How to Race a 4-Speed Car
LOTS of good suggestions posted.
Here's a run i made last weekend.
First time I've had teh car out in a year.
http://media.putfile.com/First-qualifier-Port-2007
I ran a 10.79 @ 126.54 on this run .
r/t was a killer .149 and my 60' was 1.55
I was leaving/ side stepping the clutch at 5000 rpm
I got a little distracted , and looked at the other guys lights come on.
i tried to keep revving the motor up, and nail it when the tree came down.
i was leaving when the "second to last yellow was BRIGHT".
Your success of staging the car and cutting a good light depends how deep or shallow you are.
My qualifing r/t sucked ( .149,.315.129,and 1.039)
When I figured out how to stage i cut a .007, and a .089 in eliminations .
I have a brakeline pressure guage on my car and put about 80 lbs on the front brakes.
What I did to stage the car was light the top bulb, put pressure on front brakes and "drive " the car into the last set of lights.
What are you running for a trans?.
I'm using a Hemi4 speed that has been "Pro shifted" by Liberty gear.
SHIFTS DAMN FAST and quick.
My shifter is a Hurst Super Shifter 3 .
i spent ALOT of time making sure the linkage was installed correctly and wasn't binding.
I've got a hyd t/o brg, and just put "a bit' of pressure on the pedal between gear changes.
I've got a grand total of 6 good runs on the car, and they all came this weekend.
One of the best things i did was go to a race where there were a bunch of stick cars, and payed alot of attention to how the drivers drove the cars.
Good luck and post some results on how you did.
Todd