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Old 04-22-2013, 02:15 PM   #1
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Question Tips for me with a RWD at the track

My question now is-- how do I launch the car with keep my stock drivetrain in one piece? Should I driver around the water box?


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Old 04-24-2013, 11:49 AM   #2
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Old 04-24-2013, 11:52 AM   #3
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No tips to you.....




Yes you should, there's a wicked thread here about launching these ls3 car. ll about proper clutch slippage. Check the drag forum area.
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Old 04-24-2013, 01:39 PM   #4
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If you have radials front and back, drive around the water.

If running skinnies plus slicks in back, folks will drive thru the water.

If I run skinnies and drag radials, I will go around the water and back up the car into the front part of the water. Doing your burnout on a damp part of the track is much nicer to your differential. When you are done with the burnout, let out of the gas nice, don't keep burning up the tires as you pull up.

I'm not a stick guy so I'm done.
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Old 04-24-2013, 01:56 PM   #5
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I have a always burned my tires coming out of the box. Is that killing the tires are just hard on the diff??? Maybe a little of both ??
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Old 04-24-2013, 02:40 PM   #6
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if u going to just drive to the track and want to make sure u have a ride back home. then launch off idle, gor around water and just spin the tires to clean them dont need a smoke show.
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Old 04-24-2013, 04:02 PM   #7
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Mr. N I try not to sustain the burnout more than a couple feet from the burnout box with a car like mine. I might go longer and harder if I was running big slicks, you might for example burn out past the tree to lay down some rubber if the track isn't hooking.
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Old 04-24-2013, 05:15 PM   #8
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Ok ill keep that in mind.
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