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[Yagermeister]

My uneducated post was simply to explain to Jeff that MANY other people of all sorts of power levels use small drag radial tires, True Street classes too, so the requirement of a slick is null and void.

Where's the time slips so we can compare the splits?

[TrueStreetMotorSports.com]

Originally Posted by Yagermeister My uneducated post was simply to explain to Jeff that MANY other people of all sorts of power levels use small drag radial tires, True Street classes too, so the requirement of a slick is null and void. Where's the time slips so we can compare the splits?

Again not correct,

You put your car in drive and let your tuner do all your shifting for you in your auto. A stick takes much more to make it work, (I drive a auto too)

Autos = drag radial
Manuel = slick

Promise this is not a pissing match but this is true

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by TrueStreetMotorSports.com Again not correct, You put your car in drive and let your tuner do all your shifting for you in your auto. A stick takes much more to make it work, (I drive a auto too) Autos = drag radial Manuel = slick Promise this is not a pissing match but this is true

I agree. To add to that an auto car doesn't shock the tires as much as a stick car does either. Depending on how badly the car transfers weight it can shock the tires a few times in one pass and never really get settled going down the track. With an auto, the weight is always on the rear axle.

[TrueStreetMotorSports.com]

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT I agree. To add to that an auto car doesn't shock the tires as much as a stick car does either. Depending on how badly the car transfers weight it can shock the tires a few times in one pass and never really get settled going down the track. With an auto, the weight is always on the rear axle.

Applying power smoothly is the key, launching in a window of 200rpms Jeff's car will either bog or spin. There is not much driving to be had with as little torque that these motors make. Slicks will help but Jeff will have to decide if he wants to set the car up for racing or just settle for what ever the car runs with traction,

[BLK2012GT]

Originally Posted by Yagermeister My uneducated post was simply to explain to Jeff that MANY other people of all sorts of power levels use small drag radial tires, True Street classes too, so the requirement of a slick is null and void. Where's the time slips so we can compare the splits?

I wasn't happy with the times so I just threw away the slips. Sorry.

[kdanner]

Originally Posted by BLK2012GT I wasn't happy with the times so I just threw away the slips. Sorry.

Dude that's valuable data, don't ever throw those away. You need that for comparison later to see where you improved, where you didn't.

[BLK2012GT]

Originally Posted by kdanner Dude that's valuable data, don't ever throw those away. You need that for comparison later to see where you improved, where you didn't.

Yeah but that was my first time out. I need to learn the basics all over again like I used to back in the early 2000's. I had a 2000 GT with bolt ons and 100 shot and I was turning 1.6 60ft with nittos DR and running 11.7 at 117 mph but I was at the track every weekend. That's before I took over my company, had kids, and a wife. Don't have the free time anymore but I'm gonna go as much as I can right now.

So I don't see the point of keeping them right now when I need to learn how to drive this car all over again at the track.

[kdanner]

Originally Posted by BLK2012GT I wasn't happy with the times so I just threw away the slips. Sorry.

I should have thought of this before. I can look up your slips on live timing. What was your car number?

[TrueStreetMotorSports.com]

Originally Posted by Yagermeister My uneducated post was simply to explain to Jeff that MANY other people of all sorts of power levels use small drag radial tires, True Street classes too, so the requirement of a slick is null and void. Where's the time slips so we can compare the splits?

Retread my long post......it takes a lot of tuning for us to get a 1200rwhp car down the track with a 275 drag radial. Not just floor it and hope the track is there