Super Por vs Pro - Page 2

Schmidt A103 · 12-18-2009, 12:00 AM

I race super with a 10.50 door car and while I am not a killer I have some observations about what it takes to run this class.

If you are slower you always have the chance of first red light.Since very few door cars run as fast as the current crop of dragsters it doesnt really mater how fast you build your door car.

The slower car will always have a visabilty disavantage.

These are the only 2 real reasons to jump ship to pro so long as you plan on being the faster car.

Chassis cars are harder to make consistent when they run fast so slowing your car down could actually help.The fact that you have to account for rear tire spin as a slow down of foward movement as well as a change in front suspention reaction means a solid front axle car will react more consistent.A slower door car that doenst yank the wheels from the beams would be a step up.

Slower cars are less consistent when reacting to atmosphereiic conditions.It just simple percentages.An 8 second dragster is over/under by 1% it might mean a hundreth of a second,a 16 second car would change by 2 hundreths.Since you run fairly close to the same time as the dragsters and might even have more power then a fair number of them this effects you less then say an 11 second car.

There is some merit to the fact that a 170mph dragster really has no way to judge the stipe against a 120mph door car.2 fast dragsters actually have a harder time judging each other then 2 slow door cars.A pair of 120mph street cars really can bring out the finish line skills of their drivers.

My opinion is that to run super you either need a fairly slow door car like an 11.0 street car 10.0 backhalf car ect,or a dragster.

Keith 944 · 12-19-2009, 10:08 PM

i love dragsters, they taste like chicken. lol
seat time and practice tree, any class. i find both classes about the same, you have to make your own luck!

Casper68 · 12-24-2009, 09:51 PM

I'm like K944...give me a dragster or a bye run

...I'm putting together an old door car to run some heads up classes, and look forward to running it in SC. .400 (or .000 I guess) and dead-on is all you can do...same in both lanes !!

12-18-2009, 12:00 AM	#1
Schmidt A103 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Super Por vs Pro I race super with a 10.50 door car and while I am not a killer I have some observations about what it takes to run this class. If you are slower you always have the chance of first red light.Since very few door cars run as fast as the current crop of dragsters it doesnt really mater how fast you build your door car. The slower car will always have a visabilty disavantage. These are the only 2 real reasons to jump ship to pro so long as you plan on being the faster car. Chassis cars are harder to make consistent when they run fast so slowing your car down could actually help.The fact that you have to account for rear tire spin as a slow down of foward movement as well as a change in front suspention reaction means a solid front axle car will react more consistent.A slower door car that doenst yank the wheels from the beams would be a step up. Slower cars are less consistent when reacting to atmosphereiic conditions.It just simple percentages.An 8 second dragster is over/under by 1% it might mean a hundreth of a second,a 16 second car would change by 2 hundreths.Since you run fairly close to the same time as the dragsters and might even have more power then a fair number of them this effects you less then say an 11 second car. There is some merit to the fact that a 170mph dragster really has no way to judge the stipe against a 120mph door car.2 fast dragsters actually have a harder time judging each other then 2 slow door cars.A pair of 120mph street cars really can bring out the finish line skills of their drivers. My opinion is that to run super you either need a fairly slow door car like an 11.0 street car 10.0 backhalf car ect,or a dragster. Last edited by Schmidt A103; 12-18-2009 at 12:04 AM.

12-19-2009, 10:08 PM	#2
Keith 944 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dela-where? Posts: 2,196 Likes: 1,163 Liked 1,886 Times in 579 Posts	Re: Super Por vs Pro i love dragsters, they taste like chicken. lol seat time and practice tree, any class. i find both classes about the same, you have to make your own luck!

12-24-2009, 09:51 PM	#3
Casper68 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Super Por vs Pro I'm like K944...give me a dragster or a bye run ...I'm putting together an old door car to run some heads up classes, and look forward to running it in SC. .400 (or .000 I guess) and dead-on is all you can do...same in both lanes !!