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Originally posted by Silver-Arrowz

In a RWD car, I like to rev to 4000 rpm and let the clutch out to it's friction point. Let the wheel get a bit of speed and traction then let the clutch out fully. It's kills the clutch but it's effective.  

Double de-clutching is for downchanging. Try down shifting from high RPM and your rear wheels will lock up for a split second. Things get very hairy if you are going though a turn!!!:eek:

That's exactly what I was going to say on both accounts. I don't know how long my clutch has been in my car (I'm guessing a fair while) but after a number of launches it's starting to slip in 4th.

For a good launch, unless you've got monster slicks on, or a shiteload of HP, you're going to have to use the clutch. And like Arrowz said, letting it come out until you feel it's gripping and you're moving fast, let it right out and your car will just take off.

  • 3 years later...

Street racing is for bums fella..also unless you've put some $$$$ into you're liner be prepared to be ripped and ripped often, stockish liners are a very nice well balanced car and are awesome fun to drive, but are far from what I'd consider quick under any circumstance. Shit my parts runner 62 falcon ute with a warm 289 and stock C4 will destroy any stock and many a semi serious liner @ the "traffic lights gp"

Although i don't know the specs of your ride I'm assuming it's not a big dollar/horsepower beast be prepared to lose to a lot of cars you think you should be able to beat until you put a bucket load of cash into performance upgrades like I eventually did.

Don't get me wrong you'll rip n/a ricers ect np's but don't be disappointed when some bogan in his cheap ass'd old big cube rust bucket hands you your ass on a plate.

Did I mention street racing is dangerous?

/edit ...

old thread...got me good, a55monkee!!!

Edited by madbung

yea i just rev it 3-3.5 ish, slowly work the clutch out and then drop it like its hot once theres enough traction...

i have no need to kill my car and tyres on the street... its really not worth the idiots that want to race me.... watch out for those magnas, ive nearly been ripped by one before....

also draggin in auto is stupid, unless its a 'real drag car' other than that its just stoopid

  • 1 month later...

Yeh i thought when you take off wheelspin is bad.. but honestly you need a bit of wheelspin.. it drasticaly helps.. you8 want your wheels spinning at a certain rev as to when you get traction youri n your lower part of your rev range (as in probably where it just starts to hit boost)

hope that made sense..

  • 3 years later...

Bro, I'm very fresh in twin plate clutch, forgive me for the question again. I wish to learn some tips of smooth start by using twin plate clutch, hopefully some of the senior here can light me up. For me, dual plate clutch is just like on/off switch, is difficult to get the "friction point", how much rev is recommended for a smooth start? I'll be very appreciate for your help.

I love how this thread just keeps getting dug up!

Me too!

I'm trying so hard to find Bill Cosby's skit on how he got his licence on "Fat Albert's Car" with the Cessna engine and Bill says, "Now EEEEEasy on the clutch" =Classic

Linky?

Try down shifting from high RPM and your rear wheels will lock up for a split second. Things get very hairy if you are going though a turn!!!:eek:

Isn't that the point of toe-heel? To avoid that?

...and it not braking just rev-match by gassing it a little.

Bro, I'm very fresh in twin plate clutch, forgive me for the question again. I wish to learn some tips of smooth start by using twin plate clutch, hopefully some of the senior here can light me up. For me, dual plate clutch is just like on/off switch, is difficult to get the "friction point", how much rev is recommended for a smooth start? I'll be very appreciate for your help.

Seeing as you have gone to the trouble of digging this up....

The way you launch with a twin plate will depend on the car. With mine, to achieve a little bit of mechanical sympathy, I rolled into the beams nice and early, held the handbrake, eased the pedel up until revs started to drop (just idling, get in early so plently of time) then I put the clutch back in a bit so it is not dragging, Peg the limiter, when the lights go slip the clutch real quick.

Doing this the car will sit down, then spin the rears, then go full 4wd and take off like a scalded cat. It doesn't bang the way a clutch dump does, but I was still running 1.6 60ft with crappy road tyres and FULL trim, in the photos it looks like it just about lifts front wheels.

Pfft...whilst a somewhat ancient thread, if he had posted a whole new one you would all be whinging about how he hadn't used the search function!

Can't win ;)

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