Another Thunder Road Thread

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Sorry about this but i've been trying to work out in my fragile little mind how this works!!!!
If at a 1/4 mile drag strip people favor burnouts and lower tyre pressure for traction how is this gonna work????

I mean you cant do burnouts at TR (or can you????) and tyre pressure really needs increasing(doesn't it???)

I know we get a print out for each stage at the mile and i was wondering how you big boys think it will affect your 1/4 times???????

Would i not be right in saying that if the same procedures we used in the mile as are used in the 1/4 wouldn't the mile Terminal speeds be better(or would they?????)


Lastly Are people going for a gentle launch (to keep the DB's to a minimum) or will rowdy behaviour be the norm(as usual )

[Harryoz]

The mile+ is what mines built for, speed over ET. So my approach will be steady off the line, get traction and target top speed.

I'll set higher tyre pressures, again with the intention of reducing rolling resistance to gain higher top speed.

From your perspective, try both.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Thanks for that Harry Are you hoping to go for the 200?????????

[jumplead]

From what i read in my welcome pack there is no wheel spinning or tyre warming allowed in the assembly area. and there doesnt look to be a 'staging' area either. So i guess its just a goto the line and floor it job.

I'll be taking it easy away from the line on the first few, just to stay on the right side of the db meter.I'll also be running standard road pressure.

[Harryoz]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

Thanks for that Harry Are you hoping to go for the 200?????????

always hoping, doubt it though over this distance

[stigmundfreud]

use normal road pressures mel do not over inflate or under inflate

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Cheers Stig, although i have to be honest i never know how to take your advice I remember once you "advising" me to use WD40 to clean my brake discs

[stevieturbo]

loew tyre pressures mostly apply to soft walled tuyres to aid traction off the line.

For modern stiff wall tyres, its almost a waste of time. And I also wouldnt reccomend raising pressures for any belief it might help attain a higher speed. All it will do is increase risk of a blowout through too high pressure.

Leave tyre pressure close to standard.

Burnouts on normal road tyres are almost pointless too.

[ringram]

stevieturbo said:

Burnouts on normal road tyres are almost pointless too.

Actually I recon they do help. Before I did burnouts Id get 2.3 or 2.2 sec 60' times.
Burnouts and I got a 1.98 best 60'

So depends what you mean by "almost pointless"

[stigmundfreud]

4/10ths is almost pointless Richard