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XXplosive990
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ok, so im gonna be heading to the california speedway on saturday to do some quarter mile runs on my 3.5 coupe, anyone have any tips to get a better time?


DiamondWVU
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go fast

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Viper5000
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eat a bunch of pasta for dinner the night before......

DAAN.
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Warm up tires

Practice reaction times at the traffic stops. No need to race

Hold on the steering wheel LIKE your life depends on it.

Your time should apparently be in the 5.6 to 5.8 time bracket

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PHENOMenalVinyl
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XXplosive990 wrote:ok, so im gonna be heading to the california speedway on saturday to do some quarter mile runs on my 3.5 coupe, anyone have any tips to get a better time?
have fun, be safe, AND s*** ON SOME HONDAS lol sry had to

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Hussain
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XXplosive990 wrote:ok, so im gonna be heading to the california speedway on saturday to do some quarter mile runs on my 3.5 coupe, anyone have any tips to get a better time?
unbolt your exhaust after the cat lol

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marvin5087
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lower your tire presure ...it works ..and take out your spare tire for weight lol..yea deff do a burn out to warm them tires up

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LongBeachCoupe
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Drop the tire pressure a bitUse tip-tronicPremium fuelHit the gas on the last light and learn the timing

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alticoupe3.5
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LongBeachCoupe wrote:Drop the tire pressure a bitUse tip-tronicPremium fuelHit the gas on the last light and learn the timing
USE tip tronic?? isnt auto much better when timing your car?

and take out the spare tire...tire pressure..take out the passenger seat lol.

and uhhh pull the E brake, turn off traction control, let her rippp right before the light goes greennnnn

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PHENOMenalVinyl
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alticoupe3.5 wrote:
USE tip tronic?? isnt auto much better when timing your car?

and take out the spare tire...tire pressure..take out the passenger seat lol.

and uhhh pull the E brake, turn off traction control, let her rippp right before the light goes greennnnn
i agree but use cvt itll be faster its made to be ........also dont do the last part do it to heat up lol than just go wen its green and remember to put BACK ON the traction control

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XXplosive990
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k ive got the timing down with the fontana one, always lower my front tire pressure, took the spare out a while back, i always use premium, ummm hrmmm lol i've done the unbolting of the exhuast, if felt slower. i always take off TCS n from previous times, ive noticed that the tiptronic is slower

Zerep
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run it her with a 1/4 tank 20 gallons of fuel weigh about 160 pounds so every little bit helps

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XXplosive990
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haha ive been trying to leave it wit a quarter tank all week, i keep wasting it all

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Hussain
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dont listen to them about the tire pressure. trust me, the CVT gets no wheel spin. try your hardest to burn out at the track with the CVT and i can guarantee the most you'll do is a couple little screeches that ppl will laugh at. remember, this isnt the street, the track is much stickier. when i lowered my tire pressure i actually got worse times. step on the brake and gas at the same time to build up RPMs and then let go of the brake when you want to go... on the last yellow light, blink your eyes and then go... something the corvette guys told me and it always works. also just leave it in "D". dont go through the water. try to do a little burn out so the tires can at least get a little warm. pretty easy to get a good time with the autos. good luck

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marcelo929
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get a little more than a quarter tank of gas. Last time I went i tried that and it just ended up wasting enough gas after a couple of runs to where the car would slow down by itself around 90 ish and i couldn't get through the 1/4 mile without it slowing down like that

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Hussain wrote:step on the brake and gas at the same time
one of the best advises


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