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<blockquote data-quote="DMassey" data-source="post: 7248308" data-attributes="member: 26299"><p>Alot of it is practice doing the clutch-throttle dance. If you're on stock Pirellis they WILL hook if you practice on them. Main thing is don't dump the clutch & don't floor the throttle straight out of the hole. I'm wasn't at WOT till about 40' out of the hole. The clutch wasn't fully disengaged till about 10-15' out of the hole. I launched around 2,000-3,000 depending on the track conditions. Never was the same rpm twice. Instead of keeping a constant staging rpm, I kinda blipped the throttle waiting for the tree to come down. I'd try to time it so that I'd catch the rpm's on the DOWNSTROKE at around 2,500-3,000 rpm or so. Now I never revved it past 3,500 or so... just blip the throttle is all. So I caught the rpm's as they were coming down and when I launched I'd ease out on the clutch just like you do when you pull out from a red light on a steep hill. Be smooth with the clutch, and ease into the gas. You don't want to shock the tires. When I eased out on the clutch, I'd probably go about 50% throttle till the clutch was completely disengaged, THEN I'd go WOT. Sometimes less is more, and that's the case with the throttle. Those S197 Mustangs have a great rear suspension.</p><p></p><p>It may sound like a big ordeal, but once you try it a few times it'll come right together. I had 173 passes on that car on a dragstrip, and 259 passes on my old TKO-trannied 87 5.0... that's not counting the probably 4 TIMES that on the street during our old local street racing ring days. My best friend also pulled equal 60's in his 06 GT on the same tires. He actually even pulled a couple 1.78 60's on the bottle.</p><p></p><p>I've got some of my videos on my Myspace if you are signed up on that...</p><p><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.myvideos" target="_blank">http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.myvideos</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMassey, post: 7248308, member: 26299"] Alot of it is practice doing the clutch-throttle dance. If you're on stock Pirellis they WILL hook if you practice on them. Main thing is don't dump the clutch & don't floor the throttle straight out of the hole. I'm wasn't at WOT till about 40' out of the hole. The clutch wasn't fully disengaged till about 10-15' out of the hole. I launched around 2,000-3,000 depending on the track conditions. Never was the same rpm twice. Instead of keeping a constant staging rpm, I kinda blipped the throttle waiting for the tree to come down. I'd try to time it so that I'd catch the rpm's on the DOWNSTROKE at around 2,500-3,000 rpm or so. Now I never revved it past 3,500 or so... just blip the throttle is all. So I caught the rpm's as they were coming down and when I launched I'd ease out on the clutch just like you do when you pull out from a red light on a steep hill. Be smooth with the clutch, and ease into the gas. You don't want to shock the tires. When I eased out on the clutch, I'd probably go about 50% throttle till the clutch was completely disengaged, THEN I'd go WOT. Sometimes less is more, and that's the case with the throttle. Those S197 Mustangs have a great rear suspension. It may sound like a big ordeal, but once you try it a few times it'll come right together. I had 173 passes on that car on a dragstrip, and 259 passes on my old TKO-trannied 87 5.0... that's not counting the probably 4 TIMES that on the street during our old local street racing ring days. My best friend also pulled equal 60's in his 06 GT on the same tires. He actually even pulled a couple 1.78 60's on the bottle. I've got some of my videos on my Myspace if you are signed up on that... [url]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.myvideos[/url] [/QUOTE]
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