Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

ok, i say feather and mr.drop a clutch dustin(turbohf) says drop...just wondering what the majority of you peeps do when drag racing! thanks!

Dane

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

if its a d series drop it cause its cheap to replace a trani haha

but hell no to dropping on a jdm type r tranny.. broken diffs.

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

I feather......through the first three gears. ;D

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

i say feather a bit off the line with street tires but if your feathering it down the track thats just a waist of concentration, if you have slicks you better be droping it at the highest rpm your slicks alow with out breaking loose eithier way you better be bangin the ---- out of the tranny the rest the way down track

Beau

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

haha in my vr-4 i drop it around 5000 off the line...but on a fwd car i always feather it off the line it works so much better on street tires

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

yep u dont get that fucked up wheel hop.

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

just feather it out of the hole, then after that go all out, power shift that ----... ;D

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

if you have slicks you better be launching as hard as you can... thats what slicks are for rofl

in the camaro (with street tires) i launch at idle, then go easy into second then open the bitch up through second (still get sideways when i wood it in 2nd) all the way down the track. still run about 13 flat like that... with 2.2 60 foot times...
http://www.crpud.net/~jbliss/pics/camaro_side.jpg

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

i should post a picture of my car everytime i talk about it.


hey look. i launch this.
http://www.shortyz.net/mycar/mycar3.jpg

its a camarhoe

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

feather on the street...

drop at the track..

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

yeah cops dont think burnouts are as cool as we think they are ;D

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

maybe you shouldn't its pretty ugly...

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

If your running slicks DROP that ----.

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

try dropping it in the awd wagon, you get nothin, just a good old clutch slip or bog if it catches. gotta feather it a little till you get rolling and the boost hits!

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

there should be an rpm range in the middle where it grabs and barely bogs...thats how it is in my vr4

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

I dropped mine with slicks...the result! Axle snapped in half ???

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

hondas aren't made to go that fast... you need new clutch axels tranmissions everything... :)

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

man, chut-up with your honda bashing fool! (attempting my SA voto loco speaking) ::)

Dane

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

i'm not bashing hondas FOOL 8)

simple fact, they aren't made to go fast. you have to upgrade the drivetrain if you want it to last.

hey that rhymes, you know it rhymes... admit it...

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

that does rhyme! good job ;D

Dane
ps. my b16 drivetrain holds up pretty good in my crx. i dunno if thats cuz its a jdm drivetrain, not sure if that has any thing to do with it.

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

when i raced my dx at the track, the higher the rpm i dropped at the better the times, cause if you launch low with that crap motor, sure you will get better traction, but you can change the cd and find a good song while waiting for it to enter the power band. ???

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

i still say drop the clutch...but i also have about 200bucks into my whole engine and tranny setup :o so if it breaks its not a huge deal...

Re:Drop Or Feather...what do u do??
 

I say launch 1000 rpm below peak power and rev up to peak while letting the clutch out slow enough so that it doesn't rev below 3000 with minimum tirespin :o. I am always 1500 away from redline when the clutch is totally hooked in first in a serious race or autocross. I figure second gear, ---- 'em, spin 'em as fast as you can so they'll be good and hot for third. ;)