Your mph is pretty high for a 16.8, try and lower your 60' and you'll see mid 16's
just got home from the track
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i went to the track last night myself...ran the b16 like 3 times....i was scared to launch it because last time i was racing...i wasn't preloading....and i fried the differential....so.....i was launching like i was coming off a stop light....and it was awesome....16.5 @ 92mph...haha...60' were like 2.8...
i woulda launched...but i could only afford to race it...not fix it if i broke it....anyways...i had fun doing it...and shitting on this particular dodge caliber which was launching hard and running 17.8's haha
i woulda launched...but i could only afford to race it...not fix it if i broke it....anyways...i had fun doing it...and shitting on this particular dodge caliber which was launching hard and running 17.8's haha
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Green 91 said:
yea i was just havin fun...my best time was a 15.0 but the run after that i didn't preload the car and i broke the trans..that was the last time i raced at the track...like 2 months ago.....i'm just scared to launch it and break stuff again...and i wanted to go down the track...so i was easin it off rollin in 1st then hittin it....pretty fun really...some peoples faces in the stands were like WTF...haha cause when vtec would cross....it would just go...
yes my launches do suck i know this but i dont want to hurt the clutch. what is the "proper" way to launch? and i only got in 1 run then it rained. it did hop a little on my launch
every car is different, just practice at it until you find something that works for you. id like to take my car to the track, but the closest one to me shut down. and i dont feel like driving an hour and a half just to run my car
the preferred way to "launch" the car is preloading...now at what rpm to stay at is different for everyone...
preloading is basically..stage your car....pull the e brake up with the button still held in...
then you rev your car to the rpm you want...and slightly let off the clutch pedal not enough to make the car move...but to make the rear squat....
then when the light turns green.....all at once...drop the e brake....the clutch and hit the gas...
takes practice....
preloading is basically..stage your car....pull the e brake up with the button still held in...
then you rev your car to the rpm you want...and slightly let off the clutch pedal not enough to make the car move...but to make the rear squat....
then when the light turns green.....all at once...drop the e brake....the clutch and hit the gas...
takes practice....
yea my friend hits 16.2 at 82mph
kip said:
yea i mean...just do it to how your comfortable....the way i said is how i like because....when your staged and you slowly start to let off the clutch pedal...sometimes your trying to hard and you don't have enough time because the tree is going to start so you hesitate and get a shitty launch or redlight....
like i said do it to how your comfortable....everyone is different just as is every car....but my advice on however you launch is...don't just revv it up with the clutch to the floor and then on green drop it ...thats how you really start breaking stuff like trans, axles
that sudden pop of the clutch and the diff locking fries parts
when i launch how i said....i have barely any tire spin...just because the car is already squatted and its just nice and smooth....and has good pull...
no matter what you do...practice makes perfect
yea she has no torque.. i had the celica for a few seconds but it dosnt want to go down low in the rpms. if i try to launch by slipping the car shutters and shakes and then the radio falls out. ill keep trying but it rains so damn much here. ill post next weeks times friday night. thanks for the advice ill try that with the e brake