ajscorsa
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Originally posted by Simon L
- Handbrake on, keep your hand on it with the button pressed ready to release it
- Get the biting point and go a little bit passed it so you feel the car start to try and pull
- Find the right rpm so you move away smoothly, and dont just light the tires up
- Learns the lights, so you are moving by the time the light goes green (normally release the handbrake just as the last amber gets lit up)
spot on imo, I had it perfect last time at crail, killed everything off the lights then the turbo's caught and passed me, beat a few cars that are quicker than my celica purely becuase they couldnt catch me after the launch.
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R1CH
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I tried a slow start once
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7hvTlP2iw
Theres the result!
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Graham88
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Originally posted by R1CH
I tried a slow start once
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7hvTlP2iw
Theres the result!
Done by a Rover 
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R1CH
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i know..... gheyyyyyyyyyy
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Nic Barnes
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rev tha knackerz off it. get the crowd going. as much wheelspin and tyre smoke off the line as you can. make people cheer and clap. thats what i do with my 1.6.
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Warren G
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
rev tha knackerz off it. get the crowd going. as much wheelspin and tyre smoke off the line as you can. make people cheer and clap. thats what i do with my 1.6.
are you seriouly just a cock? or what?
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SportBoy
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hes more of a chicken hawk
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Warren G
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
rev tha knackerz off it. get the crowd going. as much wheelspin and tyre smoke off the line as you can. make people cheer and clap. thats what i do with my 1.6.
are you seriouly just a cock? or what?
yeah
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Carl
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lol Racing up a straight piece of road lol
lol
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Carl
lol Racing up a straight piece of road lol
lol
its still racing. its not actually as easy as you think either. you have to really know the car and the engine to get the best from it and the best times.
plus, its fun.
lol, carl, lol.
[Edited on 28-01-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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ajscorsa
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
lol Racing up a straight piece of road lol
lol
its still racing. its not actually as easy as you think either. you have to really know the car and the engine to get the best from it and the best times.
plus, its fun.
lol, carl, lol.
[Edited on 28-01-2009 by Nic Barnes]
i love it
close one with my celica and a 206 gti here, i've only a 140 engine in my celica now tho 
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nMayQBwZJG4&feature=related
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ajscorsa
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just for shits and giggles lol
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YJL9AcqxLHI&feature=channel
excuse ma very drunk m8 lol
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Robin
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Don't worry about getting a good reaction time at a RWYB, wait til the light is green or you risk jumping the start and wasting a run.
As for an optimum method of launching, it depends on the day, weather, time, how many cars have been in front of you, if there's been an oil spill, what car you're in, what tyres you're using.
The only way to do it is to practice, at santa pod.
I tried a few launches the night before I went to a RWYB the other week, got there, and the surface and conditions were totally different so I had to work it out there and then.
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Graham88
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That's something I've wondered for a while. Does the counter start as the lights go green, or do you have to pass a certain point before it starts?
If so then you reaction time counts for everything, surely?
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Warren G
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just like traffic lights,
when it goes green deck it!
think my reaction is about .45
much less and its a guess/luck
santa pod isnt a very grippy surface, infact its shit
reaction time is the time between the lights going green and you moving
timer doesnt start until you move
[Edited on 28-01-2009 by Warren G]
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Nic Barnes
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santa pod is probably the best in the country. you should try others. crail is terrible, elvington isnt much better.
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Warren G
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santa pod on the bike graham!
il race ya 
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Graham88
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I'm up for that 
Think a few mates are going up this weekend, might end up running the Jetta 
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Warren G
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i meant on the bikes!
im crap at lanching, get scared
600 bogs down, whereas the sm used to scare me!
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Graham88
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I know what you meant
My bike is still tucked in garage atm, I'll get it out in the summer and go along to one of these normal RWYB, I'm not going to do it as a special event.
I'm also scared of launching, first gear scares the shit out of me!
[Edited on 28-01-2009 by Graham88]
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Warren G
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mines in the garage with a flat batt and a rattly cam
wont see daylight for at least 3 more months!
i think id only be in 3rd crossing the line! does 75 in 2nd and 110 in 3rd i think
rest of the gears are wank
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Graham88
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That's fine mine will be out in a month or two, just whenever we get a bright day!
I'm really not sure where I would be nor what speed I'd cross the line at, I'll look up some specs
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Warren G
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i remember watching them at brighton before
i think my dads bike would do it in 12 sconds at 120ish mph (yamaha xjr 1300)
i guess about 12.5-13 mine would do it in? at about 100-110
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Graham88
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Can't find any official figures, but most guys a Kwak forum are running late 10's, crossing the line at 130mph, mental for a 600 with just a slip on exhaust.
Some guy did a 12sec just on the back wheel
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
i guess about 12.5-13 mine would do it in? at about 100-110
Looks about right judging by Google results
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