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Launching tips?



Ease into the throttle...holding in 1...then give it hell around 20 ish depending on the mods...higher the speed the more mods you have. If I buried it before 35-40 I'd still blow the tires off. Be sure to shift it into 2/3/D right after you hit it or it'll shift at the stock shift point...then let the auto do its thing.

nicksilvergt99 said:
For me I find it best to take it pretty easily up to 15 or 20 mph then floor it. What about you guys?
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You have a GT...I'd just floor it.
 
yea how do you use the 1, 2 and 3 gears to your advantage, I've never actually known. Does it hurt your trans too if misused?
 
bluegtp91 said:
You have a GT...I'd just floor it.
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I can break my tire(s) loose from a stand still, pretty much stock GT. Its what we call, all seasons. :th_winking:

And by loose I mean spin halfway through the gear and pretty much result in an epic fail of a launch.

I'll second the manual use of the shifter. Works well, you can bring it right to the redline, not that a stock GT pulls at all up there.
 


dont manually shift the car, its a waste of time and will net you zero gain on letting the car do its thing.

here's what i always did. put the brake the the floor and revved the car up until i couldnt keep it still anymore, then let off just a hair. from there i would let off the brake and slowly ease into it and chirped the tires just a little bit. that is what you want to do. dont spin them, but make the tires yell for forgiveness.
 
Manually shifting an automatic car for a launch is dumber than ****. It's going to go into second no matter if you hold it in first and its another distraction if anything. Maybe if you were roll racing and let off so you could downshift. Basically do what bio said, just play with it and get a rythm for the launch.
 
Cars shift point should be changed if the auto one isn't good enough. Just feels like you're slightly more special (think manual > auto)

Tuning? Seems to be the best way to make anything faster.
 
Actually...if you hold the gears it does matter. If you blow the tires off and your not holding it in "1" it'll shift into drive and kill any sort of chance you had of a good time. holding it in one means you'll stay in 1st no matter what...I mean unless you hold it past grand or something...not saying its good all the time but for launching at the track and roll racing like you said it is a fun way to get the jump on manual cars
 


bluegtp91 said:
Actually...if you hold the gears it does matter. If you blow the tires off and your not holding it in "1" it'll shift into drive and kill any sort of chance you had of a good time. holding it in one means you'll stay in 1st no matter what...I mean unless you hold it past grand or something...not saying its good all the time but for launching at the track and roll racing like you said it is a fun way to get the jump on manual cars
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he is right if you let off because of tire spin it fukks you up and it shifts then you are stuck trying to get going in 2nd at low rpm.....
 
bluegtp91 said:
Actually...if you hold the gears it does matter. If you blow the tires off and your not holding it in "1" it'll shift into drive and kill any sort of chance you had of a good time. holding it in one means you'll stay in 1st no matter what...I mean unless you hold it past grand or something...not saying its good all the time but for launching at the track and roll racing like you said it is a fun way to get the jump on manual cars
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False. Even if the shifter is in the "1" position, it will shift into 2nd whether you like it or not at a certain point.
 
JoshMcMadMac said:
False. Even if the shifter is in the "1" position, it will shift into 2nd whether you like it or not at a certain point.
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Really? I mean after a while of bouncing off the rev limiter I'm sure it would but I can't see it shifting instead of bouncing a couple times.
 


JoshMcMadMac said:
False. Even if the shifter is in the "1" position, it will shift into 2nd whether you like it or not at a certain point.
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X2 The only time i've shifted is to put it in 2nd while doing burnouts with slicks and to put it in 3rd sometimes to save 4th gear because it's junk.
 
^When it's in "1" for me I accelerated until it's about 5500 rpm or more and if you let off it doesn't shift, it just feels like your braking. But if you continue acceleration, it will eventually shift when you reach redline I think.
 
ive seen so many cars run slower when manual shifting an auto. but i do see the pointing of holding it in first so it wont shift to second if you spin and have to let off. but other than that put it in drive and let it do its thing.

in my 06 n/a first would shift out at the normal time, but second would hold and bounce the limiter if manual shifting.


launch is all in the feel for me. ill break torque it up some, but not all that hard, then lay into the throttle and roll it into the floor. how much you lay into it tho, you just kinda have to know the car.


i dont check the tac, no routine. its all in the feel.
YouTube - gtp vs srt8 challenger
 
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blowfishRus6 said:
ive seen so many cars run slower when manual shifting an auto.

in my 06 n/a first would shift out at the normal time, but second would hold and bounce the limiter if manual shifting.


launch is all in the feel for me. ill break torque it up some, but not all that hard, then lay into the throttle and roll it into the floor. how much you lay into it tho, you just kinda have to know the car.


i dont check the tac, no routine. its all in the feel.
YouTube - gtp vs srt8 challenger
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Did the guy in the challenger turn his car off by accident? :D
 
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