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Originally Posted by cwebster
I just got back from the track. The Hoosiers performed exactly how I predicted. My goal for their maiden voyage was to knock 2 10ths off my 60 ft and 2 or more 10ths off my ET. Accomplished both by my 2nd pass. First 2 passes had 1.8 60 ft. First 4 passes were all 11.5's with my best pass 11.5000 ET @ 125.67 with 1.92 60 ft.
Plenty of room for improvement because the car is a whole different animal with these shorter, stickier tires. There's lots more power available on the launch - much quicker through the RT/Start gates - so I've gotta tune my launch technique. Red-lighted twice before I realized I can't use the same light timing as before - gotta wait a little longer. Bogging was virtually non-existent - one pass I launched too quickly and bogged a little. It accelerates much more quickly between gears so I've gotta learn to time my shifts all over again for best effect. Still have to watch my fuel load because, as it got lighter, I had more spinning on my 2nd gear shift. Can't light these tires up too much on the burnout or they'll start hopping and bouncing. Only really did one good burnout on my first pass (2-sec line lock and rolled out). After that I just spun them to get the water off.
Posted my fastest slip to the fast list but I won't move up 'til I do 11.3 or better. Still at #8 on the Bolt-On list - maybe next time. 
More later when I process the PDR, Helmet, and rooftop video...
--Cal
P.S. No intrusions from ABS or Stabilitrak in case any of you were still wondering if the 26" tires would give me trouble. Didn't do it on the test drive last week and didn't do it at the track today. |
Sounds like you had a successful trial on th tires. Do you see now what I meant by driving this tire is completely different than driving a DR, lol. Your tire is more track appropriate for sure, but some like what the DR does on a road. I’m glad it went well for you, as you get use to it that tire will make you faster for sure.