Stock appearing 9 second C2 and C3 secrets
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teamzr1
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Few other low cost good launch tips I have used for many years for best launching and getting 60-foot times under 2 seconds
1. Remove one or both bolts from the ends of the front sway bar
Brake torque and with the say bar being cancelled the front end will lift upward and shift the weight back onto the rear tires
2. I take the parking brake handle, hold the latch button down with handle up and drill a small hole through the handle and button
With the button held down then insert a pin, nail, whatever through that hole so handle no longer can latch
This allows then the parking brake pads to prevent rear wheels from turning
Now the handle cannot latch at all so, Brake torque, which loads and torques up back to rear wheels and when ready to launch simply release the park handle while hard on gas pedal
Would be then an instant launch with good torque and 60 foot times
3. Use Nitrogen for tires instead of air, this reduces tire expansion and less wheel spin when air heat ups
Drain the tire, fill with Nitrogen, drain, do this like 3 times as this assures almost all air was purged out
As to shaving tires, learn by my mistake, use a well-known shop that knows how to correctly shave the tire thread down
In Open Road Racing in the unlimited speed class, the rules require the tires cannot be over 1 year old and
the threads have to be shaved down to 2/32nds (on tires costing me $1,700)
Being my Corvette was not legal to be driven on normal public roads, I had no way to tests the shaved tires before racing
and at the race I found that the shop did a piss poor job causing the tires to be uneven and causing my eyesight to be blurred, and my teeth rattled for the 100 miles at speeds from 180 to over 200 MPH
100 miles at that speed and a lot more arm movement on steering wheel to finish the race, was I pissed and out the $1,700
for the tires and the $200 the Ahole shop charged me for unsafe tire patches on a road that had a chip seal surface, so tires wanted
to wonder all over the place on a road changing up and down from 4,500 and 6,500 feet elevation with 120 blind turns,
cattle guards and road kill
1. Remove one or both bolts from the ends of the front sway bar
Brake torque and with the say bar being cancelled the front end will lift upward and shift the weight back onto the rear tires
2. I take the parking brake handle, hold the latch button down with handle up and drill a small hole through the handle and button
With the button held down then insert a pin, nail, whatever through that hole so handle no longer can latch
This allows then the parking brake pads to prevent rear wheels from turning
Now the handle cannot latch at all so, Brake torque, which loads and torques up back to rear wheels and when ready to launch simply release the park handle while hard on gas pedal
Would be then an instant launch with good torque and 60 foot times
3. Use Nitrogen for tires instead of air, this reduces tire expansion and less wheel spin when air heat ups
Drain the tire, fill with Nitrogen, drain, do this like 3 times as this assures almost all air was purged out
As to shaving tires, learn by my mistake, use a well-known shop that knows how to correctly shave the tire thread down
In Open Road Racing in the unlimited speed class, the rules require the tires cannot be over 1 year old and
the threads have to be shaved down to 2/32nds (on tires costing me $1,700)
Being my Corvette was not legal to be driven on normal public roads, I had no way to tests the shaved tires before racing
and at the race I found that the shop did a piss poor job causing the tires to be uneven and causing my eyesight to be blurred, and my teeth rattled for the 100 miles at speeds from 180 to over 200 MPH
100 miles at that speed and a lot more arm movement on steering wheel to finish the race, was I pissed and out the $1,700
for the tires and the $200 the Ahole shop charged me for unsafe tire patches on a road that had a chip seal surface, so tires wanted
to wonder all over the place on a road changing up and down from 4,500 and 6,500 feet elevation with 120 blind turns,
cattle guards and road kill