Flashing Vs Not Flashing
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Joined: Feb 2000
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From: Lithia FL
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Flash mean you don't five the car any gas as you wait for the tree to come down so you are leaving from idle
Stall means you bring the car up to as much rpm as it will handle while you hold the brake and wait for the green (or third yellow of course)
Stall will yield a little better reation time.
Some converters yield little better ET with stall vs flash
Stall means you bring the car up to as much rpm as it will handle while you hold the brake and wait for the green (or third yellow of course)
Stall will yield a little better reation time.
Some converters yield little better ET with stall vs flash
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From: Shiloh Ohio
my take on this
I have found as another member above did that it did not make a lot of difference in my ET. At least on a stock converter. The reason I flash instead of load is I find the technique much easier to get consistantly low RTs. I find loading to be a little more difficult to do and I have settled on flashing as my personal favorite launching technique. I know this goes a little against the normal opinion on this because most people say better reaction times with loading and in general this is probably true. But I have found that I can control my RT better by just stomp and go, I tend to RL more often when I load. Just my two cents. 