First Time (need advise) about Drag Racing

[JacksonSi]

Okay this friday I'm taking the Si to the drag strip for a little run time. Anyone have any tips for me? I just have bolt on stuff i/h/e, high flow cat, fpr, MSD ignition, NGK Plug/wires, you know.....
This is be my first time ever on the 1/4 mile. Any advise would be great

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[accordy2g]

well you will be nervous when u line up, it just happens. When that second yellow light blink you should already be trying to get off the clutch that was as the light go green you foot is just coming off the clutch. dont jump too quick or you will red light. Then just try to focus on your launch. If you rev it too high it tends to just spin all of first, too low and u bog 1st. once you get that down packed just shift very fast :) or you can try power shifting during the runs. let us know how it goes

[JacksonSi]

Oh you know I will let you know what my slow ass gets.

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[accordy2g]

do you have a general guess on what your car should run in quarter?

[Paradox]

it will be easy. atleast you're first time won't be in a CRV. do you have any idea how many people laughed at me? not cool. but you'll be nervous as ....
remember to have windows up and AC off

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[BSeRiEsHaTcH69]

hey paradox, i was just lookin at drag turbo kits and found out they make one for a CR-V lol. i never knew that. save up for that!
Joe

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[Paradox]

they make a bunch of stuff for the CRV, as far as FI goes. there is a JRSC, Greddy turbo...and the list goes on

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[19civic99]

im making the 4 hour drive to edmonton this weekend for the import drag event!, and im going to see what my car can do!! 106hp of dx POWER!!
i will do a couple of runs, with zex, without zex, and ill let you know late sunday night when i get home! i expect about high 16's with zex, low 17's without zex. :(

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[candymanjl]

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Originally posted by 19civic99:
im going to see what my car can do!! 106hp of dx POWER!!

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sweet! get that beast on the track! ;)

you'll have fun, it'll be worth the drive, once you get past your first run you'll get more comfortable. it took me a few trips before I stopped getting nervous at the line.

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[BSeRiEsHaTcH69]

nice reply accordy2g. that will be helpful when i get my car. i thought you just dump the clutch when the light turns green. thanks.
Joe

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[candymanjl]

it's... yellow... yellow... yellow (go on this one)... green

it'll take some getting used to, you start to make your move on the last yellow so that on green the car is starting to move.

but your first time you can always ignore trying to get a good reaction time and just worry about a good launch and run down the track. the r/t is seperate from your 1/4 mile run, so a bad r/t hurts you in the race, but doesn't hurt your time.

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[JacksonSi]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by accordy2g:
do you have a general guess on what your car should run in quarter?[/quote]

I think at least a 15.7 or so, I hope to get low 15's but since its my first time???? Well see! :D I'm excited.

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[wreckless]

just remember: petrol weighs about 7lbs a gallon. easy wieght reduction- 1/4 tank of gas or less. and as tempting as it may be; heating up your tires in the bleach box will yeild no positive results unless you run slicks, so don't bother. lessee, what else?.... at the very most you want a quick chirp from your tires at the line, anymore and your losing time. disco the pwr steering pump for your runs. also run about 20-25psi in your tires. thats all i've got for you. good luck man.

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[JacksonSi]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by wreckless:
just remember: petrol weighs about 7lbs a gallon. easy wieght reduction- 1/4 tank of gas or less. and as tempting as it may be; heating up your tires in the bleach box will yeild no positive results unless you run slicks, so don't bother. lessee, what else?.... at the very most you want a quick chirp from your tires at the line, anymore and your losing time. disco the pwr steering pump for your runs. also run about 20-25psi in your tires. thats all i've got for you. good luck man.

digital horsepower: the choice of a new generation.[/quote]

Thanks for the tips man! :D The race is tonight at 11pm....I have removed my spare etc...but I guess I need to drive around a little and burn up some of the gas in my tank. Wooohooo Excited! :D

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[accordy2g]

good luck man and post the time slips and results saturday!

[JacksonSi]

Oh yeah I will, I need to get the expert break down of my slip. :D

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[Paradox]

hey, any run will be better than mine. i had a horrible r/t :rolleyes:

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[accordy2g]

ouch a 19.22 damn that is pretty bad. Well at least you cant get much worse :D

[JacksonSi]

A 2 sec. r/t....I hope I can do better than that. That means if you cut down your r/t you 1/4 would be like 17-18's. Its still cool that you ran the CRV though! :D

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[Paradox]

well its not as bad as it could be
19.22 :(

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[candymanjl]

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Originally posted by JacksonSi:
A 2 sec. r/t....I hope I can do better than that. That means if you cut down your r/t you 1/4 would be like 17-18's. Its still cool that you ran the CRV though! :D


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actually the r/t isn't a part of you're 1/4 mile time. so if you sit there for 10 minutes you'd still be able to run 15.7 or whatever. now as far as the whole race and who get's to the other end first, your r/t counts then, just not a part of the 1/4 mile time.

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[JacksonSi]

Well damn! I dont know what the hell I'm talking about :(
I got my simi-grippy Falken Azenis tires on the Si so I hope that will help on the take off.

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[ChinkGotRice]

what the hell were you doing at the line? pickin your ass?

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[Paradox]

what did you get? you ran last night, you've had to have been on sometime. c'mon, show the slip

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[RVs021.8T]

R/T isn't nearly as important as 60'time.

Concentrate on your 60' time. That's where it's at. :p

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