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Hi guys i am not having a lot of success racing slower cars
one and two seconds waiting for my side of the tree to activate the tree catches me sleeping more often than not what can i do to change this. I use a delay box thought about leaving off second light but on practice tree red and oo,s are the result,what can i do to improve can you guys help me with the slow cars. cheers. |
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If you are using a delay box can't you leave off your opponent's top/ first bulb?
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see the other guys top or any bulb ,some tracks even show reaction times on the finish line board makes it hard to play games if your light is not as good as theirs. Does any one have any ideas. cheers. |
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or, if you are good at finish line, dial slower then them, hit top bulb. bang! instant sand bagger! LMAO....
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If you don't have Cross Talk, and his tree is blocked, your tree will just count down at the appropriate time, then all you need to do is just put in your delay setting and go off the first flash of your top bulb. (do not put in the ET's, leave them at 0.) Using this method, you could use this same process, it doesn't matter whether you are the slower or faster car, cause you are not calculating any ET difference, only the delay from top bulb to green. Last edited by 68camaroSS; 09-18-2012 at 09:48 PM. Reason: spelling error |
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I would suggest spending more time on a practice tree. Top bulb, practice, practice, practice..... Every night you can before you go to bed or maybe at lunch break, etc. 10 minutes or more every day you can... Before long you should see improvements...
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X2 Practice Practice Practice. Its just like sports in high school you need to practice everyday to get better.
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for up to 2 seconds waiting for my side of the tree to start that gets me catches me not ready we dont have cross talk etc . might have to start bagging dial same time as other guy if its slower than me leave together get ahead and back into him sounds easy do many of you guys do this with any succses. cheers ps i run 9.2 at 145mph the cars that i am having to wait for are 10.6 |
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OK, more info, i know exactly what you mean. early in the season we have some gamblers racing. they block tree and don't use cross talk (to even things out for foot brake vs delay). i agree, after leaving first or with cross talk, or even during time trials you get used to about a second from both staged to before your top bulb comes on. if it doesn't then it will affect your reactions. i found leaving first every time gave me a huge advantage. my lights stayed same as time trials, opponents (top bulbers) were missing tree badly. i used a t-stop and dialed a pre-determined slow time. going into the finals i had the bye run. watched the two cars race, one was a 7 sec dragster the other a 11 sec car. the 11 sec car won. i took the other lane for my bye (in case i lost the choice to him) slowed my car to a 13 sec pass. in the finals he was way late, mainly because he had been the slower car all day, till then! p.s. to those top bulbers responding without running on a tree like this, you have no idea what he is talking about. remember this is why we had crossover, and now have cross talk...
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Keith you know what i am talking about thanks for your replys
always interested in being better . Love trying new things over here everyone dials honest nobody holds most dont even move their head once they leave. |
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