thanks yea vosko im having a good deal of trouble launching its hard to lock up. first gear, if i have the throttle 95%+ the wheels will break lose it sucks i dont know if its better to ease off the throttle or shift to second which isnt much better the tires break lose around 6k. its not that i have too much power just my tires suck(i had them down to 20psi for half the runs and launching improved a little)



FD3boost: yea i coulda picked a better day to go for the first time. there were a ton of people watching me and the announcer had a list of the names so u would hear them say ur name whan ur at the tree (actual example: and we've got two feirce competitors here, michael fusareio [its really fusaro but he couldnt read] in a mazda rx7 and jef blah blah blah [insert last name here] in his ford mustang gt] by that time my knees were getting weak and my mouth dry. felt a lot better after i beat him though to hear "and fusareio takes the win!" heh do urself a favor and go on a weekday on a test and tune or something. heh hopefully u wont choke and grind gears like i did.



i was thinking, i looked at my dynochart and i noticed i have more torque with my lower boost setting and more hp with the high boost the diff is something like 269tq/285hp and 254tq/297hp. do u think it would be more effectiv4e running with mroe torque in the lower boost setting? i guess ill have to give it a shot next time i head out there

 

the best thing you can do is buy drag radials!

 

and crack my rearend like an egg shell. heh nah id rather have a set of nittos for street/track racing then the norm wheels for everyday

 

anyone selling stock rims, im gonna need a pair, im very serious about traction but i dont want to drive with nitto 555's b/c its nust gonna wear em down and i dont wanna get caught in the rain. if anyone knows someone willing to part with 2 rims for a decent price id appreciate it

 

nitto 555r's = drag radials

 

555rs is not bad... it can do pretty good launches, but every once awhile they still hops

I use Mikey Thompsons now.... wonder how the BFG drag radials performs.

 

i use M&H racemasters... no hop!

 

Good times mazdamike. Oh yea btw- vosko, any word on the 555R II's?

 

yea, rarely hops on slicks... but drag raidal will still do it.

M&H is good, i have them on my bogart in my All-motor drag CRX

 

i got a really good deal on the M&H's and they look sticky



machine i know you can get the 555R II's from discount tire direct. they aren't cheap though and i think they only come in 17's as of right now....