KStromberg
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My bad.
I must've been thinking about a previous run you had made when you were STILL faster than me. 
track tonight.. take 2
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My bad.
I must've been thinking about a previous run you had made when you were STILL faster than me. 
DLF
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KStromberg
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DLF
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You're rotten.
Absolutely!
Sorry moss, I just can't help messing with Kirk. :shifty:
ford nut
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Did I post that it does?
KStromberg
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No. I guess I just wondered why it was even brought up then if mossy wasn't out there bracket racing. I have never payed much attention to my R/Ts nor have I ever cared. That's all I'm getting at.
ford nut
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Ok... then why wouldn't you ask that?
R/T is very important.
So is how you stage.
IMHO one should always work and practice it, why wouldn't you?
Never heard anyone say they didn't care what there R/T is.
Its a third of the total package.
KStromberg
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I would practice it, for bracket racing and the chance to win money or a trophy. Or maybe just to perfect my all around consistency in launching the car. I agree staging properly can help, but how can reaction times matter at all when the time doesn't start until you cross the beams anyways?
Moss has other things to worry about besides reaction time especially since his setup may change drastically within the next year anyways if he borrows the cookbook.
driller
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KStromberg
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Ok, totally not mad guys just trying to make sense of things. Let's re-enact my 13.591 run. So if I decide to repeat history, BUT sit there at the tree and take a nap on the green, I can still launch out of the hole considering identical conditions, launch technique, short time, 1/8 mile mph and finally 1/4 mile time of 13.591@ 101.72 and the only number that would be different on my timeslip is the R/T but I still ran a 13.591, so who cares right?
If everything stays the same theoretically after I cross the beams even though I napped before I crossed them, I would still get the same E/T.
If everything stays the same theoretically after I cross the beams even though I napped before I crossed them, I would still get the same E/T.
driller
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Reaction times don't matter only to bench racers and number chasers.
But RT does matter in bracket racing, heads up racing, sportsman tree, pro tree, flashlight drags, heck even 3 beep street racing in Mexico.
I have won many, many races (especially 1/8th mile) against much "faster" cars simply by having better reaction times. At first, I felt good with anything under 0.2xx, now I feel I haven't done my best if I don't get a 0.0xx RT.
Ford nut is right - it's a third of your total package you bring to the track.
When you go,
To have fun...
Hang out...
And run your car.
Even if the DA is not good.
Props to the OP!
But RT does matter in bracket racing, heads up racing, sportsman tree, pro tree, flashlight drags, heck even 3 beep street racing in Mexico.
I have won many, many races (especially 1/8th mile) against much "faster" cars simply by having better reaction times. At first, I felt good with anything under 0.2xx, now I feel I haven't done my best if I don't get a 0.0xx RT.
Ford nut is right - it's a third of your total package you bring to the track.
When you go,
To have fun...
Hang out...
And run your car.
Even if the DA is not good.
Props to the OP!
mossbergman
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Absolutely!
Sorry moss, I just can't help messing with Kirk. :shifty:
haha no worries doug. thanks for your input
Reaction times don't matter only to bench racers and number chasers.
But RT does matter in bracket racing, heads up racing, sportsman tree, pro tree, flashlight drags, heck even 3 beep street racing in Mexico.
I have won many, many races (especially 1/8th mile) against much "faster" cars simply by having better reaction times. At first, I felt good with anything under 0.2xx, now I feel I haven't done my best if I don't get a 0.0xx RT.
Ford nut is right - it's a third of your total package you bring to the track.
When you go,
To have fun...
Hang out...
And run your car.
Even if the DA is not good.
Props to the OP!
my r/t was all over the place. was generally in the .2xx time range though, with a best of.06x ish. I made my 20th pass in the car last night, and every trip there has been faster than the last time so thats good i guess, and i always seem to meet cool new people there.
thanks driller
mossbergman
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I would practice it, for bracket racing and the chance to win money or a trophy. Or maybe just to perfect my all around consistency in launching the car. I agree staging properly can help, but how can reaction times matter at all when the time doesn't start until you cross the beams anyways?
You are very correct kirk. i plan on headers of some kind and a converter and an intake as time and $ permits. I also need to do some work twaeking the suspension, as my dad was watching in the stands and said the car had almost no squat to it. Its definitely a work in progress
KStromberg
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You are very correct kirk. i plan on headers of some kind and a converter and an intake as time and $ permits. I also need to do some work twaeking the suspension, as my dad was watching in the stands and said the car had almost no squat to it. Its definitely a work in progress
Definitely man. You'll get there dude!
What are you running for rear shocks? Without even having been to the track yet, I have to believe that the adjustable Konis I have will be great for drag racing with the fully adjustable feature. Soft as cotton or hard as nails.
mossbergman
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Definitely man. You'll get there dude!
What are you running for rear shocks? Without even having been to the track yet, I have to believe that the adjustable Konis I have will be great for drag racing with the fully adjustable feature. Soft as cotton or hard as nails.
honestly, i have no idea. all i know about the suspension is that it has what i believe is a standard height strutmasters
. i would like to have tbird lowering eibachs with some konis like yours. i think that will make the termi wheels look good too
KStromberg
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honestly, i have no idea. all i know about the suspension is that it has what i believe is a standard height strutmasters
That will more than likely be a better setup for the track also. I guess it all depends on what you want to do first. See how the list quickly begins to grow. :shifty:
mossbergman
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That will more than likely be a better setup for the track also. I guess it all depends on what you want to do first. See how the bill quickly begins to grow. :shifty:
fixed :lol:
KStromberg
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A huge list of parts cost nothing at all until you put them into your shopping cart!
mossbergman
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A huge list of parts cost nothing at all until you put them into your shopping cart!
theyre just pretty pictures till you buy them..
ford nut
Local nut case
Thanks Driller.Reaction times don't matter only to bench racers and number chasers.
But RT does matter in bracket racing, heads up racing, sportsman tree, pro tree, flashlight drags, heck even 3 beep street racing in Mexico.
I have won many, many races (especially 1/8th mile) against much "faster" cars simply by having better reaction times. At first, I felt good with anything under 0.2xx, now I feel I haven't done my best if I don't get a 0.0xx RT.
Ford nut is right - it's a third of your total package you bring to the track.
When you go,
To have fun...
Hang out...
And run your car.
Even if the DA is not good.
Props to the OP!
mossbergman, next time you go, hang out by the tree.
Go as close as the track will let you.
Watch the tree, how people stage, how they react to the tree.
This will help your R/T.
Your lucky to be so close to a track.
Dam I would be living there.