School the newbs: Essentials for a good launch>

bgdog108 · 08-07-2003

Alright guys I'm getting my 95 cobra sometime next week and it appears that quite a few of us "newbies" including myself need to be schooled on how to get a good launch WITHOUT blowing the clutch up or out or whatever...so...any step by steps could probably do a lot of us a lot of good...
Fire away!

VenemoussC · 08-07-2003

Okay, first off you DONT want the emergency brake on while launching.

That's as far as i know =/

1998GT · 08-07-2003

Well it depends on what kinda car you have, if you have a 600hp car with street tires you dont wanna be launchin at like 6k rpms... I'm not the best driver considering i'm only 15.. i know we got some kickass drivers here though!

bgdog108 · 08-07-2003

hmm alright diddnt know this needed to be said...lol for the NEWBS...I dont know any newbs at racing myself included who just get dropped into 600 hp cars....lol figure someone whose daddy just bought him a brand new cobra, tops...

Chertenock13 · 08-09-2003

1998GT: if ur only 15, who's Stang is in the pics, grandma's???

bgdog108: there is stuff you can pour over your tires that'll improve traction, no it's not bleach

i've seen guys at the track use it.

bgdog108 · 08-09-2003

haha yeah... but im saying like what are the steps...how to burn out...what to rev at....do you just drop the clutch or let it out easy?

DallasGT · 08-13-2003

The stuff you pour on your tires is either VHT or Sprit (pronounced sprite, not the soda though) but some track's won't let you use that.

If you are on street tires, DO NOT DO A BURNOUT. Before going to the track pick the rocks out of your tires, and when you get to the track just spin the back tires for maybe a second to get the rocks you picked up on the way out.

Pull up and stage.

foot to the floor on the clutch, shifter in 1st, bring it up to the RPM you want to launch at - probably around 2000 or so, and as soon as that last yellow comes on, ease the clutch out and the throttle in until you are moving without spinning. Once you are moving with traction - foot to the floor on the gas, shift as hard as you possibly ******* can in 2nd, once more in 3rd.

This has worked beautifully for me in my 01 TA when I had it, and my current stang.

bgdog108 · 08-13-2003

So at green light drop it or ease it out? Oh yeah and What's granny shifting?

Twilight · 08-13-2003

how do you launch in an auto, just pound it?

bgdog108 · 08-13-2003

works for me

lol but im getting a manual and i dont wanna look like a total newb and stall it...lol

bgdog108 · 08-13-2003

oh hey twilight which is faster the gt or the 3000gt?

Twilight · 08-13-2003

my moms 3000GT is so ridiculously fast... I dont know man, its even a 5 spd, mine is an auto. We're going to bring them up to NH Dragway sometime and I'll race my dad, probably rip me to pieces, but it will be worth a try!

Steve

bgdog108 · 08-13-2003

wait...like how fast are we talking? is this an sl or what? im trying to decide between a stang and MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE a 3000gt..only because its fast...so how fast exactly is it? and which do you enjoy driving more? 3000gt is 4wd right?

Twilight · 08-13-2003

3000GT is AWD and this thing will be going like 40 in second gear if that gives you a good idea. Not only that but the 3000GT is a V6 so it saves BIG time on gas. BUT they dont make 3000GTs anymore so they are hard to come by and very expensive. Im not sure what model my moms car is.

1998GT · 08-14-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Chertenock13
1998GT: if ur only 15, who's Stang is in the pics, grandma's???

bgdog108: there is stuff you can pour over your tires that'll improve traction, no it's not bleach i've seen guys at the track use it.

-_-

Its mine, you know maybe everyone here should listen to ur launching skillz? I mean, your stang prolly runs 9s with those EURO ricey tail lights mayn, how much hp does that add? 100?