ALLANB

Remember a tenth or two mph and same on mph can be found with maybe a lighter driver and less fuel in the car. Every hundred pounds is roughly a tenth and a mph.
So that can make some variance right there. But those naysayers sure have gotten very silent all of a sudden.. LOL

Snorman

The same thing happened with the C7 after we started running them.

The same thing will happen here too.
S.

harlold

awesome

harlold

while i appreciate how fast it is, i don't get the allure of drag racing an auto

the fun of drag racing to me is how fast you as the driver can do it.

taking a car you can give to a 16yo girl where she can run 10's just doesn't seem impressive

phantasms

Speaking of, when does anyone want to go to Cecil or Atco or Rrrrrace wayyy park with me?

phantasms

While I am very impressed with the time I do agree with you. Then again I feel that way about an automatic for any reason at all. But that's just me. Obviously the launch is still a pain (harder possibly?) but I agree there's such a fitness and skill to knocking off perfect near instantaneous shifts in a manual car. It's my favorite part of drag racing. Then there are those who will do whatever it takes to get a click faster on the clock. Options are nice to have.

Fore58

The auto's has a manual/paddle shift just no clutch. Maybe it's just me.....I don't get it. I really enjoy watching M7/M6 at the drag strip.... hats off to the driver, but it's just not for me especially as a daily driver.

DLC7

Does that include when you have the winning, or losing time slip?

Fore58

And believe it or not it took some skills to accomplish those low ET's......just a little easier than the M7's. In other words, You still have to find the sweet spot on the A8's if you are after the best ET. You are looking for the best 60' on both manual and auto. And if you don't have skills it is indeed a skillful task. Having said that, I believe Jason427 will do even better.....how much better who knows.

VinnieA

I'm in when ever. Been thinking of getting a rental together at Atco towards end of March or April....

PushNut

the Hellcat run when equipped with drag radials...

VinnieA

I saw an A8 hell car with drag radials run a 10:86 at PBIR when I was there. I think a few have gone faster tho...

PushNut

surely the lighter car with similar power will go faster!
I can`t wait for more times to come in...

cars

f1 drivers don't drive manual either do any of the top motorsports competition. Having spoke to a guy that won the Million dollar drag race. He statement was most of the people in the competition are playing checkers except a few are playing chase.

Most of us go drag for fun but while at that event, a normal competitor (guy playing chase) was asked what he will run. He says based on today's condition it will run a 5.90 in the 1/8th. Next pass he ran 5.900.

if your fun is rolling through gears at drag strip and get smoked that is your preference. I rather have the easiest car to drive and smoke people. I am sure jason427 has had many autos and manuals.

harlold

You aren't comparing like things.

Driving a stock auto car on a 1/4 mile drag strip has nothing to do with the skill required to go around a track. Or the difference in running a custom built car that runs 5's.

Running a stock auto on a drag strip requires virtually no skill other than knowing how to mash the gas. Sorry, not impressive to me.

Building your own car that runs sub 10's, even if it is an auto? thats impressive.

Doesn't mean it isn't an impressively fast time for the Z06, just not impressed anyone can do it - I don't see the fun in it.

phantasms

Because production vehicle equals top competition.

Hot Rod Todd

Manuals are great fun on a track day when you're out there alone working hard to get that one in ten great pass, but if you're actually racing someone you need consistency. Autos are much more consistent allowing the driver to concentrate on the reaction time. In the end, you could have two cars that run about equal best times, but the auto will win many more races. Beating the car next to you is what drag racing is really about, not getting a good ET to post on the web.

ALLANB

Sorry to repeat this question think it was asked already in this thread but do the auto cars have launch control?

ALLANB

Would like to say that while manuals can be fun to drag race and with my fourth generation cars and maybe most cars manuals usually give the higher mph due to lower drivetrain losses there are so many things that can and do go wrong at drag track with a manual versus an auto.
You can short shift,,slow shift, miss a shift, hit the limiter. In some cars you can easily hit the wrong gear. Some cars are balky at going into gear at high rpm and some manual trans will start having problems with forks ,synchros when you start hammering on them .Also clutches can take a real beating if you are slipping them to try to get the best 60ft.
Now you can also manually shift autos sometimes with good results.
In my older cars like my second generation f bodies manually shifting the auto made a huge difference in et. But with the newer computer controlled autos not as much.
And there are still things for a driver to do even with an auto . You still can play with launch rpm which can vary quite a bit depending on track conditions . And can play also with launch technique do you flash the converter, do you brake torque it up there?

Also you can chop off big amounts of time like .5 seconds or more by going to different stall converter . Higher stall or smaller diameter . Sure will see some huge improvements in time when people put stalls in the new z06 cars.
If a guy is serious about winning drag racing then an auto does make things a lot easier. But agree on the road a manual can be more fun but nowadays don't really need a clutch to have manual gear selection obviously.

Fore58

A 16 year girl running 10's would impress me with both manual or auto......but more with the manual. Bottom line is that the auto's are more consistent at the drag track. You still have to figure out how to get the best ET on both. The last time I was at the track with my C7 auto I was .6 faster than a guy that had the exact same car. Just something he had to figure out. So it was more to it in just mashing on the gas in order for him to better his ET. So is more like distributing the proper technique as oppose to having skills.