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goin to the track want some tips befor i go....

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

17's khumo's

any suggestions on my launch or anything?
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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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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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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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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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 10:18 AM
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what he said

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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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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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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 11:23 AM
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ok i will try that anybody eles?
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:26 PM
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- 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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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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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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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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<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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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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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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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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do wat those guys said and have fun but i usually lower my tire pressure to 15 psi
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