I hit the nitrous after third gear. I tried once at launch and the tires went wild, the car wouldn't even get a grip, I had to practically stop.
As of now the tires break at launch, third gear and nitrous. By the time the tires grip is when the race is over.
Consensus is the tires hardened up during winter. That might be true but those tires never really griped anyway. Now that the carburetor works it's near impossible.
I'll try the softener and see how it goes. It might even be to the point of having to tub out the wheel wells and narrow the rear end but that's out of my league I think. I suppose if I can eek it into doing 8s then I'll be fine.