Homepage Garage Wiki Register Social Groups Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
#Camaro6
Go Back   CAMARO6 > Members Area > Past Camaro Fests > 2018 Camaro Fest (VIII)


Phastek Performance


Post Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 12-20-2017, 07:15 AM   #71
Dragonman
 
Dragonman's Avatar
 
Drives: 2015 1LT OBE
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: KY
Posts: 509
At last year's fest and having never drag raced a car ever, I appreciated the pro tree. It pretty much keeps the newbs from DQing their runs. I did manage to pull RT down from .6 to .2 in the 4 runs I did. Drop the loud peddle and dump the binders on yellow is all you have to remember for the pro tree. Staging is a bit trickier for those that want to have the motor well spun up before they launch however. If you're not trying to beat someone to the finish line, ie. testing ETs, the tree doesn't even really matter. Just wait for the green to show you the timing circuit is active and launch it whenever you're ready.

To be brutal, just to avoid the red lights, the pro tree is the best way to go. I still managed to jump the start on one of my runs trying to power brake launch. The starter was nice enough to allow me to reset and get the run in anyway.
__________________
_______-2015 1LT JUSTICE----------------------------------1997 B12-___________
Dragonman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 07:34 AM   #72
hrpiii
AKA "Beefcake"
 
hrpiii's Avatar
 
Drives: 2023 ZL1 Sharkskin
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Indy
Posts: 8,523
Quote:
Originally Posted by racergirl View Post
well don't be so slow off the line then.
hrpiii is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 08:51 AM   #73
mlee
CamaroFans.com
 
mlee's Avatar
 
Drives: ZLE & ZR2
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Conroe, TX
Posts: 37,474
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonman View Post
At last year's fest and having never drag raced a car ever, I appreciated the pro tree. It pretty much keeps the newbs from DQing their runs. I did manage to pull RT down from .6 to .2 in the 4 runs I did. Drop the loud peddle and dump the binders on yellow is all you have to remember for the pro tree. Staging is a bit trickier for those that want to have the motor well spun up before they launch however. If you're not trying to beat someone to the finish line, ie. testing ETs, the tree doesn't even really matter. Just wait for the green to show you the timing circuit is active and launch it whenever you're ready.

To be brutal, just to avoid the red lights, the pro tree is the best way to go. I still managed to jump the start on one of my runs trying to power brake launch. The starter was nice enough to allow me to reset and get the run in anyway.
^^^ this right here.

...and Hank I just spit my coffee out.
__________________
mlee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 09:05 AM   #74
bhillakaiceberg

 
bhillakaiceberg's Avatar
 
Drives: 2011 2SS/RS & 2017 1SS
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,960
Although..I completely FAILED with the Pro Tree last Fest...I want it again. It makes for a great race. Its a drivers race...Some epic battles of literal side by side action all the way down the dragstrip.
__________________
2011 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS/RS L99 (1 of 782)
10.78 @125mph ALL MOTOR SBE
Built/Tuned by Me

2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1SS Auto
9.29 @144.57mph ALL MOTOR SBE

#TEAMGPI Gwatney Performance Innovation

bhillakaiceberg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 09:10 AM   #75
racergirl


 
racergirl's Avatar
 
Drives: 2014 Red Hot 2SS/RS A6 Camaro
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Metairie, LA
Posts: 5,373
Quote:
Originally Posted by hrpiii View Post
well don't be so slow off the line then.
Ok. Grandpa
__________________
Current Camaro: 2014 2SS
Performance Mods: BBK Headers, Borla S type axle back, tune, TSP Stage 1 cam, Vararam Intake, DR's
11.77 @ 119.21

Former Camaro: 2013 2LS
BONE STOCK: 13.953@100.77 With Bolt-Ons: 13.646@101.60
With 75 shot and Bolt-Ons: 12.587@111.25
Performance Mods: CAI Intake, MRT V2, SLP Underdrive Pulley, DRs, Skinnies, Rear seat delete
racergirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 09:26 AM   #76
mlee
CamaroFans.com
 
mlee's Avatar
 
Drives: ZLE & ZR2
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Conroe, TX
Posts: 37,474
Quote:
Originally Posted by racergirl View Post
Ok. Grandpa
__________________
mlee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 09:27 AM   #77
Mr. Wyndham
I used to be Dragoneye...
 
Mr. Wyndham's Avatar
 
Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 31,876
Send a message via AIM to Mr. Wyndham
Quote:
Originally Posted by racergirl View Post
Ok. Grandpa
__________________
"Keep the faith." - Fbodfather
Mr. Wyndham is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 10:30 AM   #78
RubyCamaro
Jan
 
RubyCamaro's Avatar
 
Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Red Jewel tintcoat
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Springfield, TN
Posts: 16,225
Cutting it too close & ending up red-lighting is just part of drag racing. Watching that cadence of the lights on sportsman tree is so much a part of how I race it is just really hard to adjust. That is the way we run at the local track.
__________________
RubyCamaro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 10:48 AM   #79
Dragonman
 
Dragonman's Avatar
 
Drives: 2015 1LT OBE
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: KY
Posts: 509


Hard to adjust. Yeah. Ok.
__________________
_______-2015 1LT JUSTICE----------------------------------1997 B12-___________
Dragonman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 11:12 AM   #80
tpower
DBLCHBY III
 
tpower's Avatar
 
Drives: 15 1LE
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Team Canada
Posts: 2,789
Hopefully I can bring an 8 cylinder instead of the V7 I had last year
__________________
tpower is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 12:09 PM   #81
RubyCamaro
Jan
 
RubyCamaro's Avatar
 
Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Red Jewel tintcoat
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Springfield, TN
Posts: 16,225
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonman View Post


Hard to adjust. Yeah. Ok.
Yeah, reaction time sucked though. First person I saw after that final race said "You were asleep at the light". 2 X second place, proud of that, but still want to win one!

__________________
RubyCamaro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 04:36 PM   #82
Ace0751
GEN5 Detail
 
Ace0751's Avatar
 
Drives: 2011 Synergy Series 2SS Convertible
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Northeast, OH
Posts: 1,986
I vote for a 1/4 mile sprint. When the light goes green, we get out of our cars and run down the strip.
__________________
Roto-Fab CAI, Borla ATAK Exhaust System, Stainless Power Headers, RX Performance Catch Can, ACS T4 Splitter, Oracle side markers, Dyno Tuned by RDP Motorsports
Ace0751 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 04:44 PM   #83
racergirl


 
racergirl's Avatar
 
Drives: 2014 Red Hot 2SS/RS A6 Camaro
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Metairie, LA
Posts: 5,373
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace0751 View Post
I vote for a 1/4 mile sprint. When the light goes green, we get out of our cars and run down the strip.
Pass
__________________
Current Camaro: 2014 2SS
Performance Mods: BBK Headers, Borla S type axle back, tune, TSP Stage 1 cam, Vararam Intake, DR's
11.77 @ 119.21

Former Camaro: 2013 2LS
BONE STOCK: 13.953@100.77 With Bolt-Ons: 13.646@101.60
With 75 shot and Bolt-Ons: 12.587@111.25
Performance Mods: CAI Intake, MRT V2, SLP Underdrive Pulley, DRs, Skinnies, Rear seat delete
racergirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2017, 06:58 PM   #84
HRD_WRK
HARD WORKING PATRIOT
 
HRD_WRK's Avatar
 
Drives: 2011 CAMARO 2SS RS-AUTO
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: IOWA
Posts: 367
If anyone is new to the drag scene, there is a great sticky in Camaro5 Drag section 'Drag racing for newbies'.

Feel free to ask me any procedure questions in the lanes during TNT, in my pit(look for blue canopy/white trailer/silver 5G), or at the hotel night gatherings. Glad to help.
__________________
Long time avid daily reader -thanks to all for your helpful threads!
Bolt ons, Stock Torq Converter - 11.810 & 116.21

Last edited by HRD_WRK; 12-22-2017 at 07:11 PM.
HRD_WRK is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Post Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:22 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.