quick off the line Automatic tips

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 7:06 am

I was looking at an article in a magazine that talked about an interesting method of getting off the line very quickly with your automatic tranny.

The guy stuck his car in 2nd gear and held on the brakes hard with his left foot while putting the accelerator nearly all the way down with the right foot (2nd gear doesn't have enough power to break loose against the brakes)

When the RPM's hit 5000 the guy quickly lifts his brake foot and pops the tranny into 1st gear..... all the time keeping his foot on the accelerator.

I don't know how hard it is on the tranny but the guy was getting amazing results by foolling with the RPM level to pop it into first with. (showed 60ft time results at 3500,4000,4500,5000,5500,6000 RPM launches)

I don't have an auto tranny except for my work truck (which is shut down for the winter) so I haven't had a chance to try it.

I usually just keep one foot hard on the brake and add just enough gas that I'm just barely moving and then when the light hits green I pop my foot off the brake and go to the floor with the accelerator.

Perhaps many of you use this method allready..... if you do.... how is it on your tranny?

Post by **Efratech** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:18 pm

when i had my 1.5 8v auto...

i used the same method has you (hold the brake with my left foot, and add some gas...) and i never had any problems with it

ohh the old days...my car was slow has hell... but is not really fast right now

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:13 pm

cant u just put it in nuetral and drop shift?

Post by **Efratech** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:54 pm

errrr....

you can do it if you want but that will DAMAGE your tranny...

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:29 am

so putting ur foot on the break and reving the engine would work??, cant u damage ur brake system?

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:29 am

The reason for putting it into 2nd gear and reving it is so that the brake system is able to keep the wheels from spinning. (2nd gear has less torque than 1st gear)

When you have it in 1st sometimes your brakes can't handle all the torque and slip. (especially if your car has lots of horsepower)

and no..... putting your foot on the brake and reving it doesn't hurt the brakes.

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:10 pm

u mean a burn out?

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:53 am

burn out = slow off the line = loosing to a slower Honda Civic

The point of what I described is to get the engine RPM into the higher levels so that you can get more power to the wheels without "burning out"

Any idiot can light up their tires.....it takes a true racer to put all the power to the ground without slipping......it's a sweet feeling.....like being hurled out of a slingshot.

My buddy took me in his 9 second "track only" Trans-Am one time and put a $20 bill on the dash. (stuck it there with scotch tape)

The deal was if I could reach it during the 1/4mile it was mine.

Needless to say I've never been subjected to that kind of acceleration before....I could hardly lift my arms.... I don't think I got within a foot of the $20 bill and I was trying really hard.

Since then I've been looking to find something that could bring me back into that feeling of pure adrenaline.

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:33 pm

cant u really eat up ur brakes?

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:22 am

cant u really eat up ur brakes?

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:34 pm

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:23 pm

rnt u griding ur brakes?

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:44 am

No because you wouldn't be moving

Daew0Leganza · Post by **Daew0Leganza** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:00 am

the car does move a little trying to go above 2000rpms, r u sure u dont move? u do move and really really eat up ur brakes dont u?

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:46 am

Daew0Leganza wrote:the car does move a little trying to go above 2000rpms, r u sure u dont move? u do move and really really eat up ur brakes dont u?

Why do you keep thinking the brakes are being warn down when the car IS NOT MOVING?

If the car does not move, the brakes are not wearing AT ALL.

No movement = no friction = no wear.

The brakes do not wear away just because you step on the pedal when the wheels are not turning.

Again, NO MOVEMENT = NO WEAR.

Example: Put your car in park. Step on the brakes. Did they wear down? NO. Why? The wheels were not turning and the brake pads were not being rubbed on the disks.

This is the same logic that follows the idea that when you have your foot on the brakes, the wheels are not turning and the brake pads CAN NOT wear down. EVEN if the engine is revving at 2000 or even 5000 rpms.

The ONLY thing that will get warn down is the clutch disk because you are making it slip. NOT the brakes.

Cliff