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From: State of Confusion
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From: State of Confusion
If this is your first-time, and you have long-term goals of becoming a competitive bracket-racer, don't be tempted to try many various things on your maiden trip to the strip:
cut 'honest' lights, and by-that, I mean 'react' to the 3rd Amber (Yellow ) bulb each time exactly the same, even if your lights are consistently .120-.140.....
Don't get me wrong, those kinda lights won't win you many (any? ) rounds of elimination, but at-least it'll prove that the car is reacting consistently, that the car has consistently-sufficient traction, that YOU are consistently staging the car accurately, and reacting TO that 3rd bulb consistently:
don't be tempted to leave 'between' the 2nd and 3rd bulb, because we flesh-and-blood humans just aren't that consistent.
The top data on your time-slips are called "REACTION times", not "ANTICIPATION times" .
Once we can confirm that YOU are consistent, we can try various mechanical-changes and/or staging-strategies to shorten your RTs.
cut 'honest' lights, and by-that, I mean 'react' to the 3rd Amber (Yellow ) bulb each time exactly the same, even if your lights are consistently .120-.140.....
Don't get me wrong, those kinda lights won't win you many (any? ) rounds of elimination, but at-least it'll prove that the car is reacting consistently, that the car has consistently-sufficient traction, that YOU are consistently staging the car accurately, and reacting TO that 3rd bulb consistently:
don't be tempted to leave 'between' the 2nd and 3rd bulb, because we flesh-and-blood humans just aren't that consistent.
The top data on your time-slips are called "REACTION times", not "ANTICIPATION times" .
Once we can confirm that YOU are consistent, we can try various mechanical-changes and/or staging-strategies to shorten your RTs.
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From: somers, ny
If this is your first-time, and you have long-term goals of becoming a competitive bracket-racer, don't be tempted to try many various things on your maiden trip to the strip:
cut 'honest' lights, and by-that, I mean 'react' to the 3rd Amber (Yellow ) bulb each time exactly the same, even if your lights are consistently .120-.140.....
Don't get me wrong, those kinda lights won't win you many (any? ) rounds of elimination, but at-least it'll prove that the car is reacting consistently, that the car has consistently-sufficient traction, that YOU are consistently staging the car accurately, and reacting TO that 3rd bulb consistently:
don't be tempted to leave 'between' the 2nd and 3rd bulb, because we flesh-and-blood humans just aren't that consistent.
The top data on your time-slips are called "REACTION times", not "ANTICIPATION times" .
Once we can confirm that YOU are consistent, we can try various mechanical-changes and/or staging-strategies to shorten your RTs.
cut 'honest' lights, and by-that, I mean 'react' to the 3rd Amber (Yellow ) bulb each time exactly the same, even if your lights are consistently .120-.140.....
Don't get me wrong, those kinda lights won't win you many (any? ) rounds of elimination, but at-least it'll prove that the car is reacting consistently, that the car has consistently-sufficient traction, that YOU are consistently staging the car accurately, and reacting TO that 3rd bulb consistently:
don't be tempted to leave 'between' the 2nd and 3rd bulb, because we flesh-and-blood humans just aren't that consistent.
The top data on your time-slips are called "REACTION times", not "ANTICIPATION times" .
Once we can confirm that YOU are consistent, we can try various mechanical-changes and/or staging-strategies to shorten your RTs.
Last edited by ralph; Jun 13, 2007 at 07:18 PM.
