Quick question, from a stop, would you hit the brake and rev the engine to let your tires burn up, or give a quick bit of moderate throttle followed by full throttle for good traction? which would give a better time?

 

break torque to 1000rpm or so and ease into the thottle up to WOT

 

well enough said

 

I learned this method on this forum and it worked for me:

Do your burn-out and push the shifter into neutral, rev up the engine two times but only to around 3500 RPM's. Put it back into drive and stage.

After staging watch the tach and keep it at 1200 RPM's. When the last yellow light comes on let off the brake to let the truck roll a few feet and then nail it. It worked for me and got me some nice 60 ft times.

Practice makes perfect. Good luck!

 

Say do yall leave overdrive on or off. I usually leave it off at the track, but when i street race it cuts me off at 120. So is it better to leave it on or off??????????

 

I like it OFF

 

Yeah , leave it off !

 

I just laugh at these people that seem to think the best thing to do is brake stand and peel out spinning the tires. It totally kills your chance for a good launch. Your tires should not be rotating pre-launch.

 

yes, thanks for the help, but, boy is this embarassing, what is staging?

 

That's OK, we all have to learn.

Staging is when you approach the start line. The light tree has two small yellow lights at the top. As you move toward it the first light will come on. That's the pre-stage light, at this point you are not far enough forward in the stage. Pull a little forward and the stage light comes on and stop. Then you are ready to race.

Go to the dragstrip and watch some guys first and you'll understand completely.

 

Chickenears,

Man, that was a nice post. That's what I like about his forum, not a whole lot of flaming for the hell of it attitude.

My hat is off to you.

 

That wasn't necessary but don't think I didn't appreciate it.

Looks like you're going to be a senior member with a few more posts under your belt.

God bless you my son

 

Here's a good article for ya to read on basics. 30psi in the rear tires, spin off dirt & debris, torque it to 1100RPM, and "roll" into the throttle on the third yellow.

http://www.ls1.com/dragracingbasics.htm

 

Oh, try to have just a little bit of fun.

 

Great post, man! I put it in my favorites. You can never learn too much.