first time drag racing

[DiabolicalRS]

well it was my very first time drag racing at the track yesterday, ran against a 05ish turbo mustang, he won he ran high 12 mid 13, I gotta look at the slip, I ran a 13.9. I launched around 3500 rpm tires where 255 mt/dr at 20 psi. my reaction time was 1.05 my 60ft was 2.05 and my mph was 97... my second run my tire pressure was at 17 psi and I launched around 3000 rpm ran a 14.16 my reaction time was 1.6 my 60ft was 2.5 and 104mph. my second run I wasn't paying attention as you can tell but if I had im sure I would have ran around 13.4 maybe. I guess not bad for a first timer!

[Featherburner]

It look as if lowering your tire pressure hurt you second run. Maybe I'm missing something but how would paying better attention lowered your ET? Congrats on getting out to the track and getting over the first time jitters/insecurities.

[Mystery Bird]

Congrats on getting to the track. Is your mind racing now thinking of ways to drive better and go faster? If you're referring to the reaction time lowering your ET it doesn't work that way. The clock starts when your front tire breaks the beam not when the light turns green. Lots of people think that.

[DiabolicalRS]

hmm I didn't know that always thought if your reaction time was good then your et should be good. and yes I didn't feel so nervous the second time and I think so with the tire pressure. when I get better at running this car it should be doing mid 12s. also I was shifting around 6000 rpm

[blkchevyz]

is it spinning or bogging out of the hole? my guess would be bogging. whats happened different on your 1st and 2nd run, going from 97 to 104 mph is a big change.
any info on the car? mods? manual i assume?

[DiabolicalRS]

second run I diff spun because of my late reaction, I was thinking oh sh**. its a manual tko600 6.3L pretty well rounded car suspensions done LCA 373s tubular kmember adjustable coilovers my tires are 255/50/r16

[blkchevyz]

with a decent 60 foot, and trapping 104 you should be well into the low low 13s.
sounds like you just need some practice.

[JCzNova]

with a decent 60 foot, and trapping 104 you should be well into the low low 13s.
sounds like you just need some practice.

I think that I about dead on. I was trapping 107 @ 12.9x's.

[DiabolicalRS]

with a decent 60 foot, and trapping 104 you should be well into the low low 13s.
sounds like you just need some practice.

hopefully man I want to practice some more, if the weather is good next weekend I will go back out but that's after I find this leak first. what are some tips and tricks