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I'll be there to race, prolly arriving at about 4:45pm as always.

Clutch fixed, wheel alignment, more power yup... im ready :) If I don't do a 13.x god help the person standing nearest to me :)

Never been to drags before....and i got a few questions...

Is it NECESSARY to do a burnout to "warm" the tyres up ??

cause i find that i can get a bit of smoke happening and then the car just gets traction and takes off...cant do on -spots no matter what i do...and i dont wanna get a line lock solenoid.....hehe..

I also been told that the tarmac at drag strips is different to street....this true ?

so any suggestions for a first timer ??

dont wanna embarrass myself on my first run.... :confused:

Is it NECESSARY to do a burnout to "warm" the tyres up ??

Not if you're using street tyres... They are designed to work at normal driving temps.

cause i find that i can get a bit of smoke happening and then the car just gets traction and takes off...

at the track, you start on the water. rev it hard in 2nd then drop the clutch. you will find that they smoke up real quick but like i said, totally unneccesary.

Adrian

I also been told that the tarmac at drag strips is different to street....this true ?

Yup much more sticky and your car may/will behave differently on the strip compared to the normal street roads. Just take it easy the first run (or 2) and don't try and be a hero until you get the 'feel' of it all.

Looks like it is on between Us StreetCommodores and the Ricerboys in there Lines.

Looking foward to the friendly competition. I am organising it from the SC FORUM and 2RISMO fromm the SAU FORUM

MYSS2C AKA, Ben

VXSS Commodore Thats right

Wipe your eyes and pump up ricer boys LOL




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