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07-28-2008, 10:29 PM | #16 |
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It's been my experience in manuals to launch at about 2500 rpm and then dump the clutch. After alot of runs in the Acura, that was about the best engine speed I found to launch from. Of course, it will vary somewhat from car to car, but yes, launching from redline is a disaster waiting to happen.
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07-28-2008, 10:41 PM | #17 | |
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my experience with the camaro 3200-3500 was pretty good and not dumping the clutch but quickly and smoothly releasing it. . .but it's so fast that it almost feels like a dump. |
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07-29-2008, 07:43 AM | #18 |
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^ yea after i did all my mods to my 2002 SS i was launching at 4000 rpm, i was prolly pushing that weak little 10 bolt to it max but i didnt have the car long enough to break, it. it was stolen in january and im building another garage for my baby.
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07-29-2008, 10:08 AM | #19 |
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there was a guy here that put hoosier slicks on his 10 bolt and was saying he was going to drop the clutch at 5000 rpms. he also had cam+tune and bolt ons. he was lucky nothing happened to his rear end.
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07-29-2008, 10:37 AM | #20 |
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I think it does what most you say, limit the revs after the launch so there is minimal wheelspin. OR I think it realizes when you are holding the clutch and have it sitting in 1st, when you rev it, it wont go past a certain rpm. I think it is the first idea though.
Launch control would have been great on the vette's because my last time at the drag strip, a guy with a spankin new LS3 with the paper dealer tag still on it was there and almost lost to a new tundra(had a 100 shot) because he dumped the clutch so hard he spun and barely moved till he shifted to 2nd by the light tree. Some people need these nannies because they get too excited or something. I would like it to help me get better at launching until I can do it as good as the comp can. |
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yea he would deffinetly be asking for it. i had a cam ls7 clutch and nitto drag radials and i was pushing it. I maiss that car sooo much
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07-29-2008, 02:06 PM | #22 | |
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The VW GTI with their DSG dual-clutch automated manual transmission (they don't offer a traditional "slushbox" automatic) has a "Launch Control" feature that allows the driver to launch like a high-RPM clutch dump even though there's no clutch pedal. That's what I thought of when I heard of "Launch Control" in the Camaro. Who needs a computer to baby them for launching a manual transmission?
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07-29-2008, 02:43 PM | #24 |
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Gee, when I was young we didn't touch the clutch pedal when power shifting!!!
And By the way - It is "Pedal" not "Pettle" And it is "Brake" not "Break".... You brake with your foot, you break when you wreck your car. |
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07-30-2008, 09:01 AM | #26 |
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yeah, give him a "break".
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07-30-2008, 09:55 AM | #27 |
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Season 10 Episode 3 of Top Gear the tested a Ferrari 599 with F1-SuperFast paddle shifter with Launch control in which they put the car in first turned traction off held down the break and put in launch control. Rev'ed up the motor and let off the break. The launch control on Super Cars is all i've ever seen launch control on before. And it more or less optimized the shift points or allowed for higher RPM's before shifting.
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08-02-2008, 07:05 PM | #28 |
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I think it is very cool that GM has included launch control on the Camaro. The great thing is you don't ever have to use it if you don't want to. Does launch control work, yep, pretty well.
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