No Headlight = .20?
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Exactly what I was thinking. You can't compare times on two different days/nights at the track. Too many variables.
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I know what i am about to say might casue some flaming from drag racers, but i feel that slicks are cheating.
To me i want to know that i am just as fast on the track as on the street, besides things like ground prep since any competator would be facing the same problem.
You might be able to throw some sticky tires on and run a 13.5 but around town you'd still only be a 14 sec car.
So unless those same sticky tires will be run 24/7 i say still to do 24/7 mods. control arms and subframe connectors def are, so don't take that wrong. if thats what you want to do next then go for it.
/end rant and put on flame suit.
To me i want to know that i am just as fast on the track as on the street, besides things like ground prep since any competator would be facing the same problem.
You might be able to throw some sticky tires on and run a 13.5 but around town you'd still only be a 14 sec car.
So unless those same sticky tires will be run 24/7 i say still to do 24/7 mods. control arms and subframe connectors def are, so don't take that wrong. if thats what you want to do next then go for it.
/end rant and put on flame suit.
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Um, bracket racing.
Speciffically bracket racing againt guys who know their cars well enough to hit with 100's of the dial in every run. If both cars are hitting close to their dial in, R/T is the deal breaker.
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Ive seen alot of Turbo Cobras take theres out for the added air, ive also seen a guy who drilled his headlight out for more air to the Turbo.
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Update: Sorry dude, just checked the NHRA rules and you're right. I stand corrected. Learn something new every day.
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Yeah R/T plays a big factor in braket racing if you're racing someone who knows what they are doing. Of course picking your dial in and hitting close is more important but a slow R/T will lose you races.
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I honestly don't get why you don't think R/T is important.
The point I was making to Knight about R/T was that even when I'm on the car and leave well, I'm still pretty much at the limit of what this set up can do in regards to 60 ft times and it's time to start upgrading to improve them..
The point I was making to Knight about R/T was that even when I'm on the car and leave well, I'm still pretty much at the limit of what this set up can do in regards to 60 ft times and it's time to start upgrading to improve them..
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As stated, I did not realize that R/T was used in bracket racing. Now that I know that, I'm wondering how often it really gets used since according to NHRA rules, it's only used when two cars post exactly the same differences from their dial-ins. I guess I'm used to racing the clock for test & tune reasons, so I'm not generally worried about R/T since it doesn't count against your ET. Obviously, in street racing, or head to head racing at the track, a better R/T can allow a slower car (ET wise) to get the win. So I understand what you're saying, I guess I just don't see many people worrying about it.
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Got it.
Can't say for sure how often it comes up since I don't pay that close attention to the other races. I would imagine a lot do come down to reaction time as racers get deeper into rounds and the weaker racer get weeded out. Most of the better racers already know what their car is going to run so a race between 2 racers that are tight to their dial ins should come down to R/T in theory.
Can't say for sure how often it comes up since I don't pay that close attention to the other races. I would imagine a lot do come down to reaction time as racers get deeper into rounds and the weaker racer get weeded out. Most of the better racers already know what their car is going to run so a race between 2 racers that are tight to their dial ins should come down to R/T in theory.
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