quater mile

[andygolf]

hi got a pm from cuprabaz asking if i was stripping my car out for crail next month.he said there was a theread on here somewhere about tricks etc for the quater mile ive had a search and cant seem to find anything on this subject anyone know where it is cheers
andy

 

[Dan Cupra R]

Just think Power/Weight and im sure you will be able to think of some tricks.

Lighter = Faster

 

[richieroo]

just practice! ive gone down from 15.1 to 14.499!

 

[beattie17]

Mines is getting stripped out and if bucket arrives its getting fitted. am aiming for a low 14 maybe 13.99 1/4

 

[PhilW]

Drop the pressure in the front tyres to about 15psi.

 

[blackie]

get rid of spare wheel, jack etc and empty all 6 litres of washer fluid lol

 

[StanTheMan]

lighter isnt always faster, traction is far more important

 

[jamesgtturbo]

there are lots of factors to consider when aiming for a good quarter mile time, traction from the line , get some good tyres that are sticky i.e some toyo proxies or if you can run to it some proxie semi slicks r888s.

also weight is a key factor take everything easy to remove out of the car ie seats, spare wheel, jack

 

[truCido]

turn your traction control off!!

 

[Simon L]

Take out
- rear seats
- spare tyre
- window washer fluid
- any junk in the car
- drop front tyre pressure
- increase rear tyre pressure
- fold in wing mirrors
- remove window wipers

It all makes a difference!

 

[Simon L]

Also, go here to see some 1/4 mile times from the forum

http://www.btinternet.com/~leonardbrianj/cupra/cupraquartermiletimes.htm

 

[Dan Cupra R]

Also, go here to see some 1/4 mile times from the forum

http://www.btinternet.com/~leonardbrianj/cupra/cupraquartermiletimes.htm

These still being updated or are these old details?

 

[Simon L]

If you want a new tim added just send it to me.

 

[Dan Cupra R]

If you want a new tim added just send it to me.

Sent to your hotmail address on the 1/4 mile site

 

[cuprabaz]

Take out
- rear seats
- spare tyre
- window washer fluid
- any junk in the car
- drop front tyre pressure
- increase rear tyre pressure
- fold in wing mirrors
- remove window wipers

It all makes a difference!

My mirrors don't fold!!

 

[truCido]

Just noticed your 1/4 mile baz...13.7 thats pretty dam good!! you sure you didnt do all that already lol

 

[Dan Cupra R]

Theres always been this debate that times between Santapod and Crail/York are different.

Santapod is really hard to get traction down cos the surface is all gluey, I dont know if Crail or York 1/4 mile tracks are the same?

Still, Is a very good time regardless

 

[cuprabaz]

Yip all of Simons list is all done except the wing mirror. I got a set of R888's for 1/4 too although they didn't make any difference to the traction off the line only in second gear tbh.

Crail is dry tarmac laid down pre WW2 so it's not the best, but after years of abuse and blown gear boxes/diffs etc it's pretty slipply some times. Could really do with some of that anti skid stuff that would really improve times of the line although it would lead to more deads transmissions

 

[GlanzaV]

Crail's a bit downhill... but I've seen a lot worse!

 

[Trig Boy]

i found shakespeare county raceway's surface much grippier than pod's. 16 psi in 205/55/16's and a second gear burnout, i could launch with no wheelspin! class!