If in a street race, I putting torque to the wheels, punching it off the line, and spinning all the way through first, catching when it hits second, about how much time is lost as compared to a perfect launch? I know this is impossible to know for sure, but please make an educated guys....i'm trying to get some idea of how much tire spin really affects your et. My last run was a 14.9 @93 mph (i'm faster now but dont have times) Thanks.

 

I'd say at least 1/2 second. I did that on the G-Tech, my first run ever was a 16.xx something low 16 spinnin thru 1st. Next run was like a 15.5 without spinning much at all.

So learn how to feather the throttle and it will help huge.

 

The other night I ran on the Ponies instead of the Convo Pro's...spinning all the way through 1st I ran a best of 13.23 and a worst of 13.88. The slowest I ever run on the Convo Pro's is 12.90's without tire spin. That ought to give you a decent idea of how tire spin effects ET.

 

The Grandmaster ***** Racer has this to say,

"Tire spinning does not affect ET times at all, because the rice we drive has no torque to actually break the tires loose. Therefore we end up being faster cause our rice does not have this problem, giving us the ability to master effortless effort when racing."

 

HAHA...isn't that the truth. I hate it when i race 2 friends of mine that drive imports (i win of course) and after the race I'll say "man, i spun too much, should have been quicker" and they'll say "me too....the race would have been a lot closer had I not spun so bad"....OH SHUT UP!

 

I've learned how to get off the line w/out spinning, but just at the brink of spinning....but i cant stand racing knowing that the car has more in it!!! I'm sure you can relate. But i guess I have no choice

 

heres what a dood running 12s said 2 me at the track. every 10th in the 60 is 2 in the 1/4. makes sense. 96mph traps with me should be about 14.1 as my buddies cobra with 2.09 60ft was running 98 at 14.0. holeshot depends A LOT on et.

 

I know i have traction issues....my last run was a 14.9 @ 93 mph w/ a 2.3 60ft. (i've since swapped to TPI and done some mods so i'm faster now). I think should have run more like a 14.5-14.6...what do u guys think?

 

umm... how do i put this, what's traction problems, some guys consider spinning even a little or making the tires chirp traction problems. what do you mean, u spun the whole way through first??? if so yeah i think ur guestimate would be about right depending on later shifts.

i am no expert but i hear traction problems all the time at the tracks. some dude chirp the tires and say it's bad some dudes spin through first and say it's bad some just spin a little and think it's great what's ur opinion of traction problems.

 

trust me man, i know what ya mean. Most my friends drive little imports, and if they even chirp the tires, they say they can't hook up. When I say I have traction problems, i'm talking about spinning all the way through first, as i stated in the first post. But yea, i know what ya mean...anytime someone loses "i couldn't hook up" blah blah. That's why i started this thread, to see how much spinning actually effects et.

 

that's what i thought u meant, but wasn't sure. yeah all the import guys think that chirping the tires a lil bit is bad traction. go figure! anyway i would agree 14.5 -14.6 or maybe even .7 would probably be right. good luck on your next run, get some slicks or some suspension mods and u will be set.

 

The straight answer that I haven't seen... If you have traction problems you will run a higher MPH at the same ET as a less powerful car that didn't have traction problems... you definitely lose time if you can't hook, but feathering the throttle is also losing you time. If you can floor it and just chirp the tires then you've probably solved the traction problem...

an example... I still haven't changed to summer tires yet... still on my snows... I've timed a 0-60 of 9.1 seconds with the tires right below the edge of spinning... then I tried a run completely flooring it and I spun all the way through first ending in a 9.9 sec 0-60. So, theoretically I should be able to make up the difference and drop to at least an 8.3 sec 0-60 Hopefully lower... Still gotta make some summer money for Khumos, headers and exhaust

 

I ran a 6.4 0-60 just punching it, spinning through first. I think I could pull off a 6.2 now.