1/4 mile times

[bigblaze]

Had my 98 s1w out to the track for the first time. I ran an 11.97 with a horrible reaction time of over a half second. what kind of times are others getting?

 

[snrusnak]

That seems a bit fast IIRC firebolts were running 12's.

 

[bigblaze]

should have ran about 11.6 if i wasn't sleeping on the light. That was no Willie bar or air shifter and my first time ever drag racing.

 

[snrusnak]

You done anything to your bike? Seems fast IMO. I could have sworn there were threads on 1/4 mile times for xb's and they were 12's.

 

[snapper]

Ya seems fastPost your slip

 

[ct1200]

me thinks bs on 1st time EVER draging...
a .500 light isn't a 1st timer, thats more like a 1.5 light

 

[snrusnak]

^while I'd agree, I can honestly say the first time I ever went down the track(in a car....never have on a bike) my RT was under .5 so it's certainly not that unbelievable.

This was an auto though. I'd imagine with the clutch it'd be a little more difficult to get a good RT.

 

[snrusnak]

BTW to the OP your ET wouldn't change with a better RT, RT doesn't effect ET.

 

[TooFst]

.4 sec. is considered perfect reaction time in NHRA

 

[snrusnak]

^that's only on a full tree. I doubt he was racing on a full tree. And it's actually .500 not .400

 

[vtech007]

Perfect reaction time is .000

That means you leave the instant the green light is lit.

Good post and good thread, though.

 

[christianmb]

Yeah, now that they went to the LED signals, they changed it from .4 to .000. That's why the pros are getting around .17 RT

 

[snrusnak]

Perfect reaction time is .000

That means you leave the instant the green light is lit.

Good post and good thread, though.

Not on a full tree. Look in the NHRA rules it will say .500 is perfect reaction time on a full tree.

 

[snrusnak]

Yeah, now that they went to the LED signals, they changed it from .4 to .000. That's why the pros are getting around .17 RT

Oh I didn't know that there was a change. If it was changed recently I guess I am wrong....wasn't aware.

However it still says perfect RT on full tree is .500 on the site...

 

[bigblaze]

 

[bigblaze]

I'm on the left my buddy on the right. He had a great reaction Time his first time at the track also. He had one run with a reaction time of .001which he took home a trophy for. I have work Done to my bike 1250kit stage one porting mikuni hsr42

 

[bigblaze]

this was tonight on test and tune night got a 11.7 @115

 

[bigblaze]

 

[bikelit]

snrusnak has it right. Reaction time has nothing to do with ET.

.000 reaction time means you left early and got lucky..........