We get there, and Brian is telling me about Lightning on a Diet 101. I barely get parked and he's already getting under the truck twisting bolts. That was completly uncalled for Brian .

Rear hitch
weight of hitch: 55lbs
number of bolts: 8, all size 18mm.
time required: 10 minutes max.

Spare tire
weight: 45 lbs
mis notes: the support cord is greasy.
time required: 5 mins

Now for the main class:

Burnouts and pre-stage.

Everytime I was in the staging lanes, Brian gave me some pointers that he learned from Jim, Johnny Lightning, and others from the far east. We tried everything.

Inital Burnout:

Stay in one spot. I take it up to 3000-3500, let off the gas, and keep the brake on. The way Brian was saying it, the spinning tires heat up, and stay with the heating up burnout area. I used to always do the roll out, but this cools the tires down.

Then on the idle run to the pre stage light, I put her in neutral and gave it a nice rev, as per his suggestion to give it just a little gas. He told me Jim@JDM tested air inlet temps and this resulted in a 20* colder temps. These 2 little tricks enabled me to get 13.3@102+ passes back to back. A second bonus to the rev, it kinda throws the other guy off, a head-game so to speak.

Did I forget anything?


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99 Black Lightning! 2001 Kills! 2000 kills2!
factory tonneau cover, 100k mile warrantee, Line-Xed

2.145 60' 8.789@82.71 (1/8) 13.603@101.05 1/4 track straight pipes, 'Major' rear lights, no chip
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I taught Brian everything he knows. J/K
He's a good guy to hang around with. Always has good advice, asks good questions, and likes beer.

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99 L
Shrunken Head
PSP Filter
JDM Chip
13.278 @ 103.25

 

I used the same advice and pulled out a 14.026, I would of been in the high 13s but I had tire hop on my launch in the last run, kinda pissed me off, oh well. Today the Mods come!!!!! Hurry up UPS man!!!!!!!!

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14.026@97.12--Bone Stock
2000 Black Lightning
01' tail lights
Borla cat-back system
Lebra Tonneau
JDM 90mm MAF~on order
JDM Oil Breather~on order
JDM Flip Chip~on order

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Tundra,

Nice runs, wish you could of run with the tire and hitch on first, just to see what difference it made. Hope to meet you up there some sunday, maybe in July. What did they do to your A/C, mine sucks too.

Mark

 

So, how did we do with a chip? Or is it not in yet?

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Red '00 Lightning,
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375 RWHP,
445 RWTQ,
12.974@104.818
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No chip yet, it will be here today with my 90mm MAF kit and oil breather. I got the flip chip (street/strip).I will post new times with these additions in the very near future.

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14.026@97.12--Bone Stock
2000 Black Lightning
01' tail lights
Borla cat-back system
Lebra Tonneau
JDM 90mm MAF~on order
JDM Oil Breather~on order
JDM Flip Chip~on order

kylerobeson@hotmail.com

my web site

 

Tundra,

You did good.. Thats for sure.....It took me about 6 months to get low 13's. Of course back in those days, the chips weren't quite what they were today.

Shorty is right...BEER.....

Post your best timeslip.......

All I can say is 13.3's with a 2.x 60' and F1's is pretty decent...

The most important thing: Avoid the Waterbox with F1's!! Spinning isn't winning

I dropped the camera off to be developed last night. It is supposed to come back on weds night. So hopefully I will have pics by the weekend.

I wam going to be busting A around the house this weekend. Gotta get those "Honey Do's" done quick...

Later

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Brian K
kimmel_brian@prc.com
thedink@ix.netcom.com

99.5 Black - Born 5/17/99

• "Full Trim" Club
• 13.28 @ 102.31 (8.52 @ 83.84) Street tires & 93 octane
• 12.97 @ 105.18 (8.30 @ 84.68) MT's & 100 octane
• Appearance Mods: Tinted Windows, Clear Corners, Bed Rug, Street Scene Grilles, Pro-Sport Lid, Autometer "Phantom" Boost Gauge
• Performance Mods: JL Stage 2 intake, JL Ram Air, JDM Street/Strip FlipChip, FRP Single Blade TB, NGK TR-6's, Electric I/C Fan, MT ET Streets 26x11.5x16's, PSP Lower Pulley, 90mm MAF
• Sound Mods: Alpine Audio w/MB Quart Components(F) & Pioneer(R) speakers
• Misc: Tow Package, Mobil 1 5W-30
• Coming Soon: Precision Industries Torque Converter, PSP Electric Fan & Empty Pockets

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Shorty,

Do you have a Red L? I just got back from Virginia Beach last Thursday and seen a Red Lightning crusing the strip there a couple of times.

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2000 Black Lightning
1972 Gran Torino Sport

 

I got blurry white one.

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99 L
Shrunken Head
PSP Filter
JDM Chip
13.278 @ 103.25

 

Hey everyone, good to be back. I'm in Germany now and plan to take the L on the autobaun this weekend!!
Maybe I am missing something, but every person that I have ever talked to has told me that burn-outs on radial tires are a waste of time, tire, and money.

I have always been told that radials do not get "sticky" like slicks do, because they are made of a different type of rubber. Slicks are made specifically for burn-outs and get "sticky" with burnouts. Radials are built for every-day driving and as such, the rubber is designed to not get sticky, otherwise, your mileage per tire would go way down.

I think Tundra's recommended style of drag racing may have some merit with slicks (don't know, never tried it with slicks) but I am fairly certain that burn-outs with radials will not do ANY good on radials.

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2000 White Lightning
PSP & JDM custom chip
JDM 90mm Mass Air
JDM aluminum drive shaft
4.10 gears
et 1/4 mi 13.14 (before JDM parts, after JDM ???)
Retrax tannaux cover
Bedrug

'65 Mustang with 347 stroker
'67 Corvette, ZZ502/502

 

Good advice, but I would recommend a roll-out.
The proper spot for a burnout would be right at the edge of the water. You will know when your tires are "grabbing" or not, and when to "roll-out" of the box to clear those tires off of any debris. IMO



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Everyone,

Some clarification about Tundras "Burnout":

1) He is on F1's
2) He avoided the water box
3) He backed up onto the rubber patch
4) He did a quick clean the tires off spin of about 3-5 secs..varying...


He DID NOT do:

1) A giant smokey burnout for 20 seconds or anything similar.

2) His track has no VHT or anything applied, so we experimented and came up with a good recipe of launch RPM's and technique that seemed best suited to his track..(Based upon 60' times)...

I agree that had he used MT's, then things would have been way different....

Thanks

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Brian K
kimmel_brian@prc.com
thedink@ix.netcom.com

99.5 Black - Born 5/17/99

• "Full Trim" Club
• 13.28 @ 102.31 (8.52 @ 83.84) Street tires & 93 octane
• 12.97 @ 105.18 (8.30 @ 84.68) MT's & 100 octane
• Appearance Mods: Tinted Windows, Clear Corners, Bed Rug, Street Scene Grilles, Pro-Sport Lid, Autometer "Phantom" Boost Gauge
• Performance Mods: JL Stage 2 intake, JL Ram Air, JDM Street/Strip FlipChip, FRP Single Blade TB, NGK TR-6's, Electric I/C Fan, MT ET Streets 26x11.5x16's, PSP Lower Pulley, 90mm MAF
• Sound Mods: Alpine Audio w/MB Quart Components(F) & Pioneer(R) speakers
• Misc: Tow Package, Mobil 1 5W-30
• Coming Soon: Precision Industries Torque Converter, PSP Electric Fan & Empty Pockets

Man who runs through turnstyle spanks own a$$