HICKL Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 First of all it's "Hickl", not "Hickle". I am running a 5 speed. Launch around 3K, 2/3 throttle for about 1 second then mash it to the floor. Don't remember the size, but am running some pretty wide street slicks. Have Coilover's so I picked up some room under the back end and these tires actually rub the fender when it squats. There are some pics in my photo album that will give you an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 280Zone, what was your mph? From there you can get a pretty good estimate of what et could be hit with traction. HICKL- You are running an open diff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HICKL Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Yes, I am running an open Diff. Even with smaller street tires, I don't think the open diff was giving me much trouble. If I eased into it could cut a 1.8 60 foot and if I hit it too hard, would spin both tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Yes, I am running an open Diff. Even with smaller street tires, I don't think the open diff was giving me much trouble. If I eased into it could cut a 1.8 60 foot and if I hit it too hard, would spin both tires. Cool! The irs does a pretty good job of planting both tires in a straight line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 "First of all it's "Hickl", not "Hickle" sorry my bad. My best trap speed is 102.32, I run a turbo 350 trans with a 2200-2500 RPM stall speed converter, and launching at about 2000 RPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HICKL Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 No Problem, was just jacking with you. This is a fun little calculator. http://www.wallaceracing.com/etcalc.php You can enter any one value from your time slip and it will tell you what the rest "should be". At your trap speed, it has you at a potential of a very high 12 assuming perfect launch, traction etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 excellent link, after plugging in several numbers from my slips it looks like 12's are a reasonable goal and traction is my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HICKL Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Is a fun tool, but remember it is pretty much in a "perfect world" numbers. According to my trap speed I should be in the very low 11's, but have made multiple attempts and to date have not been able to break the 11.5 mark. I'm just sayin, don't get frustrated if you can't hit that calculated mark, lots of variables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 But it is very handy in identifying which end I have the problem on. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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