Re: drag racing tips. please help !

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Wed Sep 08 1999 - 07:56:27 EDT


At 01:23 AM 9/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>i gota 318v6 auto ext cab w/ 3.5 gears ....

Is it a v6 or v8? Are the gears sure grip? Is your Dak a pre-97 or 97+?
Is your Dak a 4x2 or 4x4? What tires are you running on? How are
you launching off the line?

>last time i was at the track i was running 18.5's constant.
>racing in drive with overdrive off. just for the hell of it, i decided
>to keep the overdrive off and shift from 1st - 2nd - drive. and i went
>down to 18.2 (same rt and everything)

That's sounds about right for the manual shifts. 18s are high for the
v8. Send above info. ... we may have similar Daks.

Bob, Ontario, CAN
'97 FR CC NSV Sport, 5.2L, 3.55SG, auto., 4x2



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