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Old 16-12-2005, 04:57 PM   #1
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Why do drag strips wet the track at the start? I dont understand?

It just seems to make the car spin more?

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Old 16-12-2005, 05:02 PM   #2
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to allow the cars to spin their tyres to warm them up. It is easier on the car and the driveline if they use the water to help break traction, rather than the sticky track surface.Drag slicks work when warmed up, not when cold
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Old 16-12-2005, 05:09 PM   #3
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It just seems to make the car spin more?
Thats the idea ;)

Doing a burnout with sticky tires on a rubbered up bit of cement will brake drivelines all over the place. Probably not such an issue for 14/15 second cars on street tyres, but for big slick tyred cars....very important.

Even on street tyres you should be doing a short 1st gear burnout to clean the crap/water off your tyres.
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Old 16-12-2005, 05:14 PM   #4
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Ok ...and while the guy doing it looked very friendly I was thinking this guy is stuffing me up.Obviously not.
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Old 16-12-2005, 05:20 PM   #5
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Mate the initial load on your drivline is alot less when starting burnout in the water, on sticky tyres the difference of grip you notice if you drift out of the water can be a bit worrying for your driveline.
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Old 16-12-2005, 07:31 PM   #6
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If everyone raced on street tyres there would be no need for the water box. The ones with traction would'nt need the burnout in the first place, and street tyres don't necessarily help traction, but can hinder it.
Then you have cars with 400hp for example that need slicks, but find it hard to do burnouts on sticky tracks to get heat into their tyres. With cold dry slicks it would still want to get 60% traction and basically launch hard and loose traction at at the same time, and that won't get the the slicks smoking up enough to to get hot and do their job 100%.
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Old 16-12-2005, 07:36 PM   #7
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I think they were just out to get ya Stav :P
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