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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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Some of us from our club got together and went to Coastal Plains Dragstrip in J'ville N.C. 1st pass- 15.4@104. Was terribly sideways twice. 2nd pass-12.74 @109. Tires broke loose on both upshifts and hit rev limiter. 3rd-13.26@111. Trying to keep it from spinning the tires and hitting the limiter. It's an 04 coupe with an A4, heads, exhaust and 3.73's. Starting from idle. No one was getting a good hook up and the folks that go there on a regular basis said the conditions were bad. It was starting to rain when I made the 3rd pass. Rev limiter is set at 6800. Shift point is 6100. The 3rd pass is on youtube. I'm in the rt. lane. A C6 with drag radials in left lane, 13.25@ 114.83. Any suggestions or wait until good conditions?

Sept 16 CPR Pair of 13 Sec VettesBy KC97TA
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Sounds like you need to dial in your WOT shift MPH a little better.
700 rpm between shift and cut off, you should never hit rev limiter
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Originally Posted by Blow Torch
Sounds like you need to dial in your WOT shift MPH a little better.
700 rpm between shift and cut off, you should never hit rev limiter
shift points low at 6100....
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