Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Dyno and Drag Get the fastest drag strip 'tour, how?

Originally posted by Tim:

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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

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Yes, I've always heard that people trying to get the fastest possible times want those times even to be consistent even if they're not as fast as they possibly can be.

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So then who wins on a track: the guy that dials in at 14.00 and runs a 13.6 or the guy that dials in at 18.01 and runs an 18.02 ? If this were bracket racing, the 18 second turd. As has been stated, automatics on the track are for consistency. However, I'm sure you can yield a faster track time with computer controlled aggressive shifting, so long as there's a clutch driving the transmission and not a torque converter robbing power away from it.

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BTW, the example was an extreme; it isn't too common for an 18 second car to be put into the same class as a 13 second car

Tim