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Old 04-25-2004, 05:56 PM
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Default Anyone here dragged their car?

I'm thinking about taking mine to New England dragway this week (they have open track wednesday and friday nites) and i was wondering if anyone knew what if any mods i'd need to do to be safety compliant. the rules on the NE dragway site say that i need a radiator overflow can and battery strap. i'm pretty sure the b6 comes stock with the latter, but i'm not sure about the overflow can. thanks
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Yeah it has a coolant expansion tank. You should be good to go.
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You shouldn't have to do anything, just need a compliant helmet.
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oh ya, you need not to be leaking any fluids too.
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You don't need a helmet unless you run 12s. At least not here.
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Default Sweet. thanks again everyone

i'm so pumped for wednesday. i might bring a helmet (i doubt i'll break 14, but i think it'll be a good idea safety wise, and i have a helmet anyways) if i get anything decent, i'll post slips
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Default i don't mean this in a bad way, but you'll be lucky to get close to low 15's

i just don't want you to have your hopes too high.

tips:
remove your subs if you can
remove your spare tire
ac off
esp off
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Default ESP off?

Ha. I can't break my tires loose without some serious brake-torquing, especially on dry asphalt. I guess if I brake torque while pressing the kickdown switch...CVT...fun!

I don't want to fvck up the clutches, and my guess is brake torquing to 5k isnt good for them.
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Default yeah i know....ha if i broke 14 man, that'd like make my year

but thanks for the advice. i think my goal is to break 16 and more importantly, have fun.
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Default Haha that's what warranties are for...

they can't charge you for a clutch if it's not driver controlled.


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