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[Si Speed 317]

For starters. I dont recommend burnouts with street tires. At most go around the wet box and spin the tires to heat them just a bit. And follow steps 6 on.

1) lower tire pressures to around 20-25 psi (street tire) slicks are much lower. Around 8-12 psi.

2) pull up in the burnout box, spin wheels to wet tire

3) pull just outside the wet box.

4) put in 2nd gear and rev motor up to around 6k

5) quickly release clutch and continue to throttle the motor until you gain some traction and pull up to the tree.

6) pull forward very slowly and light the first set of staging bulbs.

7) wait for opponent to light theirs (this is called curtesy staging)

8) light up the second set of staging bulbs

9) once your opponent has lighten up both of his you go ahead and get your rpms up to where you wanna launch at.

10) when the lights start going you'll have 3 yellow lights light up then the green.

If you wait till the green lights up you'll have a horrible reaction time.

You want start slipping your clutch when the 3rd yellow Is lit.

Great info, thanks Adam. I don't know if I should preload my transmission/clutch because I'm still on my stock clutch and tranny, I don't want to bust anything.. yet. It seems self explanatory, I was told by JoTech (current fastest 06-11 Si in a 1/4 mile) to run 18psi in my Nitto NT555R radials, and launch at 3k rpm... I guess we'll see how that goes! Any other suggestions? Again, I know practically nothing. Also, if I do a 2nd gear burnout shouldn't I start in first? This is my DD and on my stock clutch


Also, I read something about needing to wear pants?