Originally Posted by jtown82

Rules to launch an Auto by.


#1 do not put your car in neutral first and rev it up... ECU will not let 1st engage until the rpm drops to a normal preset standard..

#2 you dont have a 4k stall on your car. dont bother trying to hold your brake and rev up to 4-5k ect.. the ECU will take over and drop your rpm before you take off. and again you lose precious time waiting.

#3 use the hippopotamus rule for launching. this rule is.... while you press your gas. you say hippopotamus in your head. by the time you finish the word the gas pedal should be compressed all the way. (it works)

#4. DONT let your adrenalin get the best of you. Rule #3 is applied to stop #4 from being Broken

#5.Dont worry with the lights. or the guy beside you. once the green shows. launch when your ready. as long as you dont cross the beam your E.T time wont start

#6. push your Seats as far back as possible. mainly for the driver. but every little bit of weight transfer towards the back helps. ofcourse if you cant touch the gas then move it foward some.

7# AVOID the water with street tires. and though you want to bleep your tires a bit (1-2 seconds just enough for a couple revolutions) its not to get them hot and sticky.. that doesnt work on street tires. your doing it to knock off debris that would have come between the pavement and your tire reducing traction. IE gravel/dirt

#8 drain your windshield washer fluid before hand. reduces weight + weight sitting at the very front of the car its a double bonus.

#9 obviously remove sparetire/jack...

#10 One of the most important rules and biggest Killers of a E.T is wheel play... every little bit you move your wheel to the left or right hurts your E.T because your no longer going in a straight line from point A to B. now of course its impossible to keep it perfect, but you want to keep all steering corrections as minimal as possible and this all starts with Staging as Straight as Possible.

Ive drag raced for many years and those most of these steps seem obvious ect. some people who are new to it all never think about these things. these few easy steps can help someone just starting to dragrace any car along with an auto.