Ran the 1/8th mile this weekend.

Ford460power · Jul 17, 2016

Finally got out the track, we have a local 1/8th mile here that goes on during the summer. I started out easy in 2wd but was just spinning tire so I used 4wd and started to launch harder, got a best time of 8.97 at 74mph. I was launching around 2000rpm just In drive with the tow haul on.

I'm going back again and just seeing if anyone has any tips to improve my times. What can I do different? The last couple launches when I was trying to spool up it was super hard trying to stay on the line even with holding brakes hard it was trying to pull away. And I was still getting all 4 to break loose.

Any tips? I'm just out to have fun and see what it can do.

sootie · Jul 19, 2016

you may want to lower your tire pressure for some better traction. launch in 4hi and hold the brakes as hard as you can. i used to be able to get it to 2400rpm on the brakes. now work up to that rpm slowly as you dont want to hop and break stuff.