Drag race this sunday

[Casper]

As the title says, there is a drag race this sunday in our country and i am taking my ibiza cupra for a spin or better said a straight line spin . Just put on some new rubber (toyo r-888) and the lsd. Hope to run in the 13' sec class (with reaction time). If anyone has a good advice on weight reduction and tire pressure,adding toluene or sth. else, please jump right in with your ideas

Keep your fingers crossed, will post photos and videos when i come back


Cheers

 

[Forbez]

remove spare tyre, jack, speaker shelf, rear seats, rear wiper for weight, front wipers for weight and aerodynamics, fold wing mirrors in.

Thats about it for simple stuff.

 

[Jonzy]

If you want to adjust the suspension then stiffen up the rear and drop teh front to help with the weight transfer on launch. Theroy is a 70/30 f/r split on weight distrubution. Reduce the front toe-in to reduce the speed scrubbed off. Other than that its just practice.

 

[Daz_gibbo]

Stiffen up the rear as to reduce squat. Less lift on the front = slightly more traction

 

[Daz_gibbo]

 

[Jonzy]

 

[cu51pra]

just drive the car

 

[Casper]

Thanks for all the info. Pics and vids on sunday or monday morning!

 

[flashbsd]

tyre pressures down, maybe 10psi? it will expand at speed anyways

 

[Prebs]

Casper: Wich size do you run on the r888´s.
Im trying to find a street slicks that will fit the ibiza on 16" wheels but the only ones I found is yokohama A048 and they are a bit to expensive.

Any advice???

Prebs

 

[Casper]

I am running them in 205/40/17. It is a good tire but very noisy if you do a lot of highway driveing. If i were you i would go with yokohama parada in 16¨. Much more street friendly tyre.

 

[oi_nutter2000]

lop the passenger seat out too, thats easily done and weighs a shiteload

 

[basstard]

you can raise a lot the rear tyre pressure since they're not the drive wheels and you don't need much grip from them in a straight line,,,
better if you put two slim tyres at the rear,,, space savers would be ok since they're inflated at something silly [4.2 bar IIRC on mine] and are very slim,,, problem is where to find another one,,,

 

[Cupra_Jeff]

you can raise a lot the rear tyre pressure since they're not the drive wheels and you don't need much grip from them in a straight line,,,
better if you put two slim tyres at the rear,,, space savers would be ok since they're inflated at something silly [4.2 bar IIRC on mine] and are very slim,,, problem is where to find another one,,,

and crossing the line at 100mph + with tyres rated to 50mph perhaps ??

 

[basstard]

I guess maybe they can take it for once or twice but indeed it's not worth to experiment,,,

 

[Casper]

Drag race was postponed because of the bad weather New date is 4.6.

 

[andy_dea]

i went down to elvington mate:


first run ive even did in the new car 13.6 **** start span to much then boged termal was 105mph in light rain

then before second run started to bucket down and went into 14s only did 3 runs and called it a day as alot of surface water and car was trying to go any direction but where it was pointing, so bit of a disapointment and waste of £50 quid today

cars capable of beating my last pb of 13.4 just got the get the right weather otherwise fwd cars are useless

 

[Casper]

13.6 is a good result, especially for that kind of weather. Keep up the good work and post some times in the dry

 

[andy_dea]

going to york raceway on monday so hopefully better times to come, ill let you know

 

[Casper]

The times from this sunday's race are just in. I did my first 4 qualification races and then raced against a modified impreza 2,5 sti in the quarter finals. I lost that race(he went around 12,6-12,7sec). All together i am quite happy since it was my first drag race.

Second run was my best run: 13,283 (with reaction time 13,290) trap speed: 106,43 mph.

I think i could go a little better since my traction wasn't ideal. I will go to a track with better grip next time

My friend with a audi rs2 went 11,198 with trap speed 127,53

Some photos:

And audi: