Videos from the Drag Strip
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Great video
. I'm not familiar with how the whole 1/4 mile run works, but are you suppose to go on green? I am not trying to insult you in anyway, just hoping to learn and understand it. Are you suppose to watch the green light or the four yellow ones on top?
. I'm not familiar with how the whole 1/4 mile run works, but are you suppose to go on green? I am not trying to insult you in anyway, just hoping to learn and understand it. Are you suppose to watch the green light or the four yellow ones on top?
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Volare, you're supposed to go when the green comes on, but the clock doesn't start until the car's moving. The reason alex waits is to build boost on the line so he leaves in the boost completely ignoring the lights. This results in a lousy reaction time, but in the grand scheme of things has zero impact on the actual elapsed time of the run.
sharky, take a dump before you go to the track next time buddy
sharky, take a dump before you go to the track next time buddy
Originally posted by ZAMIRZ
Volare, you're supposed to go when the green comes on, but the clock doesn't start until the car's moving. The reason alex waits is to build boost on the line so he leaves in the boost completely ignoring the lights. This results in a lousy reaction time, but in the grand scheme of things has zero impact on the actual elapsed time of the run.
sharky, take a dump before you go to the track next time buddy
Volare, you're supposed to go when the green comes on, but the clock doesn't start until the car's moving. The reason alex waits is to build boost on the line so he leaves in the boost completely ignoring the lights. This results in a lousy reaction time, but in the grand scheme of things has zero impact on the actual elapsed time of the run.
sharky, take a dump before you go to the track next time buddy
Yeps that is indeed what I was doing. I wasn't trying to get reaction times etc... That will come later onI know man, I had a massive load of Kentucky Fried chicken the night before. Next time I'm going to starve myself for a couple of days
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Originally posted by ZAMIRZ
Volare, you're supposed to go when the green comes on, but the clock doesn't start until the car's moving. The reason alex waits is to build boost on the line so he leaves in the boost completely ignoring the lights. This results in a lousy reaction time, but in the grand scheme of things has zero impact on the actual elapsed time of the run.
Volare, you're supposed to go when the green comes on, but the clock doesn't start until the car's moving. The reason alex waits is to build boost on the line so he leaves in the boost completely ignoring the lights. This results in a lousy reaction time, but in the grand scheme of things has zero impact on the actual elapsed time of the run.
If you don't care about losing to the person in the lane next to you and just want a timeslip then no need to worry about your RT. But who wants to be smoked by a FWD econobox! :-)
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Originally posted by sharkster
I know man, I had a massive load of Kentucky Fried chicken the night before. Next time I'm going to starve myself for a couple of days
I know man, I had a massive load of Kentucky Fried chicken the night before. Next time I'm going to starve myself for a couple of days
Ps. Don't drink water either I here Alchohol is lighter anyway.
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Alex, have you thought about running alcohol or propane injection? That will almost surely cure your "knock woes" so to speak and allow you to keep the current setup on your fuel system.