wait...you have a CEL that says your converter/ clutch is slipping....among others and you want to dog it on the track? i would get that light to go out first, THEN worry about getting the ET down...BUT if you want...
Bag of Ice on the upper intake between rounds....it has been DYNO PROVEN to add up to 10hp! Just make sure you put a towel around it or else you'll get the boot for watering down the track.
MAKE SURE your tire pressures are where they should be in the back. If you're running street tires, don't air them down. Its pointless....HOWEVER, I'd put about 10 extra PSI in the fronts. This minimizes the front contact patch of the tire. That means LESS rolling resistance! I STILL do this...even with my skinnies. If your front tires are kind of shitty about worn, I wouldn't do it, but if they have relatively alot of life left in'em...go for it.
If you're feeling froggy, you can unhook the front sway bar but if you're not running a sticky tire, you're front PROBABLY won't rise that much anyway.
Take all excess CRAP out of the car. That gym bag from 3 weeks ago. Your bowling shoes. Sub box. Shit like that.
(This one especially irritates me) ROLL YOUR FUCKING WINDOWS UP!!! (not saying you do it but I HATE when people do) Think about how much wind hits you in the face when you're running 70mph down the hwy windows down....NOW imagine 100mph. The amount of turbulence the car has to overcome is already HUGE...don't add to it b/c you think you look cool or its hot outside....its 14 seconds or less of heat. deal with it. Its also dangerous is you crash.
BURNOUT....if you're on street tires, don't do a john force burnie. It overinflates the rear tires from the the heat expansion of the air inside...making you lose contact patch. The compound of a plain jane street tires isn't meant to work well OVERLY hot. Just do a quick first gear burnout. I do it till I see smoke just start in the mirror (about 2-3seconds MAX) and roll it out. You just want to get all the sand, rocks, and shit off the tires. This also gets a FRESH patch of rubber all the way around!
THE LAUNCH! Most tracks are COATED for the first 1/8th mile with rubber. When you run a street radial tire and try to launch hard, what happens is, they treads "dig in" to the rubber and it gets under the tire. It "balls" up and you spin (as well as fuck up the track for the others....i hate you when you do that). Ever get glue (like rubber cement) on your hands and rubbed them together to get off? Thats what you tires do on the track...
