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22-12-2007, 02:13 PM | #1 | ||
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Whats it like launching from the line?
Is it instant wheelspin if you have it stalled up? Im getting a helmet after xmas and would like to have as much knowledge before I go to WSID. My transmission guy said, I got maybe 8 months life left out of my auto, this was like 10 months ago, might aswell set a benchmark with the slowing dying auto hey. |
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22-12-2007, 02:25 PM | #2 | ||
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lol launching hmm... Put it in Nutral rev it up to around 4500rpm and click it to Drive when the light goes green.
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22-12-2007, 02:27 PM | #3 | |||
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22-12-2007, 02:31 PM | #4 | ||
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LOL ahh ive done worse.. NA fairlane, 6200rpm D SLAM.. left the diff all over the road. haha
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22-12-2007, 02:36 PM | #5 | |||
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22-12-2007, 02:57 PM | #6 | ||
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No burnout, bit of PSI out of the tyres (I run about 28 in my 235/45 17's), Foot on the brake HARD, put your foot down till it nearly is breaking traction, on the last ORANGE light, let your foot off the brake and mash the accelerator.
I pulled a couple of 2.19's on a stock auto driveline using this technique (3.08's, no LSD, no stall).
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22-12-2007, 03:03 PM | #7 | ||
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does it hook up good, no pedalling the throttle ?
Ill be using my 45, 235, 17" kelly chargers |
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22-12-2007, 03:03 PM | #8 | ||
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Yeah if your running street tyres you want them cold so no skids
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22-12-2007, 03:12 PM | #9 | |||
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yep thats the way, i can launch my el turbo this way, run low 13 with no wheelspin at all, can launch with 5psi on the guage and still hook up so u should hav no probs at all helps to hav good rubber tho best of luck
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the track is about 1000x stickier than the road mate
my 2400 stall worked GREAT at the track.. on the street its all wheel spin LOL
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22-12-2007, 03:17 PM | #11 | |||
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22-12-2007, 04:05 PM | #12 | ||
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How about those of us with a third pedal? I have no idea how to launch my car properly yet. Its either bog down or sideways action! Whats the best technique for a manual I6?
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22-12-2007, 04:11 PM | #13 | |||
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couple of goes and you will realise sideways or spins are slow. |
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22-12-2007, 05:00 PM | #14 | |||
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22-12-2007, 05:22 PM | #15 | ||
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Doesn't all this special "preparation" kinda ruin the fun? It's like cheating.
Imagine if you had someone pull you back on an elastic rope and then let you go in a baton relay. Nothing wrong with a normal launch.
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22-12-2007, 06:03 PM | #17 | |||
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22-12-2007, 10:06 PM | #18 | |||
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when i launch i do a little bit of a skid to dry the tyres,then stage it.i try to hold the rpm around the 3500/3800 mark and just let it out and plant the right foot at the same time. if the tracks a bit slippery i laucnh around the 2000rpm mark slipping the clutch a bit.
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22-12-2007, 10:15 PM | #19 | |||
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Now I know they're different gearboxes and gearsets etc, but V8 Supercars generally only use the clutch pedal to leave the start line and the pits - most drivers don't need a clutch to change gears - especially up, and some (like Greg Murphy) even use no clutch when changing down. There's a resonable article/discussion about changing gears without a clutch here (and the last paragraph is a good guide on how to do it): http://www.se-r.net/transaxle_clutch/clutch_not_to.html
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22-12-2007, 10:15 PM | #20 | ||
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Joe just give me a call when your going and if I am around Ill come with you.From there well get the best out of the beast.
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22-12-2007, 11:25 PM | #21 | |||
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wow thats very interesting, i never knew that was possible. But after reading it, it makes sense. what about flat changing? not letting your foot of the accelerator and a bit of clutch... could a stronger clutch handle it? and the gearbox?
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23-12-2007, 12:56 AM | #22 | |||
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23-12-2007, 01:35 AM | #23 | |||
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23-12-2007, 07:36 AM | #24 | |||
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23-12-2007, 09:24 AM | #25 | ||
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Well at the moment, I have 2 techniques that Im going to try. Whether I get the same result on the track is a different story.
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23-12-2007, 09:24 AM | #26 | |||
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interesting tyres you guys got there ... i consistenytly run better times with warmed up "street" tyres and that is backed up by every vehicle (falcon, commodore, subaru, nissan) i have ever raced on the strip (and that has been a few over the years)
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23-12-2007, 10:00 AM | #27 | ||
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A few years back I was having the same argument, trying to tell some guys I worked with that your better off not pulling a skid, streets work better cold. After an hour of wasted words, I went out to a private road with them and gave them a demonstration of what I was talking about. Even after them seeing for themselves they continued to argue the point because rubber is rubber. Anyway, EvilChief, whatever works for you.
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23-12-2007, 10:24 AM | #29 | ||
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All I know is both on the strip (No not in a falcon) and private roads I have found I had better launches and less wheel spin if I didn't pull a skid first.
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23-12-2007, 12:01 PM | #30 | |||
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