My First Drag Race!
10-29-2008, 02:16 PM
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but teh rice master SEZZZZ:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It's a manual right? Just keep your foot to the gas all the time. Don't worry about your rev limiter. The RPMs can bounce off of it a couple of times without causing damage to your engine.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It's a manual right? Just keep your foot to the gas all the time. Don't worry about your rev limiter. The RPMs can bounce off of it a couple of times without causing damage to your engine.</div>
10-29-2008, 02:41 PM
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I cringe at the thought. 02.gif It's like hearing a story about getting kicked in the junk. It doesn't hurt you but just hearing about it is painful...
10-29-2008, 04:52 PM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Caj Darkmoon @ Oct 29 2008, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I cringe at the thought. 02.gif It's like hearing a story about getting kicked in the junk. It doesn't hurt you but just hearing about it is painful...</div>
in drag racing, real drag racing, they ruin their clutch in about 20 passes. The reason is because you can deliver a ton more torque throughout the pass by keeping your engine in the power band, but not spinning your wheels. The way you do that is to burn the clutch.
For maximum power on a takeoff, you should not have your clutch engauged fully until you reach 25mph, or about 4,500 RPM. That's about 2-3 seconds of clutch burning. Then when you shift at 35mph, don't let the RPMs fall, slam your foot to the gas, disregarding the rev limiter, and slam that sucker into the next gear.
The real challenge becomes traction vs power in this method of drag racing.
Like I said, it's rough on the clutch and the rest of the entire car, but it works.
in drag racing, real drag racing, they ruin their clutch in about 20 passes. The reason is because you can deliver a ton more torque throughout the pass by keeping your engine in the power band, but not spinning your wheels. The way you do that is to burn the clutch.
For maximum power on a takeoff, you should not have your clutch engauged fully until you reach 25mph, or about 4,500 RPM. That's about 2-3 seconds of clutch burning. Then when you shift at 35mph, don't let the RPMs fall, slam your foot to the gas, disregarding the rev limiter, and slam that sucker into the next gear.
The real challenge becomes traction vs power in this method of drag racing.
Like I said, it's rough on the clutch and the rest of the entire car, but it works.
10-29-2008, 07:20 PM
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^^^ Not a very good idea in a daily driver. I drove my T/A like that, but could afford the parts. I broke my clutch, driveshaft, rear-end, and tranny (in that order). Every time I broke something, I upgraded it.
10-29-2008, 07:28 PM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Role Reversal @ Oct 29 2008, 11:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>haha.gif lmao.gif haha.gif lmao.gif owned.gif
You do realize that Yukon prob weighs just over 6000lbs and probably wasn't trying to race you. funny thing is that yukon could prob run just as fast as you with 2000lbs of shit in the back. Atleast you didn't sound like a complete tool making that statement. Here is a statement that has been around long before I was born, and prob you too "there is no replacement for displacement." The day you beat a bone stock mustang gt with a decent driver behind the wheel you have a decent car, but smoking the soccer mom in her yukon isn't much of an accomplishment.</div>
to let you know, the yukon WAS racing me, it was a friend from school who was doing a tire rotation on his dads yukon and wanted to race to see how he would do compared to me and i did smoke him
also was saying that YES he does way about 6000lbs thats why i stated that it wouldnt be the same as a 4000lb V-8
i was not bragging about beating a v-8 and i do know that i could not beat a 4.6 and definitely not the 5.0L mustangs i was just saying, just because he has 2x the cylinders doesnt mean he is faster
You do realize that Yukon prob weighs just over 6000lbs and probably wasn't trying to race you. funny thing is that yukon could prob run just as fast as you with 2000lbs of shit in the back. Atleast you didn't sound like a complete tool making that statement. Here is a statement that has been around long before I was born, and prob you too "there is no replacement for displacement." The day you beat a bone stock mustang gt with a decent driver behind the wheel you have a decent car, but smoking the soccer mom in her yukon isn't much of an accomplishment.</div>
to let you know, the yukon WAS racing me, it was a friend from school who was doing a tire rotation on his dads yukon and wanted to race to see how he would do compared to me and i did smoke him
also was saying that YES he does way about 6000lbs thats why i stated that it wouldnt be the same as a 4000lb V-8
i was not bragging about beating a v-8 and i do know that i could not beat a 4.6 and definitely not the 5.0L mustangs i was just saying, just because he has 2x the cylinders doesnt mean he is faster