1/4 mile virgin any advice???

[Joff Gas]

evening fellas ....

am planning my first 1/4 mile run in next couple of weeks 

any advice on does and donts ?????

cheers 

[Janner_Sy]

dont stall it, you'll look a right t!t

there are plenty of guys on here who love 1/4 mil dragstrips so im sure yuo'll be good to go.


what tyres, power, chassis mods are you running

[Joff Gas]

dont stall it, you'll look a right t!t

there are plenty of guys on here who love 1/4 mil dragstrips so im sure yuo'll be good to go.


what tyres, power, chassis mods are you running

car dsg ed 30 so hopefully even i cant stall that !!!! mind u probablly leave in reverse then floor it 


my car has stage 1 map ,evoms,full miltek exhaust and having hpfp  fitted next week.


tyres contis all round .

[Top Cat]

dont stall it, you'll look a right t!t

there are plenty of guys on here who love 1/4 mil dragstrips so im sure yuo'll be good to go.


what tyres, power, chassis mods are you running

car dsg ed 30 so hopefully even i cant stall that !!!! mind u probablly leave in reverse then floor it 


my car has stage 1 map ,evoms,full miltek exhaust and having hpfp  fitted next week.


tyres contis all round .

Make sure you are comfortable and know the procedure to engage launch control. You will feel quite nervous first time so its easy to forget something. Also dont launch at too high revs, 2000 seems about right unless there is loads of grip on the track. 

[RobH]

You getting stage 2+ loaded on when you get the hpfp???

Engine mounts are a good cheap mod to reduce wheel hop. THS lower sub frame mount is £70 delivered

[Joff Gas]

You getting stage 2+ loaded on when you get the hpfp???

Engine mounts are a good cheap mod to reduce wheel hop. THS lower sub frame mount is £70 delivered

not sure mate ,going to see how i get once pump is fitted .

wouldnt mind getting car on rolling road to see what out put ive got .

but potentially stage 2 

[RobH]

Well if youve got the hpfp going on then stage 2+ takes advantage of that and should help you lower those times .

[Joff Gas]

traction control ....ON/OFF......?????

[Top Cat]

Off.    Once you have your left foot on the brake you can check if its engaged by pressing on the gas, it should not go past 3000 revs, no matter how hard you press it. 

[Joff Gas]

Off.    Once you have your left foot on the brake you can check if its engaged by pressing on the gas, it should not go past 3000 revs, no matter how hard you press it. 

TA.....


up early tomoz for work so ill find some quiet traffic lights lights for test launch, gloves,helmet the lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joff Gas]

Off.    Once you have your left foot on the brake you can check if its engaged by pressing on the gas, it should not go past 3000 revs, no matter how hard you press it. 

do i leave it in automode or stick it to the left in manual  ?

[mo]

Needs to be in sport mode as far as im aware.Tried launch control once before at 3000rpm after only owning the car a few days.
Nearly cacked myself as i shot off up the road tyres screeching.Havnt tried it since 

[keano]

Search for dsg launch control on YouTube.

I believe it's....s mode ....ESP off.....foot on brake....foot on accelerator....foot off brake.....zoooommm

[keano]

[Hurdy]

My advice would be to NOT use launch control the first time you do a 1/4 mile run and get a better feel for the grip as you accellerate away. Then when you have a better feel for the grip of the surface/tyres try launch control. Whatever happens don't be tempted to just mash the pedal to the carpet otherwise you'll just spin up and kill the tyres. Use the car with the traction control off.

There is a great little supplement book in the Redline magazine this month called fight club and on the page 60 it gives 21 tips on how to get the best from your car at the 1/4 mile. Bonus is that the magazine is quite good too