beezy

I am curious what people with the 4.10s are launching at. I am curious for both street and strip launching and what tires you are running.

I have 285 Nitto 555s (will be upgrading to the 555Rs next time) and before the gear swap I could handle a launch up to about 3k fairly well on the street. So I am asking for some insight as to what would be good with the 4.10s. I have no track expierence yet so I wanted some opinons before I go to the track in about a week and a half with my brother a SRT 4 owner.

Thanks for any help you can give me

Silver4.6

the best advice I think anyone here could give you is PRACTICE! no matter what people tell you, you still have to practice, after all practice makes perfect. I would try launching at diff rpms and practice feathering the clutch so you dont smoke off those nittos. it just takes a lot of practice to perfect! when you get to the track dont worry about what you are running, just practice your 60' times and go from there!

mdvaldosta

I launch at 2200 and feather the clutch hard, boerderline dumping it

jmcc1980

MD, what do you mean when you say feather the clutch? How do you do that?

mdvaldosta

not letting out the clutch fast, feathering it like you do in first gear to get going, just faster

jdaniel

Feathering the clutch is the art of letting it out as fast as possible yet working it just right if or when the tires start to slip to minimize traction loss.

beezy

I have enough miles on my rear now that I can start to practice alittle, thanks for the advice guys. On my way home from work tonight I played around alittle bit. I did a few low rpm launches with feathering and dumping the clutch but when I tried a 1500-2000rpm range I roasted my tires haha. I still have like a week to get the hang of the gears before the track.

mysticsvtcobra96

yeah i had 4:10s but blew my rearend out so i went to 3:73s..i can launch the 3:73s a little better..but with the 4:10s..i did just like mdvaldosta did..it all comes with practice...heck i use to just mess around and put it in 2nd gear and dump the clutch..but that explain why i had to rebuild my rearend and put a new clutch in it so i dont recomend doing that..

Dan04COBRA

Don't think the 4.10's blew out your rear end. You had other problems or a poor installation and wear pattern.

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mdvaldosta

4.10's would be easier on your rear than 3.73's