"Tony Cellana" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
[...]
: Yes those suggestions are based on launching my 99 R/T (auto). For a 5spd,
: launch high enough that you don't bog the motor.
[...]
With my '96 5-speed, I used to launch not too far above idle -
maybe 2,000 a the most; just sort've feathered the throttle as
necessary.
: Getting much below a 2.2 60' in a 5spd is near impossible as you are
: shifting if you start in 1st.
My best short time on normal street tires is 2.08, that was on
Firestone Firehawks, 235/70 15. I tried drag radials once, but
they didn't help me out too much because I didn't have a line lock
and couldn't get them to smoke without having them hook and launch
the truck during the burnout. :-) I got a 2.06 with the drag
radials, would have been better no doubt if I had been able to heat
them up properly.
This was a GenII, GenIII may be different. Based on what I
have seen at the tracks, Daks seem to get something in the
neighborhood of a 2.3, 2.4 short time, if you can get into the
2.0 range you're doing pretty good.
--
-Jon-
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