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Originally Posted by whiteboyblues2001
Your tire pressure is probably too high for one thing. Take a look in the "Dragstrip and Launching Discussion" forum, and you can probably find what tire pressure works the best. Generally speaking, lower pressure puts more of the tire in contact with the road for better grip, but up to a point. 51 PSI is more than likely too high.
Also, these times that are quoted, are based off of a prepped surface, and after the driver does a burnout to heat up the tires. Both of these also give better grip.
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Most of the magazines (even GM's numbers) do not use prepped surfaces and heat the tires for their times. That's why we have guys running 11.9-12.2 regularly. Hell here's my best times on a bumpy country road. DA corrected it was 12.1, but that's a bit of guesswork with MPH.
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