0000mitch0000 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 took the zed to york dragstrip on sunday. after a few dissapointing runs i decided to up my game making small, onsite mods. first was to decrece tyre pressure in rear wheels from 34psi (no idea what its actually meant to be at) down to 30. i went on to set my best run of 14.4 for a 1/4 mile. then i emptied the car of everything (including mats lol) and took the pressure in the rear tyres down further to 27psi. however for the rest of the days runs i couldn't touch my best time. any 1 know any good tips to push up performance on the day? short of ripping out the whole car and fitting a million squillion turbos lol. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 wider, stickier rear tyres would be an easy place to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Get the launch right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Need to lighten the car as much as possible. Id start by taking the engine out. Joking aside, you`ll be amazed at how much stuff in the car weighs. My mate has a stripped out scooby he uses for the drag strip and im sure he said he saved about 15kg just by removing all the sound deadening - he spent ages scraping the rubber stick on stuff they stick on all the bodypanels under the carpets. That, carbon fibre bonet, bumpers, doors, perspex glass, light weight seats and you start to save some serious weight. Obviously the car is then not quite as practical for daily use.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Check DJtimo's weight loss thread.........unbelieveably amounts of weight can be shed (spare wheel weighs a fair bit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 As well as Horshams weight loss program too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cragus Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Are you going to be drag racing on a regular purpose because if you are not, I wouldn't bother my ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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