10, RE: racing in an auto Posted by jZa, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
>I found a new one that works good for me. Better than >powerbraking even. Neutral drop without revving. Put the car >in N at a stop, and b4 u go, release the brake, when u wanna >go, drop it into D and floor it at the same time. It's a >really good launch I think. I haven't tried it but a few >times. The tires spun and I didn't get the CLUNK like you do >from revving to about 5500 and dropping into D. It seems >pretty effective and seems safe. I can rebuild the tranny >cheap tho, so if I break it, I rebuild it for about >$200-250. I work in an auto tranny shop and my dad and >grandfather own it. I can do the level 10 rebuild for that >price. :P I don't want a stall speed converter tho. You have >to powerbrake to launch then. I am thinking of doing a shift >kit soon tho to try and rev a little higher and firm up my >shifts. Right now on the stock auto, at times, I can chirp >into 3rd. Not everytime tho. It impressed the hell out of me >that the car can build that much momentum to chirp 3rd with >few mods. I'm rambling. Sorry.
I got this idea also after mistakenly doing it in a rental uhaul truck (lol, wanna race?), but i think its basically the same as neutral dropping, cause auto trannies take a little bit to engage since they're electronnic
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