Before getting into drag racing I should?
 

I already know to be serious about draging a car i should do some protective things to my car. Besides clutch what should be my next sure bet to save the transfer case or whatever i would have to worry about with the evo drivetrain?

If you are really serious about drag racing your car then you may want to get your TC and Transmission redone. TRE has a good reputation and I personally had them do my TC on my old EVO before I sold it.

How is upgrading the clutch a way of protecting the car?, if anything it would be worse for the drivetrain as the clutch is the weakpoint in the system, so now instead of smoking the clutch you can look forward to axles and differentials breaking.

new clutch to handle the 331wtq i have and the 400+ i am about to have would be a good protective investment...the stock cant handle that in drag...

Just run your car first and change the clutch when it's slipping. The stock clutch is very easy to launch and shift, and since it's weak, it'll gone first before the transmission. My stock clutch last me about 5 drag events (each event 4 launches).

My tranmission still intact after all those launches so you may not needed for now. My point is save your money for later, use what you have since they're pretty decent and not break yet. You pretty much cannot protect the car at racing since you're pushing the limit. Just fix it when it break. Enjoy.

what he said {thumbup}

Cliche.....I know....but you should really be concentrating on your driving skill. A bone stock Evo can resist a few dozen passes on the stock clutch and go 13.0 with some skill. All things equal....the stock clutch will give out, its designed to. Upgrading it before you learn to feather the clutch will result most likely in drivetrain damage. Getting that clutch fully engaged in the shortest amount of time possible is the key. Doing so without letting semi large turbo on the car come out of its boost or spool range and you slow down. Letting it bog or slipping the clutch too much will slow you down, the latter burning parts.

Revving the motor and dropping the clutch hard is bad also, the shock will hurt the transfer case and the stock clutch cant take the abuse.

For the sake of arguement, lets say you upgrade to my clutch or a similar twin disk, and do the clutch drop....trust me Ive watched parts go flying out of DSMs......not good.

Best of luck and try to find somone who knows first hand and go along for a ride or two.

You better have money if you are serious about drag racing... I spent over 5000 in repairs last year, because of my love for drag.. I run about 10-15 passes a week

i am serious about it....i am thinking of a small business loan to get something started..i want my own team one day

One word of advice. Youd best be prepared to spend major dough. Guys like Martian Musial, Al Friedman, Dave Buschur, all have gotten MAJOR resources and backing....

to have a properly setup and competitive car, it takes more than just tinkering and having someone tune the car....

Best of luck, maybe in another 6-10 months we can talk about that, as Im planning on setting up shop and starting in on these "old timers"

avoid whell hop at all cost
btw has any one hear of a 05 t-case breaking ?

matt 55, mine gave out at 5300 miles or so.
basically the pinion gear teeth looked like turbine blades.
the car had about 60 drag launches on it with only 315 whp on a dynojet.{devil}

That all most sound like it wasnt shimmed up right from Mitsu , not like the 2003 where the spider gears trun in to mush

i decided to move out of the drag racing.....i am going to aim for the road course ..working on suspension and clutch instead :)

You think drag racing is expensive.... road racing is worse. I have over 200 launches on my car with a triple disk clutch and my car has held up fine. It is all about technique. Make sure you don't completely dump the clutch, slip it just enough to get the car rolling and then dump it. When I say get the car rolling, I mean barely rolling. You probably don't even break the beam before dumping the clutch. As long as you don't have super sticky rubber and have a decent amount of power your tires will break loose enough to save your driveline.

Wheel hop is your enemy.