be very bad and embarrasing
Reaction time is based on how quik you get power to the wheels ALOT of things can affect such as your person reaction time and the reaction time to get power to the wheels by knowing that the time difference between each amber lights (4 tenths of a second) and knowing how long it take you and your car to get moving you can get close to perfect reaction time
From what ive heard and learnt time as followes 1-0.5 is good with 0.5 being the avg 0.5-0.3 is good and you going really well and anyting better than that you jsut need to fine tune when you go.
When going you want to get the best take of to in an auto jsut press on the brack with your left foot and using your right foot lighly press on the accelorator and reslease the brake when it time
In a manual car it more difficult
Depress the clutch and keep your RPMs in the best launching speed this will need practise and expermintation to find release clutch when u want to go
Now that your going it simple get to the other side as quick as you can find your best shift points in your car to accelorate faster this will need experimentation to and practise
Now that you have raced the studing comes into play when you giving your time slip your automatic reaction is to look at your ET or established time
But other factors can help you
Reaction time: fairly simple you want this as low as you can and all you can do is practise and find the right time to go ie. On the second amberlight lights up
60ft: this is your time to cover 60ft of the track this is a good indicator how well your getting of the line compare this from different runs to find out what works for you
330ft:this is your time to cover 330ft and is good indication on your realy shift points adn fi your gettin you lower gears good usaully gears 1-3
1/8 mile: again this is to aid you shift points usually gears 3-5
1000ft : this is used to asses that final part your run to find wetcher ur losing accelation at the higher speed.
¼ mile: this is your final time and the one to show off
¼ mph/kph this is simply your speed thruogh the finish line wich is also given on the 1/8 mile
By understaind these things you can improve your times
Hope this helps for you newbies or even those of you that race alot but didnt kno anyof this
So im assuiming by reading this you wish to learn about improving your ¼ mile times, ill tell you now it does seem easy to do and it is simply push the gas and go straight, however if you wish to make your times better this will help you alot as it has me
PREPARING YOUR CAR
Ok so were preparing your car for your street meet at the local drag strip, the first task it get your car scrutineering the key things they will look for is anytihng that my hurt anybody so things like umbrellas or rubbish in ur your car must be gone anyway who wants to look at a dirty car your here to show off arnt you, secondly they will inspect your car for modifications and mechanical faults(any leaks on your car even if it only water chances are u cannot race as it can contaminate the track.
Now that your car has passed you are ready to race if it your 1st time you will benifit from jsut getting on and having a go to get the feeling of it and understand what it is like
Now things that will affect your time are object in you car that you dont need such as spare tire, jack, tools and anything that you can remove with ease i wudn’t go as far to take seats out
Now your tyres are very important as they are the last step to getting power to the ground most off you may think a big burnout spewing smoke everywere to show of is good and make look awsome your wrong it gets very technical. On street tyres DONT SPIN THE WHEELS it does nothing, they are designed to have traction across all temrature ranges and keep the pressure at the recomended pressure
how ever if you have slicks on a burnout does help as they have a optimal traction and certain temps now this is were track temprature comes into because they will warm your tyres up in one spot more than other causing an uneven heating so study the track temp and study your slicks specification it should tell you all this, that hard part is judging the temprature u can get it with in 10degrees by using heat sticks adn from that u can judge how long to spin the wheels for
Now that you have got your wheel to optimum temps time to stage you car slowly creep forward still your 2 stage lights come on the but dont go past it and if you do dont put it in revers to revers back you dont wanna get a green light and plant it while its in reverse could be very bad and embarrasing
Reaction time is based on how quik you get power to the wheels ALOT of things can affect such as your person reaction time and the reaction time to get power to the wheels by knowing that the time difference between each amber lights (4 tenths of a second) and knowing how long it take you and your car to get moving you can get close to perfect reaction time
From what ive heard and learnt time as followes 1-0.5 is good with 0.5 being the avg 0.5-0.3 is good and you going really well and anyting better than that you jsut need to fine tune when you go.
When going you want to get the best take of to in an auto jsut press on the brack with your left foot and using your right foot lighly press on the accelorator and reslease the brake when it time
In a manual car it more difficult
Depress the clutch and keep your RPMs in the best launching speed this will need practise and expermintation to find release clutch when u want to go
Now that your going it simple get to the other side as quick as you can find your best shift points in your car to accelorate faster this will need experimentation to and practise
Now that you have raced the studing comes into play when you giving your time slip your automatic reaction is to look at your ET or established time
But other factors can help you
Reaction time: fairly simple you want this as low as you can and all you can do is practise and find the right time to go ie. On the second amberlight lights up
60ft: this is your time to cover 60ft of the track this is a good indicator how well your getting of the line compare this from different runs to find out what works for you
330ft:this is your time to cover 330ft and is good indication on your realy shift points adn fi your gettin you lower gears good usaully gears 1-3
1/8 mile: again this is to aid you shift points usually gears 3-5
1000ft : this is used to asses that final part your run to find wetcher ur losing accelation at the higher speed.
¼ mile: this is your final time and the one to show off
¼ mph/kph this is simply your speed thruogh the finish line wich is also given on the 1/8 mile
By understaind these things you can improve your times
Hope this helps for you newbies or even those of you that race alot but didnt kno anyof this
, whats the solution to that aye?
