needing some more undies
gettin a jump off the line
hey guys,
got my 6spd manual vx ss,
and i seem to get smoked off the line by gen3autos, cause they can just sit on the brake and just go flat out at the change,
but ive gotta do the whole clutch thing..(ohh here come the u cant drive for shit jokes)haha
but anyone have a good recipe for gettin off the line super quick in a manual?
would it be trac off, sit the clutch on friction point with no accel then accel at green?
or just rev and dump the clutch quick?(or slow) with trac off? or on?
just seeing how other manual drivers get a good leap off the line....
cheers guys
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For my car, I rev to about 3500rpm, then let the clutch halfway into the friction point and floor it 3/4. Adjust throttle as needed, and ease out of the clutch altogether as the wheels stop spinning.
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get 3.9 gears and a textralia clutch and dump it at what ever revs you wont
Double banger
You need to experiment a bit and find out what is the best rpm to hold your engine at before you start releasing the clutch, what morton said is pretty good. I have a mate with an xr6t, and has worked out that his optimum revs are at 3500, and he can pretty much dump the clutch, get mimum wheelspin, and it rockets off the line, you just need a bit of experimentation to find out what is best for you.
Tells it like it is.
It's all practice and technique. You do have a bit of a choice though - get bogged down (slow) or slip the clutch a bit for the first little way for the fastest launch.
Reaper
Not a Mod
a manual should smoke a auto of the line no problems. i know as i have a ls1 auto.
if you are getting too much wheel spind try some low revs, let it bog down a little or release the clutch a bit slower. once you are away you will catch a auto. the auto's are very sluggish down low unless they have a stally(like me). lol
Balance of clutch, accelerator and handbrake if you have the ability to multi-task. If not leave the handbrake out of it (have seen people do this, forget the handbrake and bake the handbrake pads).
Hot Lap Motorsport
Likes Cheese...
ls1 bout 3000 seems about the best amount of revs.
the collector
drag
focus on what youre doing.
practice and practice
cheers
on holiday
are you talking on the road or the strip.on the strip you want to be going before the green.
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
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ok i'm going to sound like an idiot but i dont really understand all the rules on drag racing so bare with me but if you go before the green wouldnt that like be bad and get penalised?Originally Posted by delcowizzid
on holiday
nope cause by the time you react the ight is green
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
needing some more undies
cheers guys,much help..
If ur hittin 3thou then lettin the clutch go,thatl shorten the life of it yeah?
And also,somethin else i need to decide on,this might be the wrong section, but ill ask anyway.
Im lookin at gettin cam only pack.probly lookin about 275rwkw,will i need a new clutch with it?
At 2grand,i need to know if its essential.
Thanks everyone:
Tells it like it is.
Benj - If you wanna go fast then things are going to wear out quicker. Fact of life. I have had many of these cars and it is not easy to get them off the line cleanly (and fast). There is nothing magic about it - slip the clutch a little for the first 10m or so and maintain the revs. The best way to learn is practice, practice and more practice.
Reaper
I go as soon as I see the last yellow lighting up in my VP and that give's me like sub .1 reactions everytime. It all depends on where you stage in the beams but I stage deep (far from front beam) and that gives me a consistant distance to go from the last yellow. I think it's about 12 inches to the beam to it takes quite a while for the car to get there and when you do you basically have a rolling start which improves your ET. In bracket racing however it can be better to stage right on the beam
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