Launching
08-20-2006, 02:19 PM
#11
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RE: Launching
ORIGINAL: MusiccityGT
Your car came with it's own ATM machine? LOL... Couldn't resist. Manual, First drop the tire pressure. try around 25 and go from there. Stage SHALLOW. That will improve your 60"time. Hold it at about 2000 rpm's to start with and launch as soon as the last amber goes bright. Don't just side step the clutch. Try to slip the clutch slightly. You don't want a lot of spin, but you don't want to bog either. You will have to play with the launch rpm and tire pressure for track conditions. Practice, practice, practice.
Your car came with it's own ATM machine? LOL... Couldn't resist. Manual, First drop the tire pressure. try around 25 and go from there. Stage SHALLOW. That will improve your 60"time. Hold it at about 2000 rpm's to start with and launch as soon as the last amber goes bright. Don't just side step the clutch. Try to slip the clutch slightly. You don't want a lot of spin, but you don't want to bog either. You will have to play with the launch rpm and tire pressure for track conditions. Practice, practice, practice.
I have a question, when you say Shallow, do you mean just as the second stage light comes on or move forward after the second stage light comes on ?? I am confused on this term.
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08-20-2006, 02:22 PM
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: TX
Posts: 3,063
RE: Launching
if you have drang radials, just roll them over before race and then rev the car upto 1500-2000rpm and dump the clutch.. no need to slip the clutch because drag radials will give you a good launch.. but if you got street tires, rev the sar the same amount of RPM and then slip the clutch a little (not too much) the car will not spin too much and launch fast once the car moves a little drop the clutch all the way.
l have tried on my mustang and it works good (never raced at the track thoug) with drag radials, l launched an LS1, l was gonna break my neck!
l have tried on my mustang and it works good (never raced at the track thoug) with drag radials, l launched an LS1, l was gonna break my neck!
08-20-2006, 02:33 PM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Nashville Tn
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RE: Launching
ORIGINAL: 2k05gt
Musiccity,
I have a question, when you say Shallow, do you mean just as the second stage light comes on or move forward after the second stage light comes on ?? I am confused on this term.
Click my Sig to see my first time Drag Racing...
ORIGINAL: MusiccityGT
Your car came with it's own ATM machine? LOL... Couldn't resist. Manual, First drop the tire pressure. try around 25 and go from there. Stage SHALLOW. That will improve your 60"time. Hold it at about 2000 rpm's to start with and launch as soon as the last amber goes bright. Don't just side step the clutch. Try to slip the clutch slightly. You don't want a lot of spin, but you don't want to bog either. You will have to play with the launch rpm and tire pressure for track conditions. Practice, practice, practice.
Your car came with it's own ATM machine? LOL... Couldn't resist. Manual, First drop the tire pressure. try around 25 and go from there. Stage SHALLOW. That will improve your 60"time. Hold it at about 2000 rpm's to start with and launch as soon as the last amber goes bright. Don't just side step the clutch. Try to slip the clutch slightly. You don't want a lot of spin, but you don't want to bog either. You will have to play with the launch rpm and tire pressure for track conditions. Practice, practice, practice.
I have a question, when you say Shallow, do you mean just as the second stage light comes on or move forward after the second stage light comes on ?? I am confused on this term.
Click my Sig to see my first time Drag Racing...
08-20-2006, 11:28 PM
#14
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Join Date: May 2006
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RE: Launching
ORIGINAL: doodad
if you have drang radials, just roll them over before race and then rev the car upto 1500-2000rpm and dump the clutch.. no need to slip the clutch because drag radials will give you a good launch.. but if you got street tires, rev the sar the same amount of RPM and then slip the clutch a little (not too much) the car will not spin too much and launch fast once the car moves a little drop the clutch all the way.
l have tried on my mustang and it works good (never raced at the track thoug) with drag radials, l launched an LS1, l was gonna break my neck!
if you have drang radials, just roll them over before race and then rev the car upto 1500-2000rpm and dump the clutch.. no need to slip the clutch because drag radials will give you a good launch.. but if you got street tires, rev the sar the same amount of RPM and then slip the clutch a little (not too much) the car will not spin too much and launch fast once the car moves a little drop the clutch all the way.
l have tried on my mustang and it works good (never raced at the track thoug) with drag radials, l launched an LS1, l was gonna break my neck!
then you can rev to 4500 and nearly dump it, by nearly dump, i mean you can let it out really quick and hammer on the throttle. . .
if you dump at only 2500, you will bog and lose time . . . bogging is bad
if you don't have drag radials, you will have to work the art of slipping the clutch, this consists of keeping the RPM's high in the power band, like 3500 to 4000, and hitting the sweet spot in the clutch and keeping the rearend sunk down by coming off the clutch and going into the gas. . .
all i can say is this takes practice . . . and once you get it, you will own most cars at takeoff, except AWD of course
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