ericwmszx14
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posted October 15, 2013 03:50 PM
turbo or nos?
ok, I got a question. for all you guys that's in the drag racing scene...which do you prefer (turbo or nos and why?) im new to it and im trying to decide what way I want to go.
  
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Seno
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posted October 16, 2013 05:01 AM
I would strongly suggest neither until you can figure out how to get your bike started after it runs out of gas.....
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shiphteey
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posted October 16, 2013 05:21 AM
There is a guy that frequents the board every so often named RACE4IT (Bergie). Years ago he came at me a little sideways I thought and said I should forget about the nitrous and just race on motor.
Fast forward years later. Here I am reading your post.
You say you are new to drag racing. Harnessing a 9 second vehicle isn't exactly a walk in the park, just because the vehicles will do them easily.
Introduce either power adder and your learning curve will be steeper. You will be the chump at the strip running high ETs and high MPH and every stocker will be chomping at the bit to line up with you and look good.
Wheelie management
Wheelspin
Clutch hand
Shift points
ACTUALLY GOING WFO
Gearing
etc etc etc
Get those down first is my suggestion. If you can run some consistent low/mid 9s my personal suggestion (based on my limited experience and costs) would be a small dry shot. A small dry nitrous shot is cheap and setup safely gives you nice gains for low cost. The cost of entry to play in the turbo world costs a bit more, I'm sure you've found that out just googling around.
A.
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ericwmszx14
Parking Attendant
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posted October 17, 2013 03:46 PM
Thanks!! i will do just that.
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shiphteey
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posted October 17, 2013 07:03 PM
Give it a season, when its time to change clutches consider a small dry shot.
A lil 30 or 40 shot will pick you up a bit at the strip. But if you are fighting wheelies, inconsistent, etc all you'll see is mph go up but not the ET gains you had hoped for.
Sounds SO easy...until its time to go do it!
G/L.
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smokinstorm
Zone Head
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posted October 19, 2013 03:58 AM
I like a turbo because it's there all the time, every day in every situation. But that fact can be a downfall too if you're not completely familiar with the bike yet. A turbo is a lot of money up front but if you want more power down the road it's a simple matter to explore the limits of the bottom end of the engine (or head gasket first hopefully) when your experience with the bike dictates. I want another clean turbo ZX14 myself to go along with the Turbo Busa.
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izmuk
Novice Class
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posted October 19, 2013 04:56 AM
a wise man once said the only way to go fast is a turbo or jenny craig. i cant aford a turbo so i stopped eating the day i read it.. i shaved eight tenths so far
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trganey
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posted October 19, 2013 09:02 AM
How much weight does 8tenths equate to?
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izmuk
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posted October 19, 2013 07:08 PM
quote:
How much weight does 8tenths equate to?
http://www.wallaceracing.com/et-hp-mph.php
wallace racing site has a lot of fun calculators to find this
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NCC1968
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posted October 22, 2013 09:23 PM
 Edited By: NCC1968 on 23 Oct 2013 05:23
Skip breakfast and take a shit.........makes ya QUICK :-)
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