Audi 1.8T vs Panda... and again... and again...

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by TatII

i would know, my professor races bracket in pro stock.

you have to call the humidity, and everything to predict what your goin to run. people lose by thousandths of a sec. in his class everyone uses a throttlestop to give them room to play with the throttle if the guy next to him looks like they're goin to break out. or visa versa.

very very tough section in drag racing.

You're not kidding! And sorry Red for sort of hi-jacking your thread here, lol.

I run bracket 1, which is the top bracket class at the local track I go to. Some tracks call it Top ET. Anyways, I can run anything electronic excpet for a track counter. So I use a delay box, trans. brake, 3-step rev limiter, line lock, and electric shift.

I've lost a couple times by .001. The most memorable was a break out on my part. I had dialed like 4.44 (330 ft. race distance-i know, odd distance but its all the track has room for, and its like 35 minutes from home, cheaper to get in ($40), and pays nearly as much as the "big"-1/8ths-2.5 hours away ($1000)), had cut a .513 RT, the other guy cut a .527 (.500 is perfect at this track), and I ran a 4.439 on a 4.44 to his 3.981 on a 3.95. It was heart breaking to say the least! Had I won, I would have been in the final round in just my 4th weekend of driving.

Anyways, I could have lifted now that I look back (and probably would now since I have a little more experience), but when you are only running 330 ft, and the other car is probably going 95 mph to your 85 mph, if you lift, they will shake you when the go around ya. And I'd rather get beat breaking out then to lift and let someone beat you becuase you let up!

[chevytrucks92]

BTW, that's cool that your professor bracket races. I wish I had one that did.

[TatII]

ha i got to a 4 year college with a automotive engineering program. my professor is a genius. he made his own dyno at his garage by using hte water brake, and the water was sourced from his kitchen sink, and from old junk pipes.

the most heart braking story my professor had was when called a 10.000 i believe, and he ran a 9.999 and he broke out. his son was screaming down the track tellin him to let off. but he couldn't hear it. lolz

he also told me its pretty funny to see someone break at the starting line, and the other just runs and didn't notice the guy broke down, and the ended up breaking out, and losing the race when the other guy never even left the starting line. hah

[chevytrucks92]

I've never did that (yet, lol) but have seen it happen many times! It's happened to my uncle (this was his car originally, he drove it probably for 7 years or more) a couple times.

Lol. Its really easy to say let up when your standing in the staging area or in the bleachers/fence (I know, I've done it several times), but its a whole 'nother game when you're setting in the driver's seat!

I'll tell you another thing that is really simple to do, and I'm sure your professor has done it his fair share of tiems too--Red Light!

I've never redded .499, but I have redded .497, and let me tell ya, it hurst just as much!

[TatII]

hahah he told me he redlighted really close too. i forgot by how much, but hes a pretty old guy. ( in the mid 50's ) hes been hot rodding even before he served in the army when he was 18. really cool guy ( doesn't teach much though, he just talks about hot rodding like bill jenken's, or barry grant, or holley blue fuel pumps. lolz its from him that i get most of my knowledge about american cars. his best run to date with the throttle stop off was a 8.7 i believe at 167mph, with a 1.3 sec 60'. he has 4 cars. he has a dragster ( engine in the back with skinnies up front ), he has a cuda, a old open top hot rod, and a T-bird with a mopar engine in it. hes a hugh mopar fan.

sorry red, me and chevytrucker will stop. we've hi jacked this thread waaay too much. sorry.