[s-cars] Friday Night Drags at Mission Raceway (long)

[FvAMI at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/04 10:07:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
quattro20v at telus.net writes:


> Run #3: R/T .658, 60' 2.530, 1/4 14.523, MPH 101.71
> 
Finally some numbers I can believe. With the RS2 turbo (or any 2.2 liter 
turbo car that is 3900 lbs) you will find the lag is holding up your quarter mile 
time but with your trap speed it appears that you are making quite a lot of 
horsepower. This is not a drag car.

What you need at the same time is a device such as the AP-22 that can show 
you the length of time it takes you to shift. I would assume Car & Driver guys 
can shift in 0.25 seconds or less. If you shifts are longer you will be missing 
out even more on your trap speeds and the quarter mile.

So the real question is how to make more torque off the line - I think with 
the RS2 you will be playing catch up with a K24 for at least the first 400'

1) Stroke the engine!
2) Sequential turbo application! Even with the K24 this would be a good 
application.

The first second is everything in a drag race and a reduction of 0.25 seconds 
in lag time will make a large difference.

Best regards,
Feico van der Laan