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Old 08-03-2004, 05:52 AM
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Im going to the track real soon how do i launch my sled? any tips? alot of people say to drop the clutch at like 4k rpm but that'll cause alot of wheel spin.
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Old 08-03-2004, 05:58 AM
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If your on street tires dont even bother launching hard. Slicks are your friend
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Old 08-03-2004, 06:13 AM
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yea ima have street tires. so i should just concentrate on releasing the clutch as fast as posible without spinning the tires. no crazy clutch drops at 4k rpm then huh?
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Old 08-03-2004, 08:01 AM
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lol, i went to track last week for the 1rst time and all my buddys told me lauch high. yeah ------- right, all i did was spin tires.

i say find a freshly paved street see what she hooks up at and subtract 500 rpms from that.

AND DONT BE AFRAID OF TREE LIKE I DID

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=24880
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Old 08-03-2004, 08:23 AM
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so am i looking for my car to jump off the line without spinning the tires or just getting on gear asap without spinning the tires?
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i say find a freshly paved street see what she hooks up at and subtract 500 rpms from that.
very good advice.
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Old 08-03-2004, 12:19 PM
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obvisoly wheel spin is not good off the line, but if you want to launch hard you may just get a little bit. Launching on street tires consists of slipping the clutch real bad at maybe 2-3000 rpms, slicks is a different scenario, depending on size sometimes yous can just dump the clutch at whatever rpm you want and it rips out of the hole. From what I can see in your profile you better get some decent slicks, because even though your big si sled is heavy, it will still rip out of the hole pretty good.

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Hah, bring an extra set of axels too. I just got my own set of slicks and have this funny feeling I'm going to break one
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i launched today at a light at 4k rpm feathering the clutch very minimal and it chirped like 4 times realy fast and took off. ima practice some more later.
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