Video of my 12.05 pass.

[FormulaMarauder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJrinE9VzPc

[J-MAN]

Lookin' good!!

[dohc324ci]

nice run man!

[Bradley G]

That F body did not stand a chance!!!
Way to represent!
Good luck on your quest for !!'s:D

[ctrlraven]

Good job! What tire size were you running in the rear?

[Raven34]

:cool4: Nice work! put that F body in its place.

[MercNasty]

well done my friend

[MOTOWN]

great pass! :flamer:u smoked that guy!!!!!!!

[JBeezy]

Wow! Nice strong pass

[Ralph Sr.]

wow ,that was great !! sounds super and quick !! great 60 ft times for a heavy car/drag tires what kind ? ralph sr./rkvette

[Zack]

Nice.

You would have had 11's if the 1-2 shift didnt graze the rev limiter.

You have the MPH for 11.7's

[LANDY]

Nice run man.

[JoeBoomz]

Black paint gleaming in the sun and smoking tires on the start line. That's the stuff dreams are made of! Wicked run!!!

[ImpalaSlayer]

Nice.

You would have had 11's if the 1-2 shift didnt graze the rev limiter.

You have the MPH for 11.7's

thats what i was thinking

[burt ragio]

Was it necessary that you had to anilate & embarrass the other guy that much you killed him. They will never show thier face again at the track thanks to you. Nice run !

[justbob]

NICE dude! I woulda stayed the entire day trying to get into the 11 sec club!!!

[FormulaMarauder]

Good job! What tire size were you running in the rear?


Mickey Thompson ET Street
P255/50R1626 X 10.50R16

[Zack]

You arent flashing the converter either.
You could drop your 60' A LOT by doing this.

[Cobra25]

The car launched well & the time was great . Another so called fast car bit the dust !! Congrats on the great run !!!

[FormulaMarauder]

You arent flashing the converter either.
You could drop your 60' A LOT by doing this.

Explain, por favor........... Flash the convertor?

[Raven34]

I thought flashing the converter was just mashin the pedal on green instead of preloading rpms. I'm a noob to actual racing so I'm probably wrong. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in.

[Pops]

Great job! Looks like you were having a lot of fun!!!!!

[ctrlraven]

Explain, por favor........... Flash the convertor?
http://www.competitionplus.com/03_25_2004/converter_confusion.html



Foot-brake stall is just that: You load the converter by stomping one foot on the brake pedal and the other on the gas. Watch the tach. The RPM at which the converter overpowers the brakes is simply the "foot-brake stall".
"Flash speed," on the other hand, is very different. Flash occurs the instant you release the foot-brake and the rotating inertia (which is "stored" in the engine-flexplate-converter) is released. This flash speed can be anywhere from 500-2500 RPM higher than the foot-brake-stall speed. In a racecar, the typical “flash –the-converter process” usually works like this: Stage at idle, hold the brakes with one foot and "flash" the converter (flooring the gas pedal with the other foot, and simultaneously releasing the foot-brake) the instant the last yellow on the Christmas Tree comes on. The sensation is a form of “slingshot” effect as the car leaves. Some cars work better by flashing the converter. Some combinations work better by outright stalling the converter. Some work better with trans brakes. Others work better off the foot-brake.



Flash stall can change just by reworking the load that the converter sees. For instance, if the car in question has a 4.88:1 rear-axle ratio and the flash stall achieved is 2,800 RPM on a launch, a change to a 4.10:1 gear might see the flash speed increase to 3,000 RPM. Why? The effective load on the converter went up. It also works the other way. If the same car had the rear gear swapped for a 5.13:1 ratio, the flash speed will have a tendency to go down. The reason for this is, the converter has begun to couple up progressively as the load it sees gets lower. Thus, our theoretical combination with a 5.13:1 gear would make the car easier to move when compared to the 4.88:1 or 4.10:1 combinations, but the car would experience less flash speed.

[Blackened300a]

Load= Hold foot on brake and gas then bring up the RPM's just to the point before the rear tires are going to break. Then release brake and smash the gas on the last yellow.

Flash= Mash the throttle off idle on the last yellow.

I have had better ET's with the flash technique.

[Zack]

The best way to Flash the converter is to jam the brake, Mash the gas, let off gas, mash again and release brake at the advertised stall speed.

Mashing the gas twice will loosen he converter more and lower your ET's

[Raven34]

The best way to Flash the converter is to jam the brake, Mash the gas, let off gas, mash again and release brake at the advertised stall speed.

Mashing the gas twice will loosen he converter more and lower your ET's

I definitely gotta try this now. Learn somethin new everyday. :)

[FormulaMarauder]

The best way to Flash the converter is to jam the brake, Mash the gas, let off gas, mash again and release brake at the advertised stall speed.

Mashing the gas twice will loosen he converter more and lower your ET's

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this. Is this done within half a second while the reds are climbing down, and then jam the gas at the yellow at 3,500? (My stall speed)

[ctrlraven]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this. Is this done within half a second while the reds are climbing down, and then jam the gas at the yellow at 3,500? (My stall speed)
We need a instructional example video of it. lol

[jstevens]

Yeah, really. I've never heard of this but it sure sounds interesting.

[Zack]

You can do this at whatever light you want since reaction time has nothing to do with ET's.
Back in 2004 with my Vortech @ 10psi with a 3500 stall I was cutting 1.60 sixty's all day long doing it the way I described.

If you want to have a good ET with a Vortech, you have to know how to get the short time down as LOW as possible.

[Zack]

By the way this 'procedure' of flashing the converter aint gonna do squat with a Stock TC.
It only works really well with a PI

[FormulaMarauder]

By the way this 'procedure' of flashing the converter aint gonna do squat with a Stock TC.
It only works really well with a PI

Well it's a good thing I got a 3,500PI then. I need a tutorial vid. :D

[Zack]

Well it's a good thing I got a 3,500PI then. I need a tutorial vid. :D

Just practice what I told you.

Make sure the 1-2 happens around 6500
2-3 about 6200-6300

Raise the rev limiter to 6800-7000 when at the track so you dont graze it like you did in the video.

[SMOKE]

*pssst.....someone is SAFELY in the 11's now :D

I'm sure he'll post up more later....;)

WTG!

Best,
Jonathan

[RacerX]

:banana2: I'm a witness! :beer:

[babbage]

WS6's aren't that fast stock. He had mods to hit 12.8.. Nice run.

[FormulaMarauder]

WS6's aren't that fast stock. He had mods to hit 12.8.. Nice run.
I'll take a low 13 bone stock compared to our stock boat anchors.