So I've been doing A LOT of reading on multiple sites lately for the best advice on how to drag race with street tires. It's about 75/25 on whether to do burn outs or not to heat up tires. (75 say no, 25% say yes). Reason being is the the oil of street tires tend to make it not good when you burn out and actually makes them slick. Instead they say to do a short 3 second spin to "clean off", especially for fwd cars. Also, they have said to avoid the water box at all costs for street tires as it just picks up water and put it all over the staging area. So for now, when I head down to the track on Friday, I'm going to skip the water box, do a 3 second "clean off" and go from there.
What I can't find a lot of information on is what to set tire pressure at for street tires. I've seen both sides of the story. One, put tires at recommended inflation (not max inflation) because when street tires get low, since the side wall are hard it cause the middle of the tread to bend and thus lift off the pavement. I have also heard of lowering to between 20 - 25 to make sure all tread possible is touching the pavement.
So, I know I got a 2.100 60' on 24 psi last time, but I'm shooting for 2.0 this week and I think I can do it with the right hookup and staging shallow. But, I wanted to get some opnions on what other folks have experienced with the LS2's (I know, I still have stock rubbers and that sucks, but the GT's are coming next month )
Thanks,
N8
What I can't find a lot of information on is what to set tire pressure at for street tires. I've seen both sides of the story. One, put tires at recommended inflation (not max inflation) because when street tires get low, since the side wall are hard it cause the middle of the tread to bend and thus lift off the pavement. I have also heard of lowering to between 20 - 25 to make sure all tread possible is touching the pavement.
So, I know I got a 2.100 60' on 24 psi last time, but I'm shooting for 2.0 this week and I think I can do it with the right hookup and staging shallow. But, I wanted to get some opnions on what other folks have experienced with the LS2's (I know, I still have stock rubbers and that sucks, but the GT's are coming next month )
Thanks,
N8
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