First trip to Ennis 1/4 mile...need some pro advice.

[kllymartin]

I'm planning on running my RSI TT this weekend. I've raced my Shelby in the 1/4 mile, but never my Viper. I realize it is totally different, but are there any tips you pro's out there can give a novice. I will be running 20" Pirelli's, so I won't have the advantage of drag radials...yet. I've got the Hoosier Road Race (slick) on order to mount on my stock wheels for the next time. Any constructive advice is appreciated.

 

[Andrew/USPWR]

Beware! If you don't have a roll cage, the times a TT Viper will do will make it a very short night for you. They won't let you run too fast without the proper safty gear.






2005 Silver SRT/10
2000 Steel Gray GTS (sold)

 

[zorroespanol]

Yes, what I did at Moroso is trip the lights, sit there for a while and then go... I was running 17-18's at 118-122, lol (Moroso is a really slow track) Then they threw me out! LOL

Besides that... the car will be much faster at the track, because it will grip like a mountain lion on tree bark. I was so used to just losing traction on 1st gear on the street, that my first run surprised the heck out of me.

And be extremely careful shifting 2-3... miss shift 2-3 and you will kill yourself on the wall. The first mod I did on mine (1 week after buying) was installing the hurst shifter (BTW, major pain in the butt to do with house tools.)

Beware! If you don't have a roll cage, the times a TT Viper will do will make it a very short night for you. They won't let you run too fast without the proper safty gear.






2005 Silver SRT/10
2000 Steel Gray GTS (sold)