Launching!!

[96 Gsx Awd]

So what are the best ways people launch there awd dsm off the line? Best way without ruining things. Just wanting to here what you guys and gals have to say, Thanks ~jeremiah~

[Swifty1638]

...just letting you know..launching is the worst thing that kills dsm trannie's and their drivelines. BUT, it's just too fun.. I hear people holding it at about 5500 rpm, and letting the cluthc out JUST enough to start grabbing..when the light turns green, less reaction getting off the clutch, and stomp on the gas..not fully though..ya gotta slip it just a bit so you don't bog the launch, or spin too much (yes, street tires awd spins). it's a feel kinda thing..go out n try a few times in a safe area..

-A. Swift

[GVR-4579]

+1 on the getting the clutch to the dragging point before taking off, it keeps everything from slamming together and takes some of the stress out of the launch, it is still hard on everything tho

my proceedure is: put car in gear, bring car to desired RPM, let clutch slowly out to friction point(where it just tries to move), then when you are ready to go quickly release pedal but not too fast or you will spin/bog too much.

[JiggahMan]

Before I use to hold it at 4500 and let the clutch pretty quickly while flooring it. Recently I've been playing around with stutterbox and a 6000rpm launch is pretty fun... So is broken driveline lol.

[1QUICK4]

I used to pre-load the cluth slightly and bounce the rev's between 5000 to 5500. When I finally launch I try and slip the clutch as the revs are coming up (kind of hard to explain it). I found without a stutterbox if you bounce the rev's with your accellerator pedal and launch as the rev's are coming up it builds boost better than if you hold it at a set RPM and slip it. That's how I got my pretty much stock Talon to run it's 12.99.

Then again it all could just be in my head ;)

[GVR-4579]

not in your head, bouncing the rpm's without a stutterbox will build boost

[96 Gsx Awd]

Is a stutter box were the rpms just go up and go to a certain point and stays there? (sorry hard to explain)

[GVR-4579]

yea, a stutterbox is like a rev limiter that turns off with the clutch pedal. i love mine it takes one more thing off your mind you need to concentrate on when launching, you can just hold it floored and have any rpm you want without trying

[slowbubblecar]

You could always just hold the throttle at around 2k and just floor it when you are supposed to go, slipping it when it is at the desired launch rpm. It wouldn't be to consistent, but would help you get off the line quick if you were new to it. Everyone has their own method. That way seemed to work pretty well for me before I had a studderbox. I just did that and launched between 4500 and 5000 rpm.

[sleepydsm]

It is a terrible idea to just rev it up to 6K and DUMP the clutch. But it makes for a fun launch.