As a good bracket racer knows. We're seeing Super Comp cars dropping speed at the finish line these days. My theory is the closer to 100% volumetric efficiency you can get the more consistent it will run. Of course shift points and traction come into play, should not be a problem.
We won a lot of rounds being chased with the slower car and a head start, when we became the chaser it got different quick.
Don, the last thing to worry about is the shifting and traction problems. The auto never breaks traction if you launch as I did.
If you get the gearing right and hit the shift peddle at peak power revs and cross the line at the same revs, you will be spot on.
Also, when you gear shift with the Auto, there is no need to throttle back, just hit the shift at wide open throttle and there is only one shift to worry about as they are only 2 speeds.
There are only 2 things to worry about and that's the oil temperature as you leave the line and the carburettors.
I was advised by Jon Weeks to use Yamalube oil as it was the best in the Auto and CV carbs as they didn't cause the bike to bog down when going to WOT.
I always shallow staged and went on the last yellow. My clutch lever was connected to the back brake to stop it creeping and I would let it off and go to WOT on the last yellow and my best RT was a .004.
As long as the oil was at the correct temperature as I left, my dial ins would be spot on.
The only variation to my times would come when the relative air density changed and that's where a weather station comes in.
In the heat of the day when the temps could reach 100 degrees, my times could drop by two tenths compared to in the cool morning or late evening.
Going back to the traction problems, there weren't any. The bike never broke traction off the line and only lifted the front wheel about 2 inches when it came on the cam and that was with the Megacycle high power cam. When we switched to the DP cam, it was just smooth power throughout the range. Good luck mate.
Sam.
