I think I will just try to bump in the same way I always do, because you are right about someone comming in quick on the tree and it falling before you are ready. also if I turn off the prestage light it is a foul in my class. I run 35 psi in the front. I will try 45 and see if that makes a difference.
the reason I asked about the two step is I have heard about people putting the button on their left top corner of their brake pedal. when they are at the light they just raise the rpm until the engine slightly studders. I guess what I am trying to accomplish is to leave at the same rpm each launch without having to glance at both the tree and tach.
For now I will pay much more attention to listening to the motor at the light. I guess it will be like down track when the shift light goes on I already have pressure on the shifter anticipating the light by listening to the motor. once again thanks for the advice you guys have been helpful.
steve
Originally Posted by slowmotion
I'd just start with raising the RPM a few hundred and see what happens. Vary it to see how the car responds and find the "sweet spot" that works for you and the car. I wouldn't go full tilt agains the converter. If you stage first and the other guy hears you up high in RPM's it gives him the chance to burn you down. If you are bracket racing and you are the faster car, you might be there awhile. I don't know about footbraking but on a 2 step a converter builds 100 degrees a second.
Something else you said was that you dial the car to compensate for your lights. One has nothing to do with the other. You can sit on the line for 30 sec and still run the same ET.
What pressere are you running in your front tires? Higher pressure equals lower RT's. I had a 17 sec street car that 1lb in the front tires was about .01 on the tree.
IMO if you want to be consistant when you go deep, you have to bump in until you turn off the prestage light . The problem is some tracks may not allow it and at some tracks it's your responsibility to get in there 1st and be ready. If somebody quick trees you, you might be trying to bump in when the trees starts coming down.