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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Here you go, you were looking for a wheelie. Full throttle off the trans brake. I've been using a throttle stop to slow it down for the 10.50. Car pulled to the left so I short shifted it as I straightened it out. Hurt the time a little.
http://youtu.be/z3c4Z9_c51M
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Damn, and here I was all proud of my little launch pic and my "almost a paper thin amount of air under the right front tire" LOL until I saw that!




Nice launch Vinnie.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 11:02 PM
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Damn, and here I was all proud of my little launch pic and my "almost a paper thin amount of air under the right front tire" LOL until I saw that!




Nice launch Vinnie.
Thanks Mark. you'll need a trans brake and come off the two step at 5000 and you should get them up higher.
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Originally Posted by L79racer
you'll need a trans brake and come off the two step at 5000 and you should get them up higher.
True...although with a brake and a 5k stall/launch I'd most likely be doing nothing other than leaving bits & pieces of 6L80 transmission all over the starting line LOL.
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by L79racer
Here you go, you were looking for a wheelie. Full throttle off the trans brake. I've been using a throttle stop to slow it down for the 10.50. Car pulled to the left so I short shifted it as I straightened it out. Hurt the time a little.
http://youtu.be/z3c4Z9_c51M
nice air vinnie. 5000 on a trans brake does it for you. i get air launching on footbrake at 2200 to 2400 and a second lift when the juice hits a 100 shot in first around 4300. yes i pull a little left also and have basically no steering for about 30ft when on juice, gives me a second to pray
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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There ya go..........that's a little better than those walkouts you had in the 10.50s Now let's get that thing on the bumper
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