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stocker,
My WE4 car is very stock, only addition is a K&N air filter. It ran a 14.0 @ 95mph I think. My car has the posi-unit though. The trick on street tires is to "feather" the gas and start off the line with a "low launch RPM". Don't get too anxious, which most first time racer run into, and nail the throttle to the floor. You have to apply the right amount of gas or let off the throttle so the tires can get traction...this is called feathering the throttle. Along with this, if you can "brake-stand" your car to pre-load it, it tends to help with the suspension as it already starts to "transfer" the vehicle weight to the rear. A brake stand is done by holding your left foot on the brake with the right amount of pressure while pushing the throttle, in turn allowing your car not to move and "pre-loading" it. I managed to run my time using these techniques with NO tune-up what-so-ever. The other thing I forgot to mention is previous to going to the line you might want to "clean" your tires off of all the debris (stones, dirt, rocks) that you picked up while driving to the line. This helps in the area that it allows a bigger "contact patch" to touch the ground. I hope this helps...
John C.
General Manager
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