Killer car man. Got any videos of that thing launching?
Burnout/Launch Help
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: tampa fl
Burnout/Launch Help
My car is a 12 gs M6 with headers, cam, ecs1500 blower, meth, and an RPS twin disc clutch. I make 671rwhp. At the track, I run stock sized front wheels/tires. On the rear I run a 345/35/18 Mickey Thompson ET Street inflated to 22psi. To date, my personal best is an 11.03 @ 127.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 855
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From: Katy/Houston Texas
Drop the pressure in your tires to 18 psi. If your starting with 22 before your burnout you will more than likely end up with 24-26 psi after the burnout. With traction and active handling off do your burnout in second gear. If it starts going side ways let off the brake and drive it out. Stage the car and bring the RPMs up to 3500-3800. When the light goes green let out on the clutch slowly letting the clutch slip a little bit while keeping the RPMs up. Once your off of the clutch pedal stomp the gas and let it eat. You just have to get a feel for it by doing it over and over. The more seat time you have the better you will get.
Last edited by playtoy; Jun 26, 2017 at 04:38 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: May 2011
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From: Oshawa, Ontario
My car is a 12 gs M6 with headers, cam, ecs1500 blower, meth, and an RPS twin disc clutch. I make 671rwhp. At the track, I run stock sized front wheels/tires. On the rear I run a 345/35/18 Mickey Thompson ET Street inflated to 22psi. To date, my personal best is an 11.03 @ 127.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
Last edited by irok; Jun 26, 2017 at 05:22 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Baton Rouge LA
St. Jude Donor '14, '16
Make sure you are getting your tires wet enough to begin with and don't drive too far out of the water box into the sticky stuff. I like to do my burnouts about a foot away from the puddle at my track, but it may depend on where the box is placed in relation to the beams at your local place.
Last edited by sevinn; Jun 26, 2017 at 09:04 PM.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: Valley AL
Bring the RPM up to 4,000 come off the clutch and ease into the throttle nice and easy.The 4,000 RPM launch will get your car moving and then ease into the throttle just barely hazing the tires you do not want to break the radial tires lose and with practice you will master the feel of the tires and how fast to apply the throttle. This works better for me than slipping the clutch but I have Nitto NTO5 drag radials the tech. at M/T told me there drag radial tire would not work with a manual trans. car.
PS on my burn out I back up just into the damp spot and do more of a dragster style burn out. A tire even with very little thread doing a burn out will throw water up on your wheel wells and the water will drip back off them onto the tire. People will argue with me and say it won't but I have been a drag racer for a long time and common sense will tell you that water on the top of your wheel wells will drop back down on your tires.It does on mine anyway.LOL
PS on my burn out I back up just into the damp spot and do more of a dragster style burn out. A tire even with very little thread doing a burn out will throw water up on your wheel wells and the water will drip back off them onto the tire. People will argue with me and say it won't but I have been a drag racer for a long time and common sense will tell you that water on the top of your wheel wells will drop back down on your tires.It does on mine anyway.LOL
Last edited by BowtieBilly1121; Jun 29, 2017 at 04:31 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2016
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From: Joisey
Haven't footbraked in a while but always rolled through the box slowly in 2nd, then pedal to the floor, dump the clutch, and hit the brake while keeping the tach around 5000 until it smokes. then drop the rpm till you feel it dig in and release the brake.....stop just ahead of the tree.
I launch at 4000 and never vary the clutch release time, same thing ever time. Your right foot gets the quickest 60. When you launch it's going to do either 2 things, bog or spin. If you feel it bog, stomp on it until RPMs come back up, if it spins then pedal it until RPMs come down. You want to try and maintain your launch RPM for about 2 car lengths then send it down the road
EDIT: In my opinion, street tires and DRs need to spin if you don't feather the clutch out. Big sidewalled slicks, not so much if your drivetrain can take it
I launch at 4000 and never vary the clutch release time, same thing ever time. Your right foot gets the quickest 60. When you launch it's going to do either 2 things, bog or spin. If you feel it bog, stomp on it until RPMs come back up, if it spins then pedal it until RPMs come down. You want to try and maintain your launch RPM for about 2 car lengths then send it down the road
EDIT: In my opinion, street tires and DRs need to spin if you don't feather the clutch out. Big sidewalled slicks, not so much if your drivetrain can take it
Last edited by NJ_phil; Jun 29, 2017 at 09:54 PM.
Drifting
Joined: May 2013
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My car is a 12 gs M6 with headers, cam, ecs1500 blower, meth, and an RPS twin disc clutch. I make 671rwhp. At the track, I run stock sized front wheels/tires. On the rear I run a 345/35/18 Mickey Thompson ET Street inflated to 22psi. To date, my personal best is an 11.03 @ 127.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
I am doing burnouts in 1st gear. However, the back end will always start to slide sideways to the point that I feel it is becoming unsafe and I stop the burnout. I have yet to be able to make significant white smoke and don't think I am getting the tires warm enough.
My best 60' time to date is a 1.8. Any efforts to launch any harder inevitably end up in excessive tire spin. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I really want that 10.XX time slip!!!!!
I posted this on the Drag Racing forum as well, but am not getting much response.
air your tires down. 22 psi is way too high. i run mine at 12-14 psi hot. make sure your alignment is on point aswell. i run 0 toe +.02 camber in the rear.
Last edited by ace32x; Jun 30, 2017 at 12:18 PM.
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