How many miles did you wait til you launched it for the 1st time, and did the clutch slip at all?? I tried launching it once when I had bewteen 600-700 miles, and it slipped bad in 1st so I let out before it slipped too much. I tried again tonight with almost 1100 miles, and same thing. I have only launched it these 2 times.


details: evo IX 3in TBE, drop in filter, MBC at 22 lbs, and a mild flash(2 step raised to 5800) from Kevin D. I removed the restrictor from slave cylinder the other night.


Is it still just too soon. do I need to wait til 2k miles before I try it again??
I don't have many AWD launches under my belt. I'v launched my 91 gsx 2 or 3 times, but I can launch it hard, and it just smokes the tires(only because they have been sitting for a while and are a little hard), so it's easy to launch.

I want to take it to the track, but launching is OUT OF THE QUESTION. haha. pay $15 to roll out of the hole, hammer it, and run a high 13.
EDIT: I also want that black injen intake and IC pipe set with a front mount, fuel pump and tune, but not with the clutch doing this.

any input??

 

I have almost 11k miles on my IX and 330whp, and have never launched it. I hear the factory clutch is weak as hell, plus i have never launched an AWD car before.

 

i have like 3200 miles on mine and it felt like it slipped on me the other day and all i have is walbro, intake and flash... just the clutch

 

One of my buddies with an 8 had more mods than me, and is stock clutch lasted much longer, and he even took it to the track several times before he put in an ACT. I think he had LICP, ebay FMIC, 264s, TBE, intake and tune. he may have rune his 280s on stock clutch too. I think he even put on his meth before the stock cluch went. But I really can't remember fore sure, but i know he had more mods and miles than me.

 

Closing in on 9,000 without a single launch.

 

i dont get it why buy an all wheel drive car and not launch it. i got 12k on my IX with probly over 50 launches and the clutch is pefect.

 

^ Yea I have probably 15 on mine with the launch control at 6k. I can pretty much keep it floored and feed the clutch out with no wheel hop. I think more solid motor mounts help with reducing wheel hop (along with some assorted Whiteline bits). Stock clutch, doesn't slip.

 

First time I did it was around 2800 right after I got my oil changed, bogged it. Launched it very well for the second time around 3200.

Haven't launched it since and I have 10300 miles on the car. Although thats definitely going to change this weekend because I'm taking it to the track to see what kind of times I can put down with my Stage 1 mods.

 

less than 100 miles

 

I have almost 75K miles....never launched it...(sorry)

 

i got 163+ drag passes of which atleast 100 were on stock clutch ...

 

Like 10k miles...

 

0.0 jk. Launching is a good way to break something in your drivetrain or destroy you clutch. I don't launch my car often. I do it alot when it is wet out. And I'm less worried about something going wrong. If you do launch dont crash.

 

i launched it out the dealership... the guy said if you don't we void your warranty... lol... nah break in period some highway run's... then got to burning the clutch up... which helped me perfect my launch... now i launch like 7 times a week... 10 if i go to track...

 

Did'nt start launching till 6000 miles.Now i prob have around 25 launches at the drag strip.