I'm definatley not one of the fastest guys aruond... but I do seem to get
much better starts than most people.. (it seems that way anyways..).
I prefer to hold the revs around half way with the clutch in. When you
sense flag movement, let go of clutch and push in gas (you don't want to
raise the revs, but you have to push in the gas to keep them at that spot).
The slowly let off gas as car speed catches up to wheel speed until you can
safely pin it. (all this time keeping the revs constant at that spot you
started at)
It helps to use a tall first gear (you should be anyways - unless you use
first on that particular track and want it short for some reason).
Oh yeah, while all this is going on you gotta keep the car straight.
speedracer
> >What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down and
it
> >kills me when I start up toward the front.
> >I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in an
Eagle,
> >can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someone
besides
> >the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol
> >I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a
> >hurry.
> As Don said, as soon as you see that flag twitch it's time to move.
> Now, I personally find that it's more brute force than fancy driving
> that'll get you away to a good start.
> Before flag twitch:
> Car in neutral, revs at about 2/3rds
> Flag twitch:
> Floor it whilst at same time shifting to 1st gear. Keep it floored,
> don't worry about wheelspin, just make sure car is going dead straight.
> After about 3 or 4 seconds, as revs start to level off and you 'feel'
> that there is less wheelspin and now revs are climing as normal, then it
> is probably time to change to 2nd. Don't change too early to 2nd
> though. You don't want the revs dropping too low.
> Bob's your uncle. Decent start. Go try it. Guaranteed, once you've
> got a handle on it, if there's a car in front of you on the grid, that
> you'll have to back off to avoid running into the back of them. :)
> --
> Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington)
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