launching

[coyfish]

Sure. Be careful though because letting it out too fast is bad for the rear diff's as others have stated in the forums. Try to find a little balance.

I rev it to about 3500-4000 and slip it for like 1/2 a second.

 

[2.0t03speed]

I launch at 4k and slip the clutch just a little.

Thats one of the things that pisses me off about this car. A Good launch is one of the huge benefits of AWD cars. I never see evo's or sti's have problems launching but for some reason everyone says our cars will explode if you launch them. For that reason ive only launched mine like 3 times in the 10k miles I have on it.

hmm really because my cousin broke his rear passenger side axle in his sti 2 months ago doing a launch. so yes they have problems too

 

[superskaterxes]

i always rev to 4.5K and slip and then dump it. ive done this plenty of times at the track and i never smell clutch afterwards. i wouldent do this if your car was stock because u cant get enough airflow in and out of the engine and this is how u will blow your clutch.

 

[caprisun]

Are we talking about doing the launching with or without the DSC on?

 

[OJ Bartley]

superskater - do you mean you need more flow through the engine bay, or more air into the engine itself (ie better intake/TMIC, etc.)?

caprisun - well, you can try it with the TCS on... and end up like me my first time at the track with the engine screaming at 6,000 and the wheels refusing to try to grab no matter what gear I put it in. I had no idea what happened at first. I think that ended up being a 28 second run. As soon as I came back around to where my buddy was laughing at me, his mechanic came up to the car and said "you left the traction control on, didn't you?" (headshake

 

[ms6acton]

^ lol at 28 sec run, you could raced my moms tdi jetta, would have been a good race

 

[coyfish]

or me on roller skates

 

[Qwik6]

This hasnt been brought up much but has any1 disconnected the black box? I hear there is a box for the awd system and if you unplug it your rear wheels wont engage and its just the front. I would like to see some1 launch it with just the front wheels ....I wouldnt try this myself

 

[OJ Bartley]

I heard you can also just engage the parking brake one click and it won't transfer anything to the rear as well... but I'm not going to try that either.

 

[Qwik6]

Came across this on another forum and its true.

When your driving with light throttle pull the e-brake up 2 clicks and its in front wheel drive. I tried this and spun my front tires.