Has anyone ever launched an A4 in 2nd gear?? I did...
11-10-2003, 01:29 PM
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Has anyone ever launched an A4 in 2nd gear?? I did... I always do my burnout in 2nd gear. Well I pull to the line and throw it in neutral and hit the throttle once or twice to clear it out. I normally put it in "D" and go. Well I guess I put it in 2nd by mistake. I launched from 2500 rpm. When the tree came down I tramped it. Well I was like WTF is wrong. It felt slugggish. I look down and see I was in 2nd. I ran it out and shifted into drive. I was suprised with my time slip. 11.44@121 with a 1.84 60'. I am sure this isn't good for the tranny or converter but you could launch on street tires and not spin..
11-10-2003, 03:40 PM
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Yea I have done that, It does feel alot slower. Most people think it goes from 1st to second if u have it in "2". I tried that on the street but I was too far into second for the car to downshift back to 1st, so I just went 2nd...3rd.
11-10-2003, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001 Pewter WS6
Does it hurt the converter or tranny at all???
11-10-2003, 08:01 PM
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Go ahead and talk about how I drive an auto. Looks like you should take driving lessons from 87TA. Next your gonna tell us that you forgot to hit the gas too. I mean really, how smart and coordinated do you have to be to put it in "drive" and go? Duh!
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11-10-2003, 08:38 PM
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i too have heard that launching in second gear hurts the tranny but i, for the life of me, cant figure out why that would be... does anyone have any ideas? colonel, you say you have done it on purpose, what do you think about this?
11-15-2003, 03:22 PM
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I took a friend from work for a ride in my car,(he's a Ford boy). And he kept commenting about the convertor being really loose . I stopped and put it into 2nd gear and stalled it to 4000 rpm. I thought he was going to **** himself,It was funny watching his face(he's also into bigblocks).
Well just to see what would happen i tried that again on the way home and launched it that way,all i did was spin like crazy and leave a very long pair of stripes in the road.
Dave
Well just to see what would happen i tried that again on the way home and launched it that way,all i did was spin like crazy and leave a very long pair of stripes in the road.
Dave
11-15-2003, 10:45 PM
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If I remember right, some of the ealier f-body's would still start in 1st gear if the selector was in 2nd. I'm thinking it changed to 2nd gear start in 2000, but my years could be off. I think it's supposed to be for "winter" driving so you don't spin in the snow.
