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Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1
I know.
But I dont want to expect too much my first time out and be disappointed.
I am also too scared to no lift shift....I wonder how bad this will hurt my times? I am pretty decent at launching (even without the suspension mods and when I had my p-zeros I think I had it down) and I can shift as fast as the next guy...but I have to lift.
I just cant get the nerve to stomp on that clutch with the pedal still to the floor.
From what I have gathered power shifting will keep the Average rpms about ~300rpm higher and get you ~.2 tenths at the strip all other things equal.
We will see. I am going in April or May to Milan. Should be cool weather and the track is only at 600 ft.
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The best thing to do is just relax. Don't worry about the guy beside you, just concentrate on staging and learning the tree on the first run or two. Sometimes a quick lift shift will net faster times on street tires and as for your launch a properly prepped track is completely different than what you will experience on the street. Most street tires hook best if you go around the water/burnout box and just do a light dry spin to clean up the tires. If the track is not prepped it can be downright slick on street tires. My first run in my old stock 2006 GT was terrible, I spun bad leaving the line at 3000rpm, hit the rev limiter in first, pulled second spun bad again, hit third and spun some more and ran a crap 15.70. Buy the end of the night and after about 5 runs I did a 14.29 (4200 DA). Two years later after, a Whipple super charger, a few suspension parts and drag radials I was running consistent 12.20's at 116 mph. Practice , practice, practice.
I can't wait to take my GT500 out to the track in the spring and embarrass myself on my first few passes.
