Very first time racing at a drag strip. Didn't go very well. It was just test and tune day so no actual racing. My very first pass I thought I would try to run with traction control off. Big mistake! Right off the line from 1st to 2nd, the car got really Squirrley on me and she went all over the place. 2nd pass put the traction control back on. Big improvement for handling down the track. This track was slippery. 1st 2nd just spins and brakes lose... then finally get traction.

At least two or three times I went from 2nd into 5th! I don't like this seven speed gear box. Gears are way to stiff and to close together. Between my inexperience drag racing, slippery track, trying to get my speed shifting down, my best time only 5 passes, ET was 13.70 105 MPH. My best run and a 2016 Ford Mustsng GT beat me by at least two or three car lengths... that sucked..,, but he also got a good start. My biggest fear was blowing a clutch or something. I don't have five or six grand to spend on that.

If if I was better and way more aggressive on the speed shifting and beat the hell out of the car, I'm sure low 13's or mid 12's I could have done. In a way I'm glad I did shut down. A guy with a C6 Convertible with a supercharger and racing drag slick tires either blew his tranny or differentials off the line... ouch! That's drag racing. 😎

Yea I agree. My Dad's a mechanic and he was there. He kept discouraging me not to run my car down the track. That didn't help matters. I was pretty nervous to. But after you go down the track then it's like hell let's do that again!

I find on these cars first gear is really useless and some people suggested I should start off in second gear off the line which I think might have helped better with the traction issues? But that's how you burn your clutch out isn't it?

QUOTE=65fastback;1597915225]You did fine for the first time on a drag strip....you also showed up with a manual car and that makes the learning the basics that much harder.

The fact is drag racing is not easy ( especially in a manual trans ) and to get "good times" or extract your cars max potential on a couple passes aint gonna happen.... it takes ALOT of practice and the more power you make the more skill and understanding you'll need of track conditions & how things work together on your car[/QUOTE]

Yea. I mean I assume these cars can take a fair amount of abuse because they are built for it but let's face it things will break no matter how well built something is. I can tell you the issue the guy with the C6 with the supercharger and grippy slick racing tires had. When you start applying that kind of power and you're getting it to the ground if you don't have a reinforced rear end and all that kind of stuff somethings going to break! And that's pretty much what happened to him. He had just stock differentials, stock rear end and stock tranny in that car I believe.

QUOTE=eboggs_jkvl;1597914745]Drag strip and "I don't have five or six grand to spend", don't mix. Drag strip action is russian roulette with cars. I've been there a couple of times and didn't lose the RR game. I won't be going back except to watch the others drive to glory!


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Yea... this clutch on this car is so finicky. Mind you the last six speed standard I had was a Borg Warner six speed in a 1995 Trans Am and that thing was smooth as silk to shift with... on this car the clutch doesn't let out till the very last moment and if you're not on the revs she will just stall on you on the spot! I find the gear box kind of crunchy to shift and the gears really close together. And really I've had the car for over a year now but I haven't really tromped on it from a dead start all the way through the gears up to 100+ miles per hour on the highway. I probably should find some back road and just practice that but I didn't buy the car to race it. some guys were saying i should take it out to the track and see what it does and I did.

I hate getting beat by a "Mustang" but hey I am man enough to say he beat me fair and square. Not trying to make excuses but I was just actually getting better with the shifting and the ET's were getting better. but then my Dad telling me don't run your car anymore down the track thinking I'm going to break something...

Need the 8 speed auto I guess 🤓

Okay. Thanks Dave. I'll try that 😎

Some of the mods I have are K&N cold air induction, Weapon X ported throttle body, and Diablo 3 Intune and I deleted the rev limiter.

I do drive around the water. Yes I'm just running street OEM Michelin run flats. What's happening is I'm not great on the lights. Need practice. I really don't care how good of a tree I cut off the line. I'm really just getting use to the car. Launching it off the line... way to nervous at times. To exited and I'm trying to get my RPM's 6,000 to 6,500 shifting gears. 1st off the line i'm dumping the clutch and to the floor which isn't helping.... 6-7,000 RPM.... shift into 2nd gear, Spinning... then finally traction control kicking in. Getting good traction. Watching RPM's shifting into 3rd, by that time I'm already half way down the track. 4th is to high of a gear, loose too much momentum.. so, I'm only in 3rd all the way to the end. So yea 104-106 MPH. I'm not sure what the elevation was. The track was in Gimli Manitoba.