How to accelerate properly

[Crackerman]

The best way to find out is practice practice practice, go to any...any dragstrip anywhere, the best indicator of how well ur car launches or how u launch is the 60 foot time, the lower the better, and if u burn a clutch up generally the new one will hook better or worse than the old one so u have to adjust , experience is the only teacher u can have in your car.

[SilviaS15SpecR]

i always find manuals more fun than auto's but recently i just found out i can't shift for shit i need some practise and all you need bud is practise and a turbo for that matter

whoo forced induction :flash:

[IvanB]

ok Im confused, in an auto car, what is the best gear to do a brake stand in, Low, 2nd, Neutral or Drive?

[LjasonL]

most modern autos would be best left in d for a drag race

[MaFi0s0]

I went and gave my car a good thrashing afew nights ago, managed to pop one of the tires on the gutter fishying.

I tried a breakstand, its heaps better than a neutral drop, but what part of the car does it put strain on? i dont like the idea of the car reving in gear but the wheels not turning.

[Polygon]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
most modern autos would be best left in d for a drag race

I couldn't agree more. Bringing the RPMs up in N and then dropping it in gear is BAD so is break stand. Either way you will cause the bands in your transmission to slip.

[Crackerman]

Originally posted by MaFi0s0
I went and gave my car a good thrashing afew nights ago, managed to pop one of the tires on the gutter fishying.

I tried a breakstand, its heaps better than a neutral drop, but what part of the car does it put strain on? i dont like the idea of the car reving in gear but the wheels not turning.

The only part of the transmission it puts a load on is the torque converter, it is only bad for the transmission (because it builds a TON of heat) if u do it for long periods of time (more than a few seconds). Also if u have any worn out clutches or bands in ur tranny, u will find those too.

[RazorGTR]

Your question is too broad. Is your car:

Front wheel, rear wheel, or four wheel drive.
Turbo or n/a
engine size
engine location
type of tyres
type of gearbox.

As an example I rev the GTR up to 6,500 rpm and side step the clutch. I have very little rear wheel spin and the front grab and off down the road I go in a real big hurry. Yet when I owned a Skylinen GTS-t 2 litre turbo I slipped the clutch in first for a split second at 3,600 rpm and even at that as soon as the big turbo spooled I lost traction in first, second going into third. Launching a car is an art form and takes practice. Oh remember it is also very rough on the running gear and things tend to break when abused too much. I know in my GTS-t I blew 4 manual turbo gearboxes in one year!