The whole enter button thing really does seem to bug people. Guess its time to break the habit ha. Its going to be fun, because as sad as it is, my Fiero is that fastest car I've ever driven. And I love going fast haha.
whipped wrote:Maybe
it's
just
me
but
I
think
it
would
be
better
to
limit
the
length
of
the
lines
to
one
word
long
each.
So
much
easier
for
me
to
read.
But
hey
if
you
don't,
I
understand.
It
is
a
lot
of
work
to
hit
enter
so
much.
I
think
my
enter
button
will
break
faster.
Or
maybe
my
pinky
will.
Ow.
I quoted you just because it will probably be the most annoying quote I could ever do. Almost as bad as when people quote in a picture thread and you get to see all the pictures over again. I hate that.
If your worried about, or trying to get, a good R/T, you have no place at the track. I don't think I had a single R/T under 1 second the last time I went to the track. I just wait until the green light.
88GT 3.4 DOHC Turbo
Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
If your worried about, or trying to get, a good R/T, you have no place at the track. I don't think I had a single R/T under 1 second the last time I went to the track. I just wait until the green light.
that's gotta be one of the dumbest things i've ever heard.
Why is that dumb? You don't have to leave at the light, it doesn't affect your E/T. You can sit there, dial in your rpm and leave at your convenience. That way you can learn how to properly launch your car to improve your times before worrying about improving reaction time.
Not only for the reason Crzyone said, but look at it this way.
While you sit at the line, worrying about your R/T, you do a number of things. First, you take your focus off of your launch RPM and your launch technique. So the thing you should be paying the most attention to gets put on the back burner. Next, you're holding your clutch halfway in anticipation, waiting for that perfect time. This damages the clutch, shortens its life, and overheats it, hurting performance the rest of the day. Then, since inevitably you're going to roll forward a bit as the clutch grabs, your tires might leave the line without you realizing it, and you get back with a 17 second slip. But it's a good thing you cranked off that .04 R/T.
The worst part, is you will red light. Sooner or later, maybe 1 time out of 10, maybe 1 out of 100, you will leave early. But nothing tells you that you red lighted. So you stress every component of your car to the maximum, slamming gears at redline, punching the throttle, dumping in gas, etc, just to go and get your slip. And, without any numbers whatsoever, all it says it *REDLIGHT*. Once you leave early, the computer stops timing your run altogether.
R/T is useless. Leave on the green light, or whenever you are comfortable leaving. Don't let the computer decide when it's time for you to go. You will get 1 second R/Ts every time leaving on the green light, but you will be much more consistent, and you will never run the risk of a red light.
88GT 3.4 DOHC Turbo
Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.