I went to the track yesterday and like the previous time, the best I can do is in the sig. with a 2.1 60'. I JUST missed a 2.0 too.

I'm launching at around 1,100-1,200 without heating up the tires and it was in the high 70s yesterday.

Should I try and go at night when the air is thinner and it's cooler out? Would it make any difference?

I feel like I've hit a wall with my time.

 

I've gotten the best, most consistant times out of my car on Saturday/Sunday mornings, as opposed to Friday nights, and I normally don't stall up --- I just leave off idle and let the converter flash. It depends on how good (or bad) your traction is though. TIRES will make a big difference in your 60' time. Except the last couple Fridays I went this year, I was cutting consistant 1.9xx 60' times, and real low 13's (13.08's consistantly). Oh, and 105.8x mph seemed to be my speed MANY times! Even with 2.73 gears, I could cut 2.1 60' times, as long as I could get traction. With 3.23's, you should be doing better.

 

i cut 2.0's all day on my 2.73 and GSC's.

 

Fbodys love cool weather....wait for a 50-60 degree night or morning

 

Also, try staging extremely shallow...

 

I hope that's true. One time I went during the summer when it was about 85-90 degrees out and I consistently ran 13.5-13.7 after hotlapping my car 6 times, so I convinced heat doesn't affect my car much.

 

Can you elaborate on that a little more, I've never heard of that.

 

The more shallow you stage the more rollout you have before the timers start. This means you can get a lower ET.

As a bracket racer I have to dial my car in competition. If a cloud comes overhead and it cools off after I set my dial, depending on the track, I can't always change it. Since my car might run .02 quicker due to the cloud cover I will sometimes stage deeper to compensate (slow the car down). However you alo need to know that your reaction time may be better if you stage deeper so watch out for a redlight.

 

Your car should easily go 13 teens with traction. No other changes. Run slicks.

 

It already goes 13s with traction.

 

It only says 13.44 in the sig, not


13-----"teens"

that would be some track lingo, short for .13 to .19 ya know "teens"