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Originally posted by HisSvt2: sorry trapps but here is a SE without any happy juice ..... try again brotha
that was a 90+ degree day too :p You need happy juice, so do I. :p
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You didn't fail, you just learned how not to do it. You only fail, when you quit  TB
Tony Boner Personal: 98cdw27@charter.net Work: tony.boner@sun.com Saving the computer world from WinBloze as Unix/Solaris/Java Guru http://www.sun.com 1998 Contour SVT Pre-E1 618/6535 Born On Date: 4/30/1997 Now with Aussie Bar induced mild oversteer.
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I ran a 14.7 @ 95 with about a 60-70hp shot, tho it was wet. It was very hot & humid that day, ran 16.0s off the bottle. I had mine on a button. Once it hooked up, I'd hit it. I'd bring the gogo juice on at 3400ish.
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Some Mods, still not fast enough..
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what kind of tires are you using??? i dunno if thos are drag radials or not...
drag radials work very well in the 17-20 PSI of pressure range. common DOT street tires should stay at regular pressure!!! lowering the PSI doesnt allow for them to make full contact. this means *taa daa* less traction.
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the 60' times I would expect to be ALOT better...
I have gotten a 2.539 and a few others in the 2.5 range and a number of 2.6's in my Zetec.
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My best 60' (2.20) came with the KDW's at normal operating pressure. Around 35 psi. The KDW's like a little burnout as well to get them nice and sticky Not sure about the tires you've got. Just experiment a little and find out what works for you. Hope you break the 14's soon.
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Next runs will be with a 75 shot and tire pressure at 25 Lbs. Bridgestone Pole Position S-03's 215/45-17.
I learned a bit this weekend about staging and launching. I also got to experiment with a practice tree. The car is capable of 14.xx. I just need to get a few runs behind me.
Thanks all for the comments.
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Lowering the tire pressure of low profile street radials will lessen the contact patch and give you less traction & more rolling resistance.
Run a normal pressure in front & 40psi or more in the rears.
I run at 36/40 at the track. Slip the clutch from around 2500-2800 rpm and go from there. Originally posted by DonSVO:
what kind of tires are you using??? i dunno if thos are drag radials or not...
drag radials work very well in the 17-20 PSI of pressure range. common DOT street tires should stay at regular pressure!!! lowering the PSI doesnt allow for them to make full contact. this means *taa daa* less traction. Originally posted by fst4dr:
My best 60' (2.20) came with the KDW's at normal operating pressure. Around 35 psi. Let me add to the list. Run street tires at street pressure. All running low pressure is going to do is slow you down. The S-03's aren't drag tires and there is no reason to run them low (25 psi is low IMHO but I don't know anything about tires on 17s). Same theory as fuel economy - lower pressure means more rolling resistance means lower economy/slower 1/4 mile times.
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