when to launch in a drag race

[wynode]

yeah i reckon 2nd or 3rd amber light is a good timin 2 launch off..if u want a good reaction!..by the time u put your handbrake down its probly 3rd or mayb green light
an il say around 4000-6000 rpm between their for a good launch

Dood serious. How do you know? Have you even been to a drag strip and driven a car down it?

I went on the first amber light and still got a pretty slow reaction time.

[Integra]

maybe im just not used to my new clutch yet haha i stall it heaps at the lights, blardy embrassing holding up the people behind me LOL!

[Sp3rMz]

You install heavy duty clutch? If so it wil take awhile before you get use to it. Took me ages specially on a hill. You're going to have a hell of a time trying to launch ur car to. So practise makes perfect. Get use to you're clutch first then pracitse you're launch. Its a general rule. Know you're car before you move onto anything more advance.

[Integra]

yeah got the h/d clutch! its very stiff when it flicks back!
and yes i agree with you there practise makes perfect

[bennjamin]

yeah i reckon 2nd or 3rd amber light is a good timin 2 launch off..if u want a good reaction!..by the time u put your handbrake down its probly 3rd or mayb green light
an il say around 4000-6000 rpm between their for a good launch

how do you know any of this - without even having a car or license ?

[Sp3rMz]

A friend of a friend of a friend of his best friends sisters bfs dads brother inlaws son told him

[EG5]

yeah i reckon 2nd or 3rd amber light is a good timin 2 launch off..if u want a good reaction!..by the time u put your handbrake down its probly 3rd or mayb green light
an il say around 4000-6000 rpm between their for a good launch

if you do that you will get a red light straight away.

people incl my self normally launch it on the 3rd yellow lights.
the distance between each yellow lights are 0.5 sec.
but normally if im chasing my Personal best i dont really care about my reaction time at all.

* remember guys , reaction time got nothing to do with your ET , your ET will start once your car is moving off the staging lines , so doesnt matter if you wanna stay on the green light for 20 sec , the ET wont start untill your car is moving*

I normally launch at 8k rpm

[EG5]

Dood serious. How do you know? Have you even been to a drag strip and driven a car down it?

I went on the first amber light and still got a pretty slow reaction time.

if you go on the 1st amber light you will get a redlight straight away , unless its DYO class.
on wsid street meet there is 3 yellow lights before it turn into green.

[bennjamin]

* remember guys , reaction time got nothing to do with your ET , your ET will start once your car is moving off the staging lines , so doesnt matter if you wanna stay on the green light for 20 sec , the ET wont start untill your car is moving*

I normally launch at 8k rpm

Yup - really , anytime after the green light is a good time to launch eheh.
Perhaps to ease off the mental pressure of a timed drag race - its best to concentrate on all aspects of the drive ( launch , revs , shifting etc) RATHER than all to do with the reaction time. At the end of the 1/4 mile , your ET will be the same if not better if you relax and concentrate on the driving rather than a simple neurogical test.

[Chi]

I normally launch at 8k rpm

How many gearboxes have you gone through again?

[JDM.Power]

how do you know any of this - without even having a car or license ?

my hole family is a car maniac! my oldest bro got a wrx on his red Pz and i learnt of him ! just watching! an my other bro with the project corolla! an other mates with cars! i just watch an learn!
an when my time comes! il tell you how/when/an whats happens when i run down the strip! sorry for going of topic!

[Sp3rMz]

WTF? Launching at 8rpms. You got full slicks on or something?