i was looking through the search engine to see if there was a thread already posted, i found one but it was for the evo lancer.
just wondering how should we launch our lancers. because i tried around 3rpms and i would just burn out forever unless im doing it wrong. just wondering how you other people do it because the other night i raced a gt-s on the track and he would kill me becasue i would have a bad launch. i would rev at 3 and then just floor it and just burn out till 6rpms and change gears. i dont know maybe im just doing it wrong. can anyone help.

2nd time i got the gt-s but his is the sport automatic not 6sp.

 

was the ground wet? or dry? my stock tyres works good w/ dry conditions when i rev to 3k rpms...
gotta let the cluth out right time and the right way..
hmm sounds like u have an auto?

 

it was pretty dry out. then how do you do it the right way.

 

3k RPM. I did that 2 nights ago and I got wheelspin in first and second, but I still got launched.

Cheers

 

Yeah, 3.5K is usually where I break traction beyond it being a good launch. That seems to be the most consistant launch RPM for me. Also clutch technique is crucial... too fast, you break traction, too slow and you're smoking your clutch. This really isn't something that could be written about, but, has to be felt.

 

We already have several of these threads and it essentially breaks down to what Street says for the most part.

 

basically, find yourself an empty parkinglot, and work on it. Don't be suprised if you need a new clutch from mislaunches, and if you wear down your tires.

 

how do u launch an AWD vehicle?

 

Here is an advanced launching technique for front wheel drive cars:

CAUTION: This is hard on your clutch and e-brake line.

• Pull and hold e-brake as hard as you can.
• Hold RPM at peak torque RPM rating (i.e. 3500 RPM)
• Engage and hold clutch to the limit of the e-brake's ability to hold the car at a stand still. This causes the rear of your car to squat, reducing sudden weight transfer to the rear which causes you to loose traction. This also causes your tires to bite the pavement.
• Release e-brake while engaging the clutch smoothly and applying more throttle all at the same time to launch. You will have to experiment as to how much to ride the clutch vs how much throttle to apply.

This technique is very difficult to get right and master, but if you do, you will launch faster then any traditional type of launching technique. Good Luck.

EDIT: How to get this right would take me at least a full page to explain, so you'll just have to experiment until you start to figure out what works and why.

 

I'd like to see a mpeg of that e-brake technique!!

Etienne

 

Here is a little different technique that I've read... but never put in to use yet... but I figured I'd share for whatever value it has...

Run up 2-3K in rpms... and hold it... upon green/flag/whatever pop clutch but DO NOT give any gas other than what you were using to hold the rpms.

The car will then lurch forward as the engine starts to stall and the moment the lurch occurs and weight transfers back the front wheels hammer the pedal to the floor, and the rest is shifting.

This does make sense theoretically (I don't know about in practice) as the moment you break the tires loose you are losing traction and the overall stall/lurch will take so little time and provide you with a few moments of extra traction on those front wheels to get you moving with power that would have usually resulted in tire spin.

I don't know if the fact that the Lancer's torque is in the higher RPM's that this will be actually slower or not... but I figured it was counterintuitive enough that it could be a good technique if applied right!!

 

This is a good technique for launching cars with V-8s that have lots of torque down low, but doesn't work as well for 4 bangers or turbo charged vehicles. Definitetly a good way to launch a Viper or Vette.

 

I use to launch around 2.5k when i was NA. That was with clutch slip technique... let out clutch slowly and easily until you have hook-up then dump. Now that i'm running LSD i can't seem to get her to peel out at all. Even after going Turbo she just won't break and i'm still on stock Yoko's. I've went as high as 4.5k to try just barked a little then launched like a shuttle leaving NASA platform. I've found now that at 3k i get no wheel hop, a little spin but only a millasecond, and one hell of a lauch. Gotta love the Turbo!!

 

I'd actually go with gotta love LSD... that give you your launch quality there... and the turbo.. that's the catalyst to Honda's and Neon's seeing nothing but exhaust pipe!

I figured that with the crappy torque band of a 4 banger that the launch technique wasn't totally suited...