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Originally Posted by saw22
Thanks, Mike. To help avoid all the wheelhop in 2nd gear, I kept finding myself wanting to shift a little slower. It seemed like all was well through 1st gear (since I was bogging the launch a little anyway) but then as soon as I nailed 2nd, I was all over the place. It's mind-boggling how you guys get around wheelhop, though I've seen it done correctly in many videos recently. Maybe the track was just that cold yesterday. It was 44 degrees and cloudy all day, had dropped to about 32 the night before.
Just like you said, the car loves the cold air, on the highway it runs like an animal, but traction is horrible. On a sunny day at 70 degrees, I can stomp it in 1st and have a little controllable wheelspin like here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgcrgKwt_S8
But on a cold road, as I found out Saturday night, I can nail it at 50 in 2nd gear and immediately kick the backed sideways. |
Yea, unless you can master the art of almost perfect speedshifting (which most folks can't do), nailing it in second can throw you all over the track. Better to ease the clutch down slower in second and not lose traction or sideslip.
The problem at the strip has always been the same. You know what you intend to do, you plan your launch and your shift points and........and then the green light drops, the adreneline rush begins and you forget everything you planned and just go balls out for the trap. That's the frustrating part of the drag's....it's also what keeps us coming back for more!
Mike
