How do you properly launch a car??

[03cavyTT]

ok thanks guys but is this bad on the tranny??

[MustangRoadRacer]

not if you don't have much power!

[Self]

Originally Posted by LoW_KeY

every car will vary.. 3k sounds a bit high your going to spin at that kind of RPM. When you launch you want to get the jump with very little or no kind of spin at all. If you launch at 3k dont just drop the clutch kind of ease of it.. course your going to eat your clutch up a bit

If I launch hard out at 2k I'll spin my tires to 70-80 then finally catch traction.

as said before practice makes perfect, I have yet to perfect my launches with my new motor.

Spin to 80mph? What are you driving? Is that in the snow? haha, that just sounds kinda odd. It's hard to go faster when your wheels are spinning. Especially from a standstill.

[hot_red_z28]

Originally Posted by Self

Spin to 80mph? What are you driving? Is that in the snow? haha, that just sounds kinda odd. It's hard to go faster when your wheels are spinning. Especially from a standstill.

I think he was referring to the wheels spinning up to 70-80mph. In other words, his speedo read 80mph, but his car was moving 20-25mph, before they finally started biting in and got traction...

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by 03cavyTT

ok thanks guys but is this bad on the tranny??

It can be.

If you're running a lot of power you can eat up a gear if you're not careful, but on the launch it is your clutch that takes the worst beating. At least until the cltuch grabs.

Generally you want to find a good RPM to let out the clutch. A good point would be a little bit before you start to loose traction. Like sideshowrich said, practice makes perfect.

[LoW_KeY]

Originally Posted by Self

Spin to 80mph? What are you driving? Is that in the snow? haha, that just sounds kinda odd. It's hard to go faster when your wheels are spinning. Especially from a standstill.

Nope weights all in the back so while I'm spinning I'm actually moving too.. my cars kickin out about 285-300 at the wheels. Should be close to 340 once the intercooler and smaller pulley are put on.

Last time I raced someone I spun and shifted into 2nd.. and found myself still spinning I was like no way! then hit 3rd and right before 4th came I stopped. I launched a wee bit hard that time 2500 so much torque off the line.

[Self]

Ooh ok. What do you drive, even? Obviously not what I was thinking, hehe.

[LjasonL]

Originally Posted by 03cavyTT

but isnt it bad on your tranny cause my frined has an STi and he was launchin dont know what RPMs but he needs a new tranny

Your friend must not be a very good driver, those are STRONG transmissions!

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by Self

Ooh ok. What do you drive, even? Obviously not what I was thinking, hehe.

He has a light-ass Fiero SE-V6 with a modded 3800II supercharged motor from the GTP.

[sideshowrich]

Did someone post something about the pic in my sig? It was in the e-mail notice.....

[89Turbo944]

DAM that yellow eclipse is SOOOOO ugly.

Looks like a ricer exploded on it. LOL.

But nice door conversion, to bad about the rest of the car tho. And its prob a FWD NA too.

[youngvr4]

kinda depends on each car, but i kinda have a feel for it, with practice of course. i would(with my talon i had) jump to say almost 3 grand more like 2700 and let loose, IF i felt tire spin(wich would last less then a second) i would let of a tad bit so the tire's would grip and then punch it.
its a qiuck process to were if you seen it you would probly think i jumped perfectly, but thats all cause i practiced A LOT.
havent yet figured out how to really jump a rwd cause my pops vette is a automatic. my same concept doesn't work very well with the vette

[LjasonL]

Originally Posted by sideshowrich

Did someone post something about the pic in my sig? It was in the e-mail notice.....

Just some kid with more time to waste than brains.

[CrimsonRacer]

If 3000 is what you lauch at, what should you normally start at cause I usually do 3000 just when im driving. Of course I let off clutch slow so I dont fly, when you lauch do you let off clutch much quicker?

[lasers78]

what about automatics?