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Originally Posted by batman_4
learn your clutch. always had a hard time in my 350z until i started to feather the clutch. i've launched my 370 about 3 times now with the 1st one just dropping the clutch....the car went all over the place hopping lol. the 2nd time i took it to 2,300 and feathered the clutch and played with the throttle until i felt the car actually hook then smashed it. by feathering i mean as in when you accelerate don't just let the whole clutch out....ease it out while accelerating but also dont just punch it all the way, your RPMs should hold at around a certain number rather than bouncing around, until you feel the car on the ground then you punch it. hard to explain but that is the main picture.
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This is the best answer posted. With a high powered RWD car it's all about feathering the clutch. It won't be easy to learn and will take several launches to perfect but once you do you'll be off the line quick as hell everytime.
As for weight reduction forget it for right now. Whats the point in making the car lighter before you dial in a true stock time? I never understood people who did that. Dial in your times first with the car 100% stock, then start messing with mods and weight reduction to see what you can do to make it better. Besides contrary to popular ricer belief removing the spare tire and jack doesn't really help much (60lbs if that). The more powerful and faster the car is stock the less effect mods and weight reduction have. What this means is you have to do more to get better times. You can take a 16 sec car and remove 100lbs and get great results. Take a 12 sec car and remove 100lbs and you may not even notice a difference. Regardless you should practice feathering the clutch and dial in your stock times before you start messing with the car.