I'd like to know how many ms3 owners have revved the engine and dumped the clutch to achieve faster acceleration. The reason I ask is that that's the method used by car magazines to test acceleration, and that's how they get 0-60 time of 5.8 sec for the ms3. To me it seems like abuse of the clutch and tranny. Do real owners do this? If so, what's the highest RPM you've used? Have you had tranny problems?
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Have you dumped your clutch?
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When I first got the car, I dumped it quite a few times but learned quickly it was the wrong way to launch this car for speed. In fact I believe C&D or motortrend achieved a sub 6 second launch starting off at around 1100 rpms. Dumping the clutch will only achieve wheelspin. You need to slip it.
For me, the best rpm for a quick launch is anywhere between 2-3k.
For me, the best rpm for a quick launch is anywhere between 2-3k.
GhostMercury
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fwd + turbo = wheel spin when you dump it. just practice till you find what is best. i don't look at my gauges i do everything by sound and feel. but if i had to guess it wouldn't be near 3 grand
While being equally bad or worse for the drivetrain I think that flat shifting will get better results than dumping the clutch. I can accelerate really fast by doing this. I actually beat a 335i last night using this method. I know that an MS3 should be a good bit slower than a 335i, but I got him good. It looked like he was really trying, but maybe he wasn't a good driver. He only got a half a car length in front of me in first gear. I brought it up to 80 and by then he was at least a car length behind. Maybe it was just badged a 335, I really don't know, but anyway it made me feel good.
mazdaspeedster3
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While being equally bad or worse for the drivetrain I think that flat shifting will get better results than dumping the clutch. I can accelerate really fast by doing this. I actually beat a 335i last night using this method. I know that an MS3 should be a good bit slower than a 335i, but I got him good. It looked like he was really trying, but maybe he wasn't a good driver. He only got a half a car length in front of me in first gear. I brought it up to 80 and by then he was at least a car length behind. Maybe it was just badged a 335, I really don't know, but anyway it made me feel good.
My best friend has a BRAND new 335i and he can not take me. Off the line he jumps but by 3rd I have caught him and am rolling by. From a roll it is all me, so no my freind you were putting it to him.
BlackCherry06
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I've been reading C&D, R&T and M/T for many years and the only cars I recall them doing this to are late-model AWD, or much older, low-hp cars where wheelspin doesn't last very long. I haven't done it, but I can only imagine that if you wind up an MS3 and sidestep the clutch, your times are going to suck. I'd bet you can rev it to around 2K and sidestep it, let the tires act as a clutch, and get some reasonable times out of it.
shane02pro5
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I'm pretty sure the times they get in the magazines are done at a sticky track where you could benefit more by launching at higher rpms.
At the track I can launch perfectly at 3500rpms with barely a chirp too high and you get wheel hop. But on the street you'll just break loose and spin!
At the track I can launch perfectly at 3500rpms with barely a chirp too high and you get wheel hop. But on the street you'll just break loose and spin!
I'd like to know how many ms3 owners have revved the engine and dumped the clutch to achieve faster acceleration. The reason I ask is that that's the method used by car magazines to test acceleration, and that's how they get 0-60 time of 5.8 sec for the ms3. To me it seems like abuse of the clutch and tranny. Do real owners do this? If so, what's the highest RPM you've used? Have you had tranny problems?
spd3qiksilvr
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While being equally bad or worse for the drivetrain I think that flat shifting will get better results than dumping the clutch. I can accelerate really fast by doing this. I actually beat a 335i last night using this method. I know that an MS3 should be a good bit slower than a 335i, but I got him good. It looked like he was really trying, but maybe he wasn't a good driver. He only got a half a car length in front of me in first gear. I brought it up to 80 and by then he was at least a car length behind. Maybe it was just badged a 335, I really don't know, but anyway it made me feel good.
i beat a 335i with the dian chip...n beat it to 140(kissass) and all i hav is intake...n i suppose flat shipping...is no lift shifting? yah i destroy alot of cars doin that driving method...anybody that doesnt do it...i jus own em(killit)
Well the times they've been getting in the magazines haven't been all that impressive if you ask me. There have been plenty of members that have bettered the 1/4 times achieved by those mags (stock). Slip the clutch at 2500rpms while modulating the throttle to limit wheel spin in 1st and 2nd then power shift into 3rd. - If you do this correctly I believe it's possible to run 5.4 0-60 as Can & Driver tested it in May of 07'
i did a few times at the track but i never ran good 60's, when i slip 3k or jsut under u get 60's closer to 2.0 and faster acceleration and the car feels faster, no sitting still spinning tires.
Yes that's what I'm talking about. My best 60ft is 2.07 and went thru the 1/8 at 9.0 at 80.something.. I don't know what my 0-60 time was on that run but I would guess it would have been somewhere arounds 5.5 -5.7 at worst
My best friend has a BRAND new 335i and he can not take me. Off the line he jumps but by 3rd I have caught him and am rolling by. From a roll it is all me, so no my freind you were putting it to him.
Clearly, your friend cannot drive, your MS3 is heavily modded, or both.
Clearly, your friend cannot drive, your MS3 is heavily modded, or both.
+1
Yeah the MS3 is pretty quick but it isn't going to out run a properly driver BMW 335i lol! Those things are no joke.
They've been proven to run 4.9 0-60 13.4 @ 105 1/4's and I've seen them at the track in person doing it.
In my cases it goes like this.
1. Dumps clutch at 3.5k
2. wheel spin
3. 2nd, wheel spin
4. 3rd, chirp
Bet.
Thats how my daddy done taught me.
+1
Yeah the MS3 is pretty quick but it isn't going to out run a properly driver BMW 335i lol! Those things are no joke.
They've been proven to run 4.9 0-60 13.4 @ 105 1/4's and I've seen them at the track in person doing it.
+2, ur friend needs mroe pratice or a geo
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