Tricks to lower ET at the track

[Mystery Bird]

Manual fan switch to help control the engine temps you want. Cheap and easy to make yourself.
Don't do your burnout in the water box, get them wet with a quick one or two rotation spin and pull ahead a bit to finish burnout, let off brakes and continue to burn up to line like joelster said. Also, no dry hops.
Make sure front end is aligned.
Fix dragging brake calipers.
Be sure rear axles or rims aren't bent.

[OVA1]

He does seminars all over the country. I went to a 2-day course. Money well spent.

Some easy things you can do to go faster.....

1. Run less oil. Don't go too crazy but if you have it right up to the "full" mark, that is typically 1- 1.5 quarts too much.
2. Run thinner oil. I ran 0w20 in my stock shortblock engine. The oil pressure was good, and thinner oil drains back to the bottom faster. The thinner the oil the less hp the oil pump takes to spin. I wouldn't recommend this to guys whose LT1's have low oil pressure, some LT1's are notorious for low pressure.
3. Practice loading your converter on the starting line to different rpm's. Some cars will respond better by launching from a low rpm and flashing the converter on the green. Other cars will respond better by taking the car up as high as it will go while holding it with the brake. You wont know until you try it. With my 350 combo and 5200rpm converter it liked to be taken to around 3500rpm foot braking it, then launching. It didn't feel as hard/violent as it did when launching from a lower rpm, but the ET was always better.
4. Write down the water temp that you ran at onto your timeslip. You will find a sweet spot where the motor makes the most power.
5. Always run 93 octane fuel, or the highest that you can get.
6. When you do your burnout, always run it out about 20 feet. As you go through the water remember that your front tires also went through the water, and when you stop to do your burnout, the water from the fronts will form a tiny puddle. You want to do your burnout and carry the spinning tire right through that puddle. Too many times you see guys simply stop their burnout and then just roll up.
7. Get weight out wherever you can.
8. Simple ram air tubing routed through the fog light openings is worth some power, especially on a 1/4 mile track.
9. A bag of ice on top of the intake is a good idea, but put a towel down under it so you don't have water dripping everywhere.

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