Darwin Off Street Drags...

[shaneth]

Jasons is chipped mate mine isnt. Were you using your slicks??? how did you get heat into them??

[Blitzen]

I was using semi slicks at 25psi...Was only doing a bit of a burn out to get heat into them. Ambient tempreture on the the night was 25 degrees, and 77% humidity.

[shaneth]

cool here is a question for all the drag geeks . Polo has open diff, you drive thru the water and do a burnout. Effectivly only spinning one wheel what happens to the water left on the other wheel that isnt spinning. I would think it would still have moisture on the tire off the line and hence not give good traction. IS my assumptions correct. This is always what i have been lead to believe/ read/ thought/ found out for myself. Whats everyones opinion.

Blitzen did you drive thru the water.

[Blitzen]

I did try to avoid the water after my first run. I found when I tried to do my first burnout, my handbrake would not hold the car(I have found this before when I have attempted hand brake turns, so it needs an adjustment).
I was getting alot of heat into the tyres.
I had a long brake after my 3rd run(about an hour), then my last 3 runs took about 30 min, so after my 4th run, I had a fair bit of heat in the tyres. After each run, I had the bonnet up trying to get rid of some of the heat soak too.

[shaneth]

cool, sounds like you had fun.......

but like me your times should be lower esp with slicks on. Just means you have to practice more.

[Blitzen]

cool, sounds like you had fun.......

but like me your times should be lower esp with slicks on. Just means you have to practice more.

Oh, I will be...And when I get to Townsville in a few weeks, I will be seeing when the drag strip there runs, and I may even look at doing the Mt Stuart Hill Climb in June Next year, either in the Polo, or in the Hill Climb car I am looking at making....I have the motorsport bug!!!

Mt Stuart Hill Climb...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80G-78_QUcc

[Bukefal]

I had my first foray into drag racing tonight, and had an absolute ball...But, I really do need to get out there and practice more...
I got 6 runs out for the night...

Run 1: 16.37@86.04MPH...2.67 60FT
Run 2: 16.32@86.04MPH...2.66 60FT (Forgot about ESP)
Run 3: 16.01@83.80MPH...2.27 60FT
Run 4: 16.19@86.71MPH...2.70 60FT (Forgot about ESP)
Run 5: 15.71@87.21MPH...2.25 60FT
Run 6: 15.68@87.21MPH...2.31 60FT

i am new to drag racing speak, so a few explanations please...
2.xx = ?
60FT = ?

[Blitzen]

i am new to drag racing speak, so a few explanations please...
2.xx = ?
60FT = ?

2.xx to get to the 60ft mark on the strip...60ft time is a measurement for how well you started. There are Measurements for reaction time, 60ft, 330ft, 660ft, 1000ft, and Elapse Time(overall time at the end of the quarter).