Seat time will get you there, sounds like you had fun & didn't get a ticket, thats what it's about.
It's hard to out shift an automatic
Glad you ran into a good guy, there are a lot of us out there, the DICKs are just more memorable LOL
Racing from a stop is all that matters! Racing at a roll has no skill involved.....NHRA and IHRA tracks don't race at rolls. I accepted your challenge. Didn't see your reply to mine. Why not meet at Milan on Wed, or Friday night. No $$$. Just for fun.jimmyg79 said:Last night I had a 03 lightning pull up next to me while I was heading down Gratiot. We wanted to catch a light, so we could have a little fun. So we did. The light turned green and I watched him take off while I sat there and smoked the tires like an ass. Needless to say he beat me. So we get side by side again and agree to take off from a 30 mph. rolling start, so we do. I had it in second and we both hit it, thats when I instantly pulled about a half a truck length on him, but then I go to shift to third and I loose the half a truck lead but I still stayed out front. We did this one more time at a 15 mph rolling start, again we take off, being honest I had little advantage on him we were glued side by side, but my problem comes when I shift. Evey shift I seem to loose a little ground alowing the lighning to pull ahead. I realy need more practice shifting faster along with getting off the line. Anyway we pulled into a gas station after the fun to check out eachothers trucks, he was a fan of the srt-10 which was cool, I almost thought he was going to be a **** about beating me but he was'nt. I go to find out that he has a different pully on his truck and that he also had his tires syped. Not to make excusses or anything the fact of the matter is he only beat me because my shifting realy SUCKS! Other than that I would have to come to the conclusion that we definately have the advantage once the truck is in motion, but it is a real headache to find out how to beat them off the line that's for me anyhow.
I thought we are talking about stock street trucks?Racing from a roll is all about the street..wonder how many Ram SRT-10 trucks are set up for strictly the 1/8-1/4? .I purchased the srt-10 to be a bad ass street truck,capable of hauling mx bikes etc..THOR01 said:Racing from a stop is all that matters! Racing at a roll has no skill involved.....NHRA and IHRA tracks don't race at rolls. I acceptedted your challenge. Didn't see your reply to mine. Why not meet at Milan on Wed, or Friday night. No $$$. Just for fun.
Is that what the manual guys say to the auto guys in the pits. From my experiences when you line up in the staging lane the guy with the stick isn't screaming about the other car he's racing is in an auto. The money handed out at the end of the shoot-out goes to the driver that did the best driving.SugarLandExpress said:Takes about as much as skill as steering an automatic, huh?
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pitrider said:Street racing from the time it was born to the day, has always from a dead stop. The race started by a person waving a flag, hankerchief, flashlight or anything to signal "GO." Grocery $$$ was never won racing and starting at a 20mph roll. Even hill racing in california starts from a dead stop.THOR01 said:Racing from a stop is all that matters! Racing at a roll has no skill involved.....NHRA and IHRA tracks don't race at rolls. I acceptedted your challenge. Didn't see your reply to mine. Why not meet at Milan on Wed, or Friday night. No $$$. Just for fun.
I thought we are talking about stock street trucks?Racing from a roll is all about the street..wonder how many Ram SRT-10 trucks are set up for strictly the 1/8-1/4? .I purchased the srt-10 to be a bad ass street truck,capable of hauling mx bikes etc..
Racing from a roll is what the kids today have started. Why? Many suck at driving a stick from a dead dig. Or the car isn't equiped to run good out of the hole, So they opt to race in a way convenient to their skill.
I'm old school racing....No excuses. I can appreciate a skilled driver beating me and earning it. That earns respect! Racing at a roll is just a band-aid for lack of skill.
Where's that race jimmyg79? Get all the mod advice, tuning and racing tips from 9seconds you can. No excuses right? You called me out. Now you got a taste of what a L can do from a dead dig. I know it wasn't close or pretty.
You said to bring it. I'm bringing it....I've got clients lined up for the next week and a half. I have a Supra, Z06 and S/C harley to work on. I'm available to meet at the track any time next month.
SugarLandExpress,SugarLandExpress said:Just jacking with you Thor
No excuses (we knew what we were getting in to)
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