[Spooner]

I'm considering doing some drag racing--just a little bit--at an event held by one of the local clubs, here in Mass... The thing is, I've done a ton of drag runs in a Mustang, but never in my Camaro.

There's got to be a trick to launching with street tires, without breaking the rear-end or smoking the clutch...right? Anyone care to eleborate? I figure bump the konis to soft (I have SAs) and that's about all I can do. I have a T2R if that even matters and I'll be on street tires--Azenis 615s.

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-John

[sgarnett]

What I used to do was let the clutch out fairly quick (not quite a sidestep dump, but close) at around 2500 and half-throttle, let the tires spin a bit just to avoid bogging, feather the throttle to get it to hook, and then roll back into the throttle.

What I do now with the UETA is still launch around 2500 and half throttle, but I ignore the wheelspin completely and just go quickly but smoothly to full throttle and the car will just automatically hook up on its own (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif)

Feathering the clutch overheats it too easily, and then it won't stop slipping.