Ginger Beer
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I always recommend your first launch at the drags to be just like a launch on the street, sure, as soon as you launch nail it and row the gears, this will be test 1
Don't clutch dump, that's for AWD cars, you want to be slipping the clutch a little, launching well is akin to mild clutch abuse
Test 2 will be lauching at say 2.5k rpm
Test 3 will be 3.5k rpm
So on and so forth, you need to remember what works and what doesn't, I use a note book because I cannot remember ****, I have tyre pressure, launch rpm, how big of a burn out, and any other remarks like missing gears or if the car wants to go right or left
Your tyres will be the limiting factor for traction on the hit and getting a good 60ft, tyre pressure may help a couple of tenths, I would only haze the tyre after coming out of the water box, to much heat on a RE003 will just make them greasy, and starting a burnout in the waterbox throws water on your inner guards, which can drip down when your trying to launch
In reality improving your 60ft is all that counts, your Et and MPH will follow on with whatever power the car makes
Dependent on the weather and number of attendees at the event you should get a minimum of 3 or 4 runs if you scruit early and stick around for the whole event
If your lucky there will be no oil downs or crashes, and if it's a small turnout you can basically back to back runs all night
Your NA and manual so heat soak and the need to have long cool downs between runs really shouldn't be an issue
In the end I'm just a novice who has been to the drags, in multiple platforms for working out actual gains from mods and LOLS
Post pics, vids and timeslips
Be safe, and only race against your own 60ft
Your going to have a ball
Don't clutch dump, that's for AWD cars, you want to be slipping the clutch a little, launching well is akin to mild clutch abuse
Test 2 will be lauching at say 2.5k rpm
Test 3 will be 3.5k rpm
So on and so forth, you need to remember what works and what doesn't, I use a note book because I cannot remember ****, I have tyre pressure, launch rpm, how big of a burn out, and any other remarks like missing gears or if the car wants to go right or left
Your tyres will be the limiting factor for traction on the hit and getting a good 60ft, tyre pressure may help a couple of tenths, I would only haze the tyre after coming out of the water box, to much heat on a RE003 will just make them greasy, and starting a burnout in the waterbox throws water on your inner guards, which can drip down when your trying to launch
In reality improving your 60ft is all that counts, your Et and MPH will follow on with whatever power the car makes
Dependent on the weather and number of attendees at the event you should get a minimum of 3 or 4 runs if you scruit early and stick around for the whole event
If your lucky there will be no oil downs or crashes, and if it's a small turnout you can basically back to back runs all night
Your NA and manual so heat soak and the need to have long cool downs between runs really shouldn't be an issue
In the end I'm just a novice who has been to the drags, in multiple platforms for working out actual gains from mods and LOLS
Post pics, vids and timeslips
Be safe, and only race against your own 60ft
Your going to have a ball
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