First ever track visit.....A&A z06 goodness.....
09-26-2018, 08:56 PM
#22
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
09-27-2018, 11:12 AM
#24
Melting Slicks
My car hooks just fine on R888's street and strip with DRM Bilsteins shocks, GM T1 sway bars, and 650rwhp. Using a Vortech v3 Si
Last edited by Quickshift_C5; 09-27-2018 at 11:14 AM.
09-27-2018, 01:01 PM
#25
Melting Slicks
He has almost 20% more horsepower than you do so it's not really apples to apples. You could also have a much better driver mod...
Last edited by Turpid porpoise; 09-27-2018 at 01:02 PM.
09-27-2018, 01:35 PM
#26
Melting Slicks
I understood the difference in power, but it seemed like the discussion was based around his suspension. My point was that if he's wheelhopping on the street also, it's not the suspension. I can blow my tires away just fine on the street if I use poor throttle management, but it doesn't wheelhop.
09-27-2018, 02:14 PM
#28
Melting Slicks
No one ever wants to hear this, but the best tire at the drag strip for a stick shift vette is a bias ply tire. You will run the best and most reliable times with this tire if you know how to launch the car and can make the shifts. It also goes without saying you will need to be on a well prepped track. The next best possible times will occur using a drag radial but the technique is trickier and broken driveline parts are a higher possibility. I would not choose the R888 for the drag strip unless you just wanted to make a pass and had nothing else, especially with 800rw on tap.
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10-02-2018, 06:44 PM
#29
Burning Brakes
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No one ever wants to hear this, but the best tire at the drag strip for a stick shift vette is a bias ply tire. You will run the best and most reliable times with this tire if you know how to launch the car and can make the shifts. It also goes without saying you will need to be on a well prepped track. The next best possible times will occur using a drag radial but the technique is trickier and broken driveline parts are a higher possibility. I would not choose the R888 for the drag strip unless you just wanted to make a pass and had nothing else, especially with 800rw on tap.
I will go drag radial, Ill never go bias ply because its still a DD in the summer. R888s where bought do to reviews but then again those are reviews from people making low 600s, not 800s. I just wanted to make a pass. I thought it would at least hook in second.
I have suspension goodies on the way from Brett that I will install over this weekend. Im stoked to run at the track one more time before the seasons over.
10-02-2018, 08:13 PM
#30
Melting Slicks
I will go drag radial, Ill never go bias ply because its still a DD in the summer. R888s where bought do to reviews but then again those are reviews from people making low 600s, not 800s. I just wanted to make a pass. I thought it would at least hook in second.
I have suspension goodies on the way from Brett that I will install over this weekend. Im stoked to run at the track one more time before the seasons over.
I have suspension goodies on the way from Brett that I will install over this weekend. Im stoked to run at the track one more time before the seasons over.
Last edited by Quickshift_C5; 10-02-2018 at 08:40 PM.
10-03-2018, 09:21 AM
#32
Melting Slicks
I will go drag radial, Ill never go bias ply because its still a DD in the summer. R888s where bought do to reviews but then again those are reviews from people making low 600s, not 800s. I just wanted to make a pass. I thought it would at least hook in second.
I have suspension goodies on the way from Brett that I will install over this weekend. Im stoked to run at the track one more time before the seasons over.
I have suspension goodies on the way from Brett that I will install over this weekend. Im stoked to run at the track one more time before the seasons over.
Most of us have at least one extra set of wheels for the track with bias ply tires. I only go to the track 2 to 4 times per year depending on whether the car is running. It's worth it to be able to use full power in every gear and feel what the setup is really capable of doing.
10-03-2018, 09:30 AM
#33
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I am. I was going to go to Rock Falls but I found out today they are closing for construction after this weekend. Might make the trek down to cedar falls late this year.
10-03-2018, 05:35 PM
#34
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Most of us have at least one extra set of wheels for the track with bias ply tires. I only go to the track 2 to 4 times per year depending on whether the car is running. It's worth it to be able to use full power in every gear and feel what the setup is really capable of doing.
I might do this, but have a ton of other stuff to do as well
10-03-2018, 05:55 PM
#35
10-10-2018, 02:15 AM
#36
Turbo-Geist is correct. I was hard headed and tried to run my car on radials for a long time. I struggled to launch the car correctly and consistently. I finally gave in and switched to a set of bias plys (which I only use at the track) and its a difference of night and day. 60's have plummeted and the car leaves worlds better. Ill never go back to a radial at the track for a manual car. Radials on the street and Bias Ply at the track is the proper setup for a manual.