ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 19y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 30/12/12 09:26 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 09:26 PM After reading so many posts about people racing and then commenting that "if they had a better reaction time that their car would run a quicker number" I just had to post that yes you can lose a race by having a bad reaction time but your ET is going to be the same whether you have a .400 light or a 4.00 light.Your time does not start until you break the timing beam.The reaction time takes into account how long it takes you to break the timing light from either when the tree light goes green or the last amber depending on how your track does it. Most tracks used to start the timer from the last amber light which came on .400 of a second before the green would light up, which is why a .400 reaction time was considered a perfect light, I believe and it may be different now that when WSID opened they were starting from when the green light lit up and considering a .000 reaction time as a perfect light.If you want to race you need to know how your car reacts and how quick you yourself react to the lights, anybody with any car with enough practice can cut near perfect lights and you can win a race against a faster car if you get out of the hole quicker than them. In a heads up race the win is given to the car that crosses the line first no matter who has a quicker et or faster mph. 8 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPVFGS Member 359 Member For: 13y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Mornington Posted 30/12/12 10:35 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 10:35 PM Yea ! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 17y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 30/12/12 10:45 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 10:45 PM It makes me giggle aswell mick Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrnr21 Silver Donating Members 120 Member For: 13y 6d Gender: Male Location: bathurst... Posted 30/12/12 11:09 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:09 PM If this was aimed at me... My bad, I had no idea until my first drags the other week before Christmas and I'm sorry for being retarded :,( Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 19y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 30/12/12 11:14 PM Author Share Posted 30/12/12 11:14 PM no not aimed at you, just a general observation I see on many car forums Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 9m 26d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 30/12/12 11:19 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:19 PM sure Mick... your just being mean aren't u if it went by reaction time my time would have been 2minutes down the 1/4 lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 30/12/12 11:25 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:25 PM My first outing a few years back I didn't know that was the case, had never been before its an easy mistake for a new comer... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 30/12/12 11:26 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:26 PM (edited) yea but what if..... lol. That's why so many at test 'n tune let the other car first so they can concentrate on getting everything right without some old school straight piped noisy carnt of a thing distracting you until 1/2 track Edited 30/12/12 11:27 PM by Bomber Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 17y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 30/12/12 11:28 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:28 PM ^^^ this ^^^ I always wait until "mr droped pipes" pisses off so I can hear my drive line squirm in peace 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 30/12/12 11:32 PM Share Posted 30/12/12 11:32 PM Lol another thing I didn't do first outing, couldn't hear a thing nek min wheel spin...something I learnt for next outing. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83390-reaction-times-does-not-affect-your-et/#findComment-1342635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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