whatever

 

you're a fking idiot.

 

What kind of number are you making on thier dyno or is this mail in flash?

 

Idiots like who you just start trouble for no reason should be banned. Anyways, my first time at the track I had a Buschur 3" TBE, HKS RS intake, Fuel pump, MBC and tune. I ran a 13.5@105 with a 2.360ft. The launch is everything, if I got a good launch I would have been in the 12s easy.

 

why r some ppl so damn stubborn? it's not rocket science, seriously. ur 1/4 doesn't start until u cross the beam, period. ur RT shows how long passed from green light to u crossing the beam. 2 independent measures.

green light<----RT---->u cross the beam<-------1/4------->cross finish line

if that doesn't help

OT:
1-Evol-8 u've done really well in AS against STi's (there r always more of them than Evo's) - i've been checking out e-town results during 2004 as i don't run there no more since i moved to south NJ. i ran there in 2003 with my teggy, but now that i have evo, i would like to see how to drive it fast in autox. any chance i can ride shotgun with u a couple of times this year? (i'm about 158lbs)

PS don't register in the events with ur real name and model, in case the watchful eye of is observing

 

what you said launching is everything whichis what i said but then you call me an idiot i am not calling people names

 

Dude, I hate to say it but as far as this discussion is concerned, you are acting like an idiot. Reaction time does not have ANYTHING to do with your ET or MPH - and when people are referring to "launching", they are talking about how fast your car accelerates, not how quickly you push the gas when the light turns green.

As everyone above mentioned, you can sit on the line after the light turns green for 5 seconds (RT) and that will NOT add 5 seconds to your ET. The timer doesn't start when the light turns green, it starts when your car is in motion. If you are racing someone else, and your reaction time is much slower, you will lose the race to the end of the line, but you could still have a faster ET and MPH. It's not that complex.

I don't know why we are all arguing with this guy, but I guess it's hard for us to believe that someone is so brain dead, even after so many people correct him.

If you'd like, I have some videos of cars sitting on the line and waiting even after the light turns green and still putting down the same numbers as leaving the line immediately.

 

I don't care what you said, you're still an idiot.

 

I sold my 9 second DFI BBC Camaro in 02'. I drag raced for 19 years including at NMCA and NSCA events in the midwest area. I own an 03' Evo (first one in Michigan). I have one of the fasted recorded stock times and mph. (1.74 60ft, 13.185 at 104.5 mph).

Yellance: Reaction Time has no effect on your ET. No arguing here, your hole has been dug too deep, just ask the track workers or timing tower next time your there. They will gladly answer your questions.

BTW, a .590 reaction time is not that bad (.500 is perfect, .400 on a pro tree start). Also, the reason the timing starts at .500 is because there is a half a second between each amber bulb as they come down the tree. So in effect, the green starts a half a second after the last amber. As said before, the time it takes after the green bulb is lit until you cross the 1st timing beam, is added to .500 (.090 + .500 = .590).

This should help.

 

This is amusing, reaction time has absolutely nothing to do with e.t. If the track let you, you could get out of the car, go eat a hotdog and drink a coke, get back in your car, launch it , make your run and you would still run the same quater you always do when you are trying to cut a good light. You may have a 15 minute reaction time but your quater should be what you normally run.

Shane

 

That's true. With basically the same mods as you, I ran a 12.8 @ 107 with a 1.7 60ft.

 

This is true but 99.99% of tracks will red light you if you sit more than 10-15 seconds.

 

Smarta**

 

Most of the tracks are switching to the new system (dunno what it's called) with the LEDs where a .000 is a perfect reaction time and red lights are negative values.

 

The tracks with LED's still run off the same .5 or .4 system. The lights are just on or off instantly unlike incandescant bulbs which glow slowly on. If the tree was a .000 then all three yellows and the green would all appear at the same time!