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Just wanted to know some tips on how to launch a 6 speed well:d

RsSean

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3,000 rpm to 4000 rpm and side step the clutch and put the gas to the floor. But it really depends on your clutch and your suspension modifications. Plus how much money you want to spend if the 10 bolt goes out threw the bottom. That is for the track tho

For the street depending on what the pavement is like concrete or asphalt, 2k and let the clutch out hard. If the car is spinning feather the gas till the car stops to spin then lay into it. Don't let out on the gas, stay in it.

therobman

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with my mods in sig i launched on the street at about 3200 feather the clutch a tiny bit just enough so i dont dump it and put the pedal to the floor i spun most of first and second but hit 0-100 in 9 seconds which for shitty bald street tires isint bad. like rssean said above all about your setup best way to do it is to test it

Kmaroman

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when you say side step the clutch do you mean? Slide your foot to the left off the clutch so the clutch by itself comes back up

studderin

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1. rev to limiter
2. let off clutch
3. ????
4. profit

LS1Formulation

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At the track, I rev to about 3500 RPM then let the clutch out fast but I don't sidestep it - If you sidestep it, it shocks your drivetrain really hard and breaks rearends if yours is still stock. As soon as you let the clutch out and the tires spin a bit then hook, floor it. You'll get a mid 1.8-1.9 60' out of that.

km346

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Good point about the stock rear ends. I just wanted to add, If you side step even a stock car with street tires it will smoke the tires bad at any rpm. the best way to learn how to launch is to get out there and practice. you're tires, type of pavement, PSI and temp will have a lot to do with how hard you can leave.

NSSANE02

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The only way I have ever got my cars to 60' well is to feather it off the line then once your about 10' out, let it the rest of the way out. It will definately use the clutch up quicker but thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make to come of the line like an auto

Soul TKR

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can you guys explain the term "sidestep"

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1. Install a 9 inch and some LCA's.
2. Mount some M/T drag radials.
3. Do a nice burnout.
4. Then sidestep the clutch at 5,000 rpm.

NSSANE02

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That's the easiest way but it all depends on your power level. My car just bogs and cuts high 1.7's when I try that. But when I feather a little I can bring it down to low 1.6's

Jon5212

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Means flopping your foot off the clutch real fast. Another term is "dumping" the clutch.

RsSean

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HE does have a real strong point about the shock, but i t will break sooner or later. Practice makes perfect.

Soul TKR

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oh well I know what dumping the clutch is... you guys shoulda said that

wrd1972

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I was on DR's at the track, fast dumping the clutch at 5K RPM and the motor would bog down to 1.8KRPM (nearly no whell spin) then have to climb again. 60' was ****.

This was with 18# of tire pressure too. Next time I am going to start at 30# of pressure and try again.

BADD SS

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1. Pull Up to line
2. Rev to 6500 RPM
3.release clutch and floor gas.
4. Hold on, wheels are up
5. Stay in it, wheels settle down
6.Slam 2nd at 7,000 rpm


Warning, failure to have a fully built drivetrain will result in catastrophic failure...

This has worked for me, quite well
1.51 best 60', 1.55 avg.

BlackScreaminMachine

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Off the limiter, max effort. Anything else is pointless.

NSSANE02

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It takes some good tires and maybe some suspension to be able to dump it off the limiter and hook, and once you're capable of doing that you'd better hope your not on a 10 bolt. You also need a decent amount of power to make it worth it. If you're just a bolt-on car at near stock weight you're gonna bog down a bit after the initial hit. The 60' will still be decent but there's more left in it.

WS6TransAm01

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Jesus guys...

You really side step the clutch? no wonder people say stick cars are slower then auto's. If the majority is laucnhing like you, then that explains the reasoning.

Im at work so I can't go on YouTube, but I know the vid of my car has been posted in this section multiple times. I may not be the end all be all 6-speed driver [I think pretty good lol ] but if you watch the vid, none of those launches were "side-steped" Sidesteping the clutch will only cause the rpm to drop sudenly and your car to bog. You want to cary the power out from the hole smoothly, like an Auto would.

You need to swiftly slip the clutch out, keeping the rpm up and givingyou a better 60'. For this you need a good clutch, that can take a slip at high rpm over and over. I launch my CARTEK Clutch'ed car at upwards of 7200rpm sliping it, never dumping it.

Ive been told I launch the car well, but you be the judge.

As far as RPM goes it all depends on your car and the track. If you have a stock 10-bolt, you will not do many 5000rmp launches before something gives out. If the track is ****, you will not hook even witht he best tires, and if you don't have the right tire, no track prep in the world will save you.

I find that DR's do not work well on a high powered stick car, a stiff sidewall slick seems to work best for my car, yours may be different.

You dont want to launch off the limiter, it does not keep a smooth rpm like a launch controler will. The rpm will bounce up and down and if you come off the clutch when the engine is decelorating, your 60' will suffer.

If the track is holding, you can go right up to the limiter, and as you quickly slip out the clutch, smoothly and quickly go to WOT. Keep your right foot to the floor untill you cross the finish line...

That usualy works out well for me.