Dumping the Clutch

[aking3000gt]

what does the phrase mean "dumping the clutch"? and how do you do it?
I have an idea just would like to know for sure... and is it good for the car?

[crazy_quick]

Well dumping the clutch is when you drop it from high rpms. The only thing that takes a beating is your clutch so it's not good for your clutch unless you got a proformance clutch.

[Thourun]

Its letting the clutch engage very quickly withought realy stoping at it's catch point to let it slowly engage.

[talskinyguy]

Taking your foot off the clutch peddle as fast as possible, gennerally a high RPM to spin your tires, with AWD cars this with do 1 of 3 things.
1. Make your car stall, or very close to it.
2. Make your car take off and throw you back in the seat.
3. Break something

[Igovert500]

Originally Posted by talskinyguy

Taking your foot off the clutch peddle as fast as possible, gennerally a high RPM to spin your tires, with AWD cars this with do 1 of 3 things.
1. Make your car stall, or very close to it.
2. Make your car take off and throw you back in the seat.
3. Break something

Aim for result #2

[Thourun]

I've been too much of a pussy to get anything but the first result, always thought I'd brake something if I let it out any higher, so I never got a good fast launch in my SL.

[mike93vr4]

do not dump i am on my 3rd trany broke the t-case every time i do like kind of a dump i let it go till it start to engage and hold it till the rpm start to go up than let it out the rest of the way it worked the best for me

[talskinyguy]

yeah, but the 6 speed transfer cases are much much stronger. However I dont not dump the clutch either, I get a better start by slipping the clutch opposed to dumping it.

[aking3000gt]

ok wut does slipping the cluth mean?

[Technical_Automan]

it's the opposite of dumping, slowly letting go of the clutch...as long as your tires spin when you dump the clutch (and keep spinning) you won't hurt anything. But if you have good tires and not enough power to make them spin when you dump the clutch from say 7500 RPM's, somethings gotta give and will most likely break in doing so. If you want to do it that badly, wait till it rains or when you're on ice to practice.

[mike93vr4]

i have a 6 speed and i still broke my t-case

[Linebckr49]

so i guess some of us have had some bad luck dumping/slipping the clutch. i dumped the clutch on some 6000rpm launches a few times racing when i first got my car. since it had pretty crappy tires, i wore them down really fast. so ya, don't dump the clutch unless you don't care about your tires and don't mind shelling out some $$$$ to get new ones.

HEY! WHOA! an epiphany! if you wanted to just have some fun, get some slicks, or any tire with a LOT of tread, then go around dumping the clutch all you want...maybe practice some burnouts (if you have the power).

[aking3000gt]

alright well how much does a t-case usually cost?

[mike93vr4]

when i broke my 3 i hade to buy new trany to because the shaft broke of inside of it. my t-case and trany was a little over $4k but i have a 6 speed not the 5 speed that my car came with

[Igovert500]

Don't dump the clutch often, our clutches and t-cases suck...but it is my opinion that everyone who owns a vr4 should at least experience one 5k+ dump sometime in thier life.