After my new car arrrives and is sorted out i'll take it to the strip for a couple of passes for time slips. If most of you run 185/195/205 sized radials (new car will be 185's but with a torque-biased limited slip differential) and want to try a couple of runs at the strip, lower your rear tire pressures to 18 or 20 psi, preload the clutch (one foot on brake and the other very lightly engaging the clutch as the lights come down) and launch at 3,200 RPM just after the last yellow light. That should get you a reasonable run for your car if you don't over-rev in any gears or miss any shifts.
Radials are not the best street 1/4 mile traction tires but they seem to respond fairly well to lowered tire pressures.
If you experience "wheel hop" your front transmission mount and/or tailing arm bushings may need replacement. If you have a pan-based swing-arm transaxle car a brace from TGFab will help keep things from flexing (ties the frame "horns" into each other, etc.). I think aircooled.net has the TGFab braces.
(Message Edited 3/6/2003 12:55:06 PM)
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