siggyfreud

Other than the slippage as you let off in second, I don't think you're actually working the clutch that hard with a second gear burnout. I imagine the times when it slips then immediately hooks is when you'll see the most brutal wear on it.

Riptide

I have some nitto NT05r drag radials. I may use your M&H though. I haven't decided. Yours are already mounted which means a straight swap of the two wheels. If I use mine I have to get the street tires off and mount the drag radials. If I had to do it over again I would've kept my old bullit wheels and spent the money on a set of 15x8 and a slick. The enkei wheels I have are awesome but the money would've been better spent on some racestars or bogarts.

BTW what's up with this 3500'ish post nonsense. I hardly show up here for months and you still haven't caught up. I has a disappoint. You need to work on your SPAM skills.
2nd should want to slip more than 1st. I do wonder however how my 2nd gear with 4.10 compares to 1st gear in a 3.31 or 3.55 equipped car.

Andy13186

ive tried starting a burnout in 2nd and clutch didnt catch and it burned bad

it just slipped while my car redlined for a sec (03 mustang) smelled like my car was on fire

my 2011 i went from 1st to 4th accidently during a burnout and it slipped also

Riptide

How is your car geared? If it is geared pretty tall then the 2nd gear dump is more likely to spin the clutch.

If mine won't do a burnout in 2nd even with water on the tires then there is not a lot of sense in tracking it as it sits. May as well plan on doing the clutch first at that point.

Andy13186

if your referring to me, my 03 mustang was 3.27 my 2011 mustang is 3.31

In my 03 I revved to 4k or so in 2nd while rolling like 3 mph , dropped clutch and floored it and no catch, just pure clutch burn, on street tires

Diabolical!

I only have 3.55s and I have no trouble dropping the clutch in second and roasting the tires.

Andy13186

you also have a macleod rxt clutch

Diabolical!

If you're drag racing, the stock clutch is going to die soon enough anyway from launches alone.

Riptide

This is sadly true enough. I'm hoping it lasts long enough for me to get some attempts in before I smoke it out there. It might be OK for a while. People in the 300whp range have had the stock clutch last a long time out there and I'm not making THAT much more power.

I am planning on doing the clutch but since it is a huge job that will take me a long time to do. I may end up waiting until the tail end of the racing season next year to track the car. That way if I break it then I'll have a lot of time to work on it over the winter when the car would be down either way.

Andy13186

I would say power shifting is easier on the clutch , from my personal experiences


In my 2003 mustang i tried the 2nd gear start and it burned the clutch like i described

i also did a massive powershift burnout going to redline in 1st while spinning the tires at like 4 mph then hitting 2nd and the tires kept spinning for like 100 feet , no brakes, pic below



this was 1st gear until 5 mph (about 5 feet), then 2nd gear , bone stock 2003 mustang no brakes, clutch caught fine here