How to launch a FWD car....

fatninja19 · #1 09-08-2002, 08:38 PM

Any tips on launching a FWD slushbox? My mom has a 01 4 dr. v6 accord, and I haven't figured out a good way to launch. Usually, all I do is just stomp on it when its time to go. I've tried holding the ebrake and giving it some gas, but the motor over powers the emergency brake and just drags the rear wheels. Is it ok to power brake a fwd car? I know its fine to do it to a RWD car because the brake bias is towards the front... meaning it'll let the rear wheel slip some. HELPP!

94svt5.0 · #2 09-08-2002, 09:37 PM

Push down brake with your left foot and mash the gas with your right, get the rpms up, and release brake. Practice to see what rpm is best to launch at, to minimize wheel spin or bogging.

Cbass · #3 09-08-2002, 09:45 PM

Yeup, powerbrake it just the same as an auto RWD car.

fatninja19 · #4 09-08-2002, 10:19 PM

Isn't it more stress on the car because its FWD though? (due to the brake bias towards the front)

street_racer_00 · #5 09-09-2002, 01:12 AM

I dunno guys, I think neutral-dropping rules!!!! J/k please don't do that unless you want to see your transmission lying on the ground underneath your car. Yeah I agree with the other guys, powerbraking is the way to go. I seem to either get too much wheelspin, or I bog at the start, and I have a fwd V-6 auto car. Dunno if there is a good way to launch an automatic car if you ask me.

dbartoschek · #6 09-09-2002, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by street_racer_00
I dunno guys, I think neutral-dropping rules!!!! J/k please don't do that unless you want to see your transmission lying on the ground underneath your car. Yeah I agree with the other guys, powerbraking is the way to go. I seem to either get too much wheelspin, or I bog at the start, and I have a fwd V-6 auto car. Dunno if there is a good way to launch an automatic car if you ask me.

Most new cars have a protection against neutral-dropping anyways....revs are regulated to around 2000 before it even lets you go anywhere...depending on the car that is..

94svt5.0 · #7 09-09-2002, 06:56 PM

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Originally posted by fatninja19
Isn't it more stress on the car because its FWD though? (due to the brake bias towards the front)

Your wanting to powerbrake and race, but your worried about stress on the car? These things dont mix.

fatninja19 · #8 09-09-2002, 08:26 PM

i was wondering if its more stress on a fwd car as opposed to a rwd car...

R1-rider · #9 09-10-2002, 03:21 AM

hello torque steer!

Polygon · #10 09-12-2002, 10:34 PM

It doesn't matter if it is a FWD or RWD, power braking or neutral dropping will cause your bands to loosen and slip over time. No matter what you are going to hurt your transmission. Don't do it a lot of you plan to have the transmission last a while.

nittanys1 · #11 09-12-2002, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by Polygon
It doesn't matter if it is a FWD or RWD, power braking or neutral dropping will cause your bands to loosen and slip over time. No matter what you are going to hurt your transmission. Don't do it a lot of you plan to have the transmission last a while.

Thanks for the tip, my first car 96 honda i would drop shift it alot...man was that car fuc&ed up...o well g/f totaled it right when it was starting to go...i'll never drive like that again...

Polygon · #12 09-13-2002, 12:09 PM

Yeah, I once had an 84 Dodge Daytona that had some slipping bands after about 163,000 miles. The car had been driven like crap before I had it and had some N drops done to it. I know this because it was my brothers car before I had it. He treats all his cars like shit and then whines about them being piles of shit.

LOL, maybe someday he will learn.

-Josh- · #13 09-15-2002, 10:30 PM

Yeah sure go ahead and powerbrake with a FWD car, it will only completely screw it up!!! Your best bet is just to romp on it from the line. Unless of course you want to replace the rotors and calipers on the front of it, in that case go ahead. :finger4:

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