ET with and without wheelie.

Ellis V Buth · 10-10-2024, 01:00 PM

All things equal, a slower 60' will result in a slower ET. Key phrase "all things equal." This means same part of car is tripping the beams...same wind conditions...same tires...same air...etc.

As soon as you trip the beams with something other than what tripped it on the previous pass, that "all things equal" idea goes out the window. With what Ed is saying in his posts above, if you slow down from a 1.280 to a 1.340 in the 60' then you're inherently going to run .06 slower in the 1/4 mile. "What you lose in 60' you lose downtrack" but that is completely irrelevant if the car isn't tripping those beams with the same piece of the car every time.

One track I race at around here will pickup something in front of my tires at the 60' cone in the right lane, but picks up the tires in the left lane. Happens EVERY PASS. But, the ET comes up 7.750 in the left and 7.752 in the right. My 60' will vary by over .04 but my et varies .002 lane to lane. Something there doesn't add up with Ed's theory.

Ed, I may not always like your approach to a topic but I rarely out and out disagree with what you're saying...but on this topic you're leaving out a key component and trying to lead people down the wrong path.

10-10-2024, 01:00 PM	#11
Ellis V Buth Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 97 Likes: 48 Liked 397 Times in 68 Posts	Re: ET with and without wheelie. All things equal, a slower 60' will result in a slower ET. Key phrase "all things equal." This means same part of car is tripping the beams...same wind conditions...same tires...same air...etc. As soon as you trip the beams with something other than what tripped it on the previous pass, that "all things equal" idea goes out the window. With what Ed is saying in his posts above, if you slow down from a 1.280 to a 1.340 in the 60' then you're inherently going to run .06 slower in the 1/4 mile. "What you lose in 60' you lose downtrack" but that is completely irrelevant if the car isn't tripping those beams with the same piece of the car every time. One track I race at around here will pickup something in front of my tires at the 60' cone in the right lane, but picks up the tires in the left lane. Happens EVERY PASS. But, the ET comes up 7.750 in the left and 7.752 in the right. My 60' will vary by over .04 but my et varies .002 lane to lane. Something there doesn't add up with Ed's theory. Ed, I may not always like your approach to a topic but I rarely out and out disagree with what you're saying...but on this topic you're leaving out a key component and trying to lead people down the wrong path.