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Old 07-21-2004, 10:04 AM
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00 si b16a2 i-im-h-e

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any suggestions on my launch or anything?
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Lower your air pressure in your tires. Feather the clutch.

Practice will do more than anything else for your launch.
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Default Re: goin to the track want some tips befor i go.... (Ricey McRicerton)

the thing is i have been practicing a lot and have lowerd my tire pressure what should i rev up to be4 i start ??

and at what point should my clutch be out at what RPM if that makes sense?

my best time is 15.9


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what he said

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whenever i'm gonna launch i normally put it up to around your peak torque, which for me is around 5k, but for the 00' Si your probly more towards 7k i believe. but that would be a pretty high drop unless you can really feather the clutch off the line but you don't wanna smoke your clutch either. i would probly do around a 6k or 6500 launch
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ok i will try that anybody eles?
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Default Re: goin to the track want some tips befor i go.... (b18c5-EM1)

- tires at 20 psi
- feather the clutch out the box
- if you have adj. struts set them to the stiffest in the back and the softest in the front
- launch it at about 3.5 - 4k for starters and just work your way up until you master the clutch work
- most of all just have fun

good luck let us know the results
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tbud454 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">- tires at 20 psi
- feather the clutch out the box
- if you have adj. struts set them to the stiffest in the back and the softest in the front
- launch it at about 3.5 - 4k for starters and just work your way up until you master the clutch work
- most of all just have fun

good luck let us know the results
</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry to some what bring this back, just curious at to why you would make the front struts soft and rear stiff... Thanks
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Default Re: goin to the track want some tips befor i go.... (JdmEGHatch6)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmEGHatch6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Sorry to some what bring this back, just curious at to why you would make the front struts soft and rear stiff... Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

You want to keep as much weight on the front tires to help with traction. When you launch weight transfers to the rear of the car taking weight off of the front tires causing a slight loss in traction. If the rear shocks are sitffer it will counteract the weight transfer a little bit helping in traction.
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Ok I'll have to give this a try, I'll put my AGX's on soft in the front and stiff in the back. Thanks a lot.
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Default Re: goin to the track want some tips befor i go.... (b18c5-EM1)

do wat those guys said and have fun but i usually lower my tire pressure to 15 psi
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