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Originally Posted by Rock36
Are you still shifting into 4th or did you decide to stick with hitting the limiter? I guess I should have asked how close to the end you are hitting the limiter.
When the Shift to 4th cost you 2 mph did you experiment with different rpms for the 3-4 shift?
Good job bringing those times down. You are actually out there racing instead of only talking about it and speculating.
EDIT: I went back and looked at your first slip. You've picked up over .1 second by the 330' mark and about .2 sec and 3 mph by the 1/8th. In these cases your 60' time has stayed almost the same.... 2.167 vs. 2.120 and 2.157.
I'm thinking that your improvements are from improved shifting in general. By the time you cross the 1/8th mile mark you've already done the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts, given that your 60' hasn't changed much, those two shifts are where you stand to pick up time. But it does seem your 60's are now consistently 2.1X so that is still improvement as well.
It goes without saying that a lot happens in that first 1/8th mile. The back half is usually just keeping the throttle down and the car straight, all the major work is done by the time you reach the 1/8th...and even if you do have to shift on the back end, the 3-4 shift is by far the easiest.
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My highest MPH 111, was a shift to 4th. I am trying to shift into 4th at 6K but the tach on the HUD is hard to read with the blocky numbers at over 100 mph.
If I stay in third I hit the limiter way before the win light comes on. I might have a better ET if I can judge backing off at 6,500 rather than hitting the limiter. Hitting the limiter almost seems to put the brakes on. At Atco I am told seeing the light is the only way to tell you have passed the traps.
I want to go back and work on my 60 foot, RT, and that last shift. In that better fall DA I hope to be running consistent 12s. Very few bolton fifth gens are running in the 12s at Atco that i have seen so far. But then I have only been there a few times.