any tips on how to improve 60ft times?

[bym]

need some tips on how to improve 60ft times, no slicks, cheeters, or et drag radials......

[97rs4life]

lcas, lca relo brackets, torque arm

auto or manual trans? If auto then a torque converter

[9T8W66]

lcas, lca relo brackets, torque arm

auto or manual trans? If auto then a torque converter

What he said and maybe a street tire with a 200 or less treadwear.

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

Weight reduction.

Depends on how far you want to go, but you can likely pull an easy 200 lbs out of the car.

Spare tire, speakers, rear seats...

[bym]

I have 160 thread tires dunlops sp 9000, its an auto trans 4l60e. by the weight isue, i con only go by 10lbsXCubic inch, about what im weighting allready, thinking of relocating the weight to the back. im thinking on buying some trailing arms relocation brakets and eibach drag luanch springs. by the way its really expensive to import parts from the us to guatemala. so I got to go really low,,, or i wont be able to pay rent! hahaha on the torque convertor part how many rpms? wich torque convertor?
would some 275/40/17s wheels and tires help? instead of 245/50/16

[wezeles]

a cheep way to go is just some drag bags to fit in your rear springs, only like 65 bucks from jegs... just toss them inbetween the springs mess with the pressures to match it to your weight, it will keep the rear alot stiffer in the back allowing you to hook better.. quick easy install for not alot of cash

[WMCC AL]

need some tips on how to improve 60ft times, no slicks, cheeters, or et drag radials......

GO FASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zmanrc]

GO FASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

My 60's always suck to.
Wade is good at launching his car ... ask him.

[bmwmcars]

I have 160 thread tires dunlops sp 9000, its an auto trans 4l60e. by the weight isue, i con only go by 10lbsXCubic inch, about what im weighting allready, thinking of relocating the weight to the back. im thinking on buying some trailing arms relocation brakets and eibach drag luanch springs. by the way its really expensive to import parts from the us to guatemala. so I got to go really low,,, or i wont be able to pay rent! hahaha on the torque convertor part how many rpms? wich torque convertor?
would some 275/40/17s wheels and tires help? instead of 245/50/16

stick with the 16" tires. 17s will give you no love. you need the flex in the sidewall, maybe try a bit wider tire on the 16" rim. unhook the sway bar up front, its free, and helps a bit.

[bym]

stick with the 16" tires. 17s will give you no love. you need the flex in the sidewall, maybe try a bit wider tire on the 16" rim. unhook the sway bar up front, its free, and helps a bit.

a freind used to have 275/40/17 in a 95 camaro, and the y didnt came even close to the side wall, i guess it must be in the backspacing of the wheel, ill look for both wider size on the 16s, and try on the 17s and see what happens, the problem on the 16s is that the oe wheel is to thin for a wider tire, wich will bend my tread giving a negative response.

by the way thanks everybody for taking their time to answer the bunch of questions i have.

on the pic where on come in the dirt road, i got this little clip of the track on a meet i organized here in guatemala.... check it out

http://video.google.es/videoplay?doc...12701529035255

[97rs4life]

17s will be fine on your car, just slow you down when racing as they are bigger and heavier. So if you are looking for better 60fts, then bigger rims is not something to do as you will be going in the opposite direction

[01WU8]

Generally speaking a stall converter is the best thing too get a better 60FT time. What are your 60FT's now? In my 01 SS I pull 1.97 60FT and a 13.4 too a 13.2 in the 1/4 generally on street tires with a A4. I run 315/35/17's and I am stock other than the exhaust and few other little mods. I am getting a 3500 stall converter and it should shave at least a half a second off my time and put me into the high 1.7s to the mid 1.8 60FT times with a set of Nitto 555R's. Look into a stall is my opinion and maybe a larger cam with a good set of drag radials...

[GETGONE]

Auto's are MUCH easier to launch than my 6 speed. First play with your air pressure. Different tires react differently to lower pressures. You'll have to see what works for you. My Goodyears didn't seem to care as my best 60' on them was at 32psi. On my Toyos they hooked great at 20psi and heating them up. The Goodyears weren't good when heated and just wanted to spin more. Stick with your 16's. The taller sidewall provides more cushion to help you launch. The shorter the sidewall is(17's and up) the stiffer the sidewall and the easier the tires will want to spin. For launch, don't just mat the gas when the light turns green. You'll want to ease into the gas as the 3rd yellow comes on(assuming they do the trees there the same as here). Ease into the gas as you launch and slowly press down more till you start rolling then you can mat it and it should hook. Leave the car in drive as trying to shift manually with an auto usually hurts you more than helps. With a stock torque converter it's useless to try and power brake it up on the convertor since ususally it just falls on it's face when you let off the brake. Are you currently holding the brake with your left foot and your gas ready to go with your right foot? If you're jumping from the brake to the gas with only your right foot, you're wasting time!

[1BADAIR]

remove the front sway bar
are you leaving at idle or foot braking it

[bym]

im using both of my feet on on the brake and one on the gas, leting it rev till almost 1000 rpm. and launching in the third light on a .400 tree. the problem i have on putting it on drive, starting to accelerate is that i dont floor it so i wont break traction, and then sudenly the car shiftes to second to soon, then i floor the gas and shifts back to first gear, rev a little and shifts back to second gear, thats wasting time a lot... so im starting to use the shifter gear by gear, basically just for first gear so i wont happen what i wrote up there. my tires the best pressure is on 26lbs heated tires. i havent tried loosing up the front sway bar ill try it, but i dont think that would be that much of a diference since i still got the weight of the bar it self, sure it will let the front of the car rise more quickly. have some one ever tried to take the front bumper off, well i dont know hows it called but the panel kinda thing in the front, probable 30 pounds of the nose wich will let rise faster.?