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DenisC8
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Actively managing traction is a big part of what drivers do in racing but you are putting all the responsibility on the car and want to be the passenger instead of an active participant. If I were you, I would do multiple passes in track mode with traction on, set a base line best time, then move on to traction reduced then off. Only then mess with launch control and see if the times get better or worse, you will be very surprised.
Ps: putting slicks on your car is like brining a completely different car and comparing the times.
Like I said, I'm going to try sport and track with everything on. If I can get enough runs in, hopefully find a combo that will not wheel hop and give me better time. I was used to doing everything myself but with the videos and advice from some I went launch control for the C8. My C7, no wheel hop but to get my best time, it was drag radials and warm up the tires. 11.55. Maybe I can go back one weekend and try it again without the radials. Hopefully before snow comes.
Cannot do it. Holding down the break pedal, locks the back tires. Unless you have a solution?
Shut off all the nannies. Pull both paddles in. Feather the brake pedal. Run the revs up to 6000 release the paddles and feather the brake enough to keep you from leaping forward but still keeping the rear wheels lit up. Much like a burnout with a manual tranny other than no paddles.
And have CAA on speed dial.
You saying the tranny won't stand up as well as old the manual transmissions did? If that's the case then I guess @wlgj should disregard my idea. Glad my old Chevelle and my Duster had good trannys.
Used to go there every now and then around the same time. I remember a 1969 Camaro called “ The Invader “ that was pretty quick as well as a Henry J that would pull up all dirty straw stuck to it and run a high 14 or low 15 . Then it would come back around and hello, pull the front wheels and run a 10 odd et . Don’t even know how I remember any of it after the last 45 yrs to tell the truth, lol.
I remember the Henry J well. Same time I was there. He was from Annapolis Valley if I remember right. Use to be a blue 49 or so Anglia that was pretty quick too. Here's a site with some pics from Oyster Bed from 1978. That was a couple years after my time there.
Vintage Drag Racing: Maritime Style - 1978
Summer of 1978 at Oyster Bed Bridge drag strip in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
public.fotki.com
Thanks for the link, very interesting, brings back memories. Those little rigs don’t need a ton of horsepower to pull like mad , a strong small block if you can squeeze it in and your good. The Anglia rings a bell for sure though I can’t really picture it. The J on the other hand I can still see for some reason. Those were the days as they say .I remember the Henry J well. Same time I was there. He was from Annapolis Valley if I remember right. Use to be a blue 49 or so Anglia that was pretty quick too. Here's a site with some pics from Oyster Bed from 1978. That was a couple years after my time there.
Vintage Drag Racing: Maritime Style - 1978
Summer of 1978 at Oyster Bed Bridge drag strip in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.public.fotki.com
For some reason I cannot transfer my times. Will keep trying. Cannot even transfer on the phone to photos.
Can you email them?For some reason I cannot transfer my times. Will keep trying. Cannot even transfer on the phone to photos.
DenisC8
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