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Old 05-27-2009, 09:25 AM
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fishman1
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Thanks for the replies guys

I went to a new track this last weekend and my car didn't hook like it does at my track....i figured it was a good idea to play with tire pressure and shock settings

tried loosening the shocks twice in a total of four settings and lowered the tire pressure three times in total 1 1/2 psi..well the sixty foots killed me, so i tightened the shocks up in total 8 settings from the loose setting and played with air pressure and also lowered launch rpm by 200 rpm finally got some of my sixty foots back but was still shy about .04 on 60 foots but the car ran just about the same as my track.......as this is new for me i am guessing the track was not as good as mine so by stiffening up the rear shocks and dropping the launch rpm i was not hitting the tires as hard and the car would hook better........so this is what i am gathering tight rear shocks u can go higher on air pressure and have to drop launch rpm and loose rear shocks u can go down on air pressure and up on launch rpm............let me know if i am on the right path........thanks.also my slicks are just about 3 years old with close to 250 passes on them but there is lots of thread left but outsides are scuffed so i am going to try applying tire bite first to see if it helps before i but new tires
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