Hi, gona try my hand at drag racing next weekend and just wondering if anybody had any tips on car setup they could share specifically suspension setup, im thinking to set my shocks up fairly hard to stop the car bogging down to much at the rear during launch or is this a bad idea, maybe reducing grip ? any ideas people ?

 

Wrong way round in my experience Ric, you want a squidgy rear to get the weight to transfer to the rear for best traction.

Martyn

 

Watch the videos of the quick cars and then decide, Madhammer's car looks too soft to me, but seems to work, Andy.F.'s car and "The Banana" just seem to go...

 

cheers for the reply's guys, iv had a look at the big power cars and tbh its like comparing apples and oranges !

il leave the rear as soft as i can then, what about the front ? probably wont make much difference i suspect ? you going smeathorpe at the weekend martyn ?

 

No he's off to the gym to lose some weight...



dunx

 

LOL, now now dunx !

 

lol, lmao at you pair.
No will be working this weekend m8, so best of luck.

Martyn

 

Have you seen the lad, he's nowt to lose...

dunx

 

cheers martyn,
yeah iv seen him dunx, i pop down there occasionally and he puts my car on the rolling road and has a quick game of solitaire on his laptop

 

managed a 7.8 @95mph which i didnt think was too bad for my first time out ! quickest car was another impreza 520/490 which did a 7.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrQi011NUVs

 

Were those times over the 1/4? Should of been at TOTB if it was!!!
Looking at your terminal speed it was 1/8 mile, was it?

 

no mate only 1/8th

 

Screechy managed 7.6 @ 97

 

which was his car ?

 

The Blue Type-R

 

Blue type r with the carbon bonnet.

Problem was the starts. Broke the locking wheel nut in the morning so couldn't put the r888s on. Had to run on road tyres and as a results couldn't get off the line.

I ended up with the highest terminal at 98mph but much slower 60ft times.

As a result 7.626 was the best I could do. Goes to show the start of the car made all the difference

 

oh yeah, was talking to you down there, think i might have to invest in some 888's myself for next time as well as putting the car on a diet, my best 60ft was 2.1 seconds so i know what you mean about getting off the line, what are you running in your car btw (engine/turbo) ?

i also think the 6 speed didn't help, either bouncing of the limiter in third to cross the line or another shift 10m from the finish.

Defiantly got the bug for drag racing now tho

 

I think my 60ft were about 1.85 from memory.

Running Cosworth 2.5 with GT35r @ 1.6 bar.

Also running a 6 speed and quite a long way into 4th at the end.

As for the bug, it's just a shame that there aren't more events down this way as the return trip to Shakespeare or Santa Pod is a long day and significantly more cost for me.

 

nice setup, must have deep pockets i built mine at home in the shed

your right about there not being anything else down this way, dont think i fancy the long drive to a proper strip