What is the best launch technqiue for my car?
With the automatic, it’s probably best to do power braking (1 foot slightly on the gas, the other on the brake), bringing the revs up to 1000 RPM. When the light goes green, lift off the brake and hammer the gas. Anything higher than 1000 RPM will probably cause you to spin. As for a stick stick shift, bring the RPMs up to about 2500. Then slip both the tires and the clutch in order to get the quickest take off. In either case, a burnout of about 3 seconds is enough to heat the tires. Then stage the car as shallow as possible in order to accelerate forward a bit before getting out of the electric eye beams and starting the timer. This results in terrible reaction times, but it will give you a better 60 foot time and ET. You might also want to remove some weight like the jack and spare tire. Also, run with only 1/8 of a tank of gas to reduce weight. As for the tires, the toe alignment can be set to zero in order to reduce rolling resistance, and pump the front tires up to 45 – 50 pounds
