Thread: first time at the track

I'd say hold it in 1. That way when you feather the throttle, it won't shift to 2nd to early like if you had left it IN drive...then the second you are able to lay into it without spinning, shift it into drive

Nice times though, and x2 on your mod list!!

Originally Posted by VerzGTP

I would just leave it in drive. When it's manually in 1st the tranny will short shift into 2nd at about 5,500 RPM's to prevent someone from forgetting it was in 1st and then banging against the rev limiter or over revving the motor.

IF...you hold it in 1 too long...as long as you put in in Drive or any other forward gear before 3 grand or so it'll still shift at the higher shift point...you just gotta be quick about it I know this because it is my only way of feeling like I have a manual

Not a bad first outing man! Like I have always told you, practice practice practice on the launch!!! A 2.35 60' time is killing you all around, you should be able to get some low 1.8 / high 1.7s no problem on slicks and that will easily kill half a second off of your quarter mile time. For the guys that dont know- I built the drivetrain for the car. He has plenty of cool street kill stories as he normally calls me up to tell me what he just killed on the highway lol. The car has 12s in it no problem on a good tire and we need to dial in the tune a bit more as every time I have the car it is only 30-40 deg outside so it isnt quite where I would like it to be yet! The car also has very heavy wheels on it as they are 18x9s IIRC and are quite a bit heavier than stockers so that isnt helping any. Props again man, keep hitting the track and work on your launch and it will make a huge difference in ET! When we still had the 95 SE I dropped from 13.2 with a 2.0/2.1 60' on street tires down to 12.7s/12.8s with 1.7 60' times on slicks. That car felt amazing off the line when I could stall it up to 3K and go WOT right off the line with no tire spin!