Definately stop doing the dry hops. Also, another good reason for simply releasing the line lock and letting it spin out of the box is that the track crew will from time to time place you in the water for your burnout instead of just out of it. If you stop the spin and then drive to the line you will drive thru the water, not generally conducive to good bite.

 

mod313- I don't ever have the track guys to guide me in the waterbox. I will just open my door and look back to see where I am at, so I can be outside the water bbx when I do my burnout. If my father is their he will guide me through the waterbox.

 

I usually burnout in 1st b/c of the groove that ****ty Moroso motorsports park here in west palm beach has laid into their right lane burnout area... coming out of the burnout in 1st I stay in as tnthub said spinning most of the way to the line.. but on the right lane (my favorite for racing) the car goes careening towards the center rail in the prestage area due to a weird groove in the track, so I'm scared to test a 2nd gear semi-high speed burnout exit...

On that note, tomorrow I will be racing at a killer track during a rental (Bradenton Motorsports Park) with awesome prep. So I will trying out a 2nd gear burnout since the track is much better

 

Javier97Z28- Good luck man.

At our local 1/8 mile track they prep the heck out of it on somedays. The owner/announcer actually thinks it is good when has cars that break the rear-end because how much they hook. He takes pride in the number of rear-end related breaks they have.

 

Javier,

Perhaps you need a line lock?

Best Regards,

Daren

 

sax1031 what kind of tranny do you have? and what rpm do you launch at? do you have a trans brake? and how big is your stall(if its an auto)? sorry for all the questions



i do burnouts in 2nd cause with 4.56's it really revs really quick. like everybody else i let them spin until the line or when its about to hook.

 

With th e M6 I burnout in 2nd. When the tires start to grip and the motor pulls down, I let off the line lock and roll right to the prestage line. When I have installed the TH400, I will try first gear but most likely shift it up to second to get more wheel speed.

Dry hopping is considered kind of gauche among the "real" racers, but if it works for you, why not?

Rich Krause

 

Dry hopping is for some people and not for others. It is how a person likes to do things. My father has owned a machine shop and been a "real" racer since the early 70s. He was one of the first in South Carolina to run Nitrous. He had to go in front of a judge with a lawyer and sign a legal document saying that if anyone ever died or was seriously harmed as the result of sniffing his nitrous he would be put in jail. He got his tank filled at the local hospital.

Camaro Dave- Also I have the T-5 transmission rebuilt with world class gears. The car has a 4.10 gear. We normally leave the line at 3500-4000rpms.

 

Daren, I think you might be right... I didn't even think about it that way. I tried the 2nd gear burnout on this perfect track on sunday (you can see me gloating about 12's in a few places hehe) and I let the car shift into 2nd gear during my burnout and it started to bog down hard. Needless to say having the brake applied aren't letting the wheels freespin to build up speed in 2nd gear. So for now, I'm stuck w/ 1st gear burnouts until I fork over the cash for a linelock It's ok, the Nitto's get plenty hot in 1st gear.. I'm more worried for when I pick up ET Streets or Hoosiers

 

With an M6, gears, and slicks, you should burnout in 2nd gear. It's the only way to get the tires hot enough without holding the car still for 20+ seconds. With drag radials, you'll probably be fine with a 1st gear burnout. And no dry-hops...just a waste of time and wear on your parts. Besides that, I ALWAYS get my best launch on the first one, so dry-hopping just wastes that.

 

Dry hopping is more of a driver preference then something to do or not to do. My car pretty much launches the same everytime with or without dry hops. I have had a time where I did not do a dry hop and spun through the 60ft and into second gear, track was not prepped well that day. I did not know and was going to leave at the normal rpm, if I would have been racing for money I probably would have lost.

 

I'm going to have better tires this year on my A4. Should I do my desired burn then release the brake and the gas at the same time, then re-apply the brake?

Previously I would just spin the street tires for a moment to clean anything off, and release the brake crawling forward then release the gas...

 

So, If you dry hop and don't like what you feel, you get out and change your dial? (Don't get mad I'm just kidding!!). Really, it is very important to do what is right for you. Break your routine and you get to go home early.

Best Regards,

Daren

 

GUMP- Yea you could change your dial. I was more leaning toward loosing a grudge run because of bad track conditions, I wasn't really talking about bracket racing. But you could change your dial. I have to aggree about keeping a routine.