Going to the track in an hour: Tips?

[Maza4ever14]

Like the title says I am going to the track in an hour. Sacramento Raceway to be exact. Well this will be my first time going driving a 5 speed. I went all the time with my auto 04 and did pretty well in that car but this is a new world to me.

Right now I have all 4 tires(Stock 18" BFGs) at 40 psi for the drive up. What should i lower the rears to? I dont plan on doing a burn out seeing im on street tires and wont really help me too much.

How bout launching? Should i rev to 1500 and go up lil by lil? Should i ease the clutch or just dump it?

Any help or any other tips would be VERY appreciated.:SNSign:

 

[DarkFireGT]

Drop the rears to 22-25 PSI, go around the water, and spin the tires just enough to clean the rocks and crud off of them. Hold on the line at 1500-2000 and slip the clutch for the first 5-10 feet.

If you have 3.31's, you can probably powershift 1-2. If you have anything lower (numerically higher), you won't want to powershift 1-2 on stock tires, but you should still be good on the 2-3.

 

[gashog]

Powershifting... what exactly is this? Not lifting the gas between shifts?

 

[Maza4ever14]

disappointing. Just got back. best run was a 14.4@102 and i think i messed up my clutch, first gear seems weird or maybe its just me.

 

[DarkFireGT]

Powershifting... what exactly is this? Not lifting the gas between shifts?

Yep, that's correct. On street tires, it's pretty much impossible to do that with 3.73's or 4.10's during the 1-2 shift. Definitely not safe. But 2-3 should be ok.

disappointing. Just got back. best run was a 14.4@102 and i think i messed up my clutch, first gear seems weird or maybe its just me.

Don't feel bad. Aimee drives our 2005 at the track. With the mods that are done to it, it's good for about 12.5, but her best is still about 14.2.

My worst is 15.1@67MPH lol. I toasted my clutch a bit during the burnout when moving into 2nd gear. Wouldn't go into 3rd gear during that run because of that. We all end up with things like that every once in a while. But I let the car cool down for an hour and ended up running another 13.5 the next run.