BC847 wrote:Sutter1stgen wrote:And I've also found that stock converter autos and long burnouts don't = as hard a launch and pull. Especially on hot days.
This. Aftermarket converters as well.
Hot trans fluid is thinner than cold fluid. A cooler fluid will result in a somewhat "tighter" converter. If you hold the brakes and build boost to launch, DO NOT be the first to fully stage, build boost first thing and hold it while your opponent . . .gets around to it. You'll heat the fluid very quickly and you will go slower. A lot slower.
- Get pre-staged and wait for the other guy to do the same. Let him fully stage and you THEN quickly build boost to your launch figure, creep forward to fully stage (don't be slow doing this). Launch just before half-way through the third light.
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First time to the strip was in Redding Ca. JH event. It is hot up there during 3 of the 4 seasons. I didn't know you could drive around the water box. The guy said I had to do a burnout since I drove through. I laughed, at the time the truck was a slow work truck. So I proceeded to light the tires off. the initial launch was weak, and the pull was way down. Next runs doing all the same were .3-.5 seconds quicker. With a harder launch and pull.