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    WTF !! I cant launch for shit!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio
    WTF !! I cant launch for shit!
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    Quote Originally Posted by xext12mvx
    dont be upset most of the people in here with their awd cant either but work on it
    Are you fk'n serious... you're back? I thought you took our advice and actually drove off a cliff... sigh.

    Julio, you talking about your Audi TT? If so, what's your redline and what are you launching at? Are you slipping the clutch at all or dumping? What's happeneing when you launch... bogging like crazy?
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    redline @ 7... launching between 3 to 3500..... Bogging like hell...

    No matter how much I feather the shit is either bogging like hell or I feel Im not going no where.. I tried both dumping and slipping...

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    3500 to 4000 and blip the gas when your doing it, and pretend your driving off first gear normally like at a stop light
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio
    redline @ 7... launching between 3 to 3500..... Bogging like hell...

    No matter how much I feather the shit is either bogging like hell or I feel Im not going no where.. I tried both dumping and slipping...

    3-3500 launch will bog most 2wd cars with decent traction, i'm surprised it dosn't stall the TT.

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    Try launching at around 5,500 ~ 6,000 w/ a very slight slip of the clutch (~0.5sec) followed by dumping it. Also, right when you engage the launch, go full WOT and don't let off until your shift point... in other words, don't be at part throttle in the launch.
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    TT can't handle such a high launch stock clutch is weak and he'll probably mess up something in the rear diff
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    3000-3500 is what i launch my 1.8t on... thats pretty common, its not a civic w/ vtec

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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    Try launching at around 5,500 ~ 6,000 w/ a very slight slip of the clutch (~0.5sec) followed by dumping it. Also, right when you engage the launch, go full WOT and don't let off until your shift point... in other words, don't be at part throttle in the launch.

    this man is correct!

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    Quote Originally Posted by St0lenR
    TT can't handle such a high launch stock clutch is weak and he'll probably mess up something in the rear diff
    Stock clutches were made to be replaced. ^.^
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    Are you fk'n serious... you're back? I thought you took our advice and actually drove off a cliff... sigh.

    Julio, you talking about your Audi TT? If so, what's your redline and what are you launching at? Are you slipping the clutch at all or dumping? What's happeneing when you launch... bogging like crazy?
    Leave him alone, he has been a good boy for 3 weeks. xext keep up the good work.

    Its a awd car, u will have to atleast rev to 4500rpm
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    meh...
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    I see nothing wrong with a 5-6k dump......thats what i do and once i get traction....its over baby

    Mid engine launches FTW!

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    Julio.. do 4-5k rpms.. start lettinf off the clutch.. when the car jerks forward to start moving, dump/go WOT, rear should bark a bit.

    when we run Audi TT vs 350z, i can teach you
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    Quote Originally Posted by xext12mvx
    dont be upset most of the people in here with their awd cant either but work on it

    i dont know, a girl in an STi took you hard from a dig.. and lets not act like that didnt happen
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    Quote Originally Posted by xext12mvx
    ahaha stuipd ass geek lol u need to learn too u stuipd fuck na i aint drive off a cliff
    I get paid pretty well to be a geek. =]
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    Here watch and learn from a AUDI pro

    http://videos.streetfire.net/hottest...9B2444B3BC.htm

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    2 step!

    6k and squat.

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    your launchin to low, raise it to 5000rpms and dump it
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    Be prepared to pay for repairs.


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    Quote Originally Posted by xext12mvx
    Dig Yea SHe Has AWD I HAve Fwd I Was Spinnin She Was A 18 psi I Was At 5 Psi Speed Monkey Ya talk sooo much Shit yo my shit coming out here n when im done with ya im fucking throw a banana at ur fucking wack ass car
    but you just said people cant launch their AWD cars, yet a GIRL in a AWD STI beat you LOL.

    Man, here we go agian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vteckidd
    your launchin to low, raise it to 5000rpms and dump it

    mike.. you CAN do that.. but.. with audis. it'll be just like mitsubishi.. differential/tranny problems waiting to happen
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    if you dont break something you aint going fast enough

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    mike remember when everyone at the fudd told me to redline my car and dump it. what happened I shattered the rear diff. and here you go telling him to basically almost do the samething wow you my friend are a smart guy
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    Press the clutch in all the way with one foot while pressing the accelerator peddle down with the other foot, raising the engine RPM to a constant moderate level for the first launch around 3500-4k. Lift up on the clutch peddle to the point where the car is just about to start moving and hold both peddles still. Slowly release the clutch while quickly applying the accelerator peddle enough to launch the car quickly, but not too much to induce a large amount of wheel spin. Start conservative with the first launch and keep increasing the RPM at which the car is launched at during the subsequent runs. If the car starts spinning the tires too much after the launch, lower the launch RPM and try again.


    Lots of practice required to keep from frying the clutch or bogging the motor

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    Quote Originally Posted by St0lenR
    mike remember when everyone at the fudd told me to redline my car and dump it. what happened I shattered the rear diff. and here you go telling him to basically almost do the samething wow you my friend are a smart guy
    its fucking AWD, its not rocket science, you rev it up and you drop the clutch, if it bogs, your NOT LAUNCHING HIGH ENOUGH.

    Hugo no one ever told you to launch at redline. I beleive we were talking about US HONDA guys doing it. if you did it, hey, thats your fault. Shold know the limits of your car.

    BTW: Julio if your really interested, Launching especially on a AWD car is gonna cause stress and be prepared for something to break. But , every AWD car i have ever DRIVEN or LAUNCHED or OWNED, if you launch and it bogs, your launching to low. YOu can try feathering the gas as you drop the clutch. Lauch higher, itll hook
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    Quote Originally Posted by BLk92DA
    Press the clutch in all the way with one foot while pressing the accelerator peddle down with the other foot, raising the engine RPM to a constant moderate level for the first launch around 3500-4k. Lift up on the clutch peddle to the point where the car is just about to start moving and hold both peddles still. Slowly release the clutch while quickly applying the accelerator peddle enough to launch the car quickly, but not too much to induce a large amount of wheel spin. Start conservative with the first launch and keep increasing the RPM at which the car is launched at during the subsequent runs. If the car starts spinning the tires too much after the launch, lower the launch RPM and try again.


    Lots of practice required to keep from frying the clutch or bogging the motor
    It really sounds like you have no experience launching an AWD car... you've described how to launch a FWD/RWD. You're basically implying to launch an AWD Turbo car like a sissy. As I said before, right when the launch is engaged, go WOT 'til shift point or go slow... none of this partial throttle shit. Also, holding revs works but not as well as feathering the throttle before the launch... if you blip the gas pedal and hold it at x rpm, it'll create boost and bring you to 0 vac for a brief moment and then settle back into vacuum while you're holding the revs. Now, try feathering the throttle within a 500rpm window with consistant blips of the throttle... every blip will bring you back to 0 vac... and engage the launch synchronized with when you blip the gas pedal so you launch at 0 vac or in boost instead of in vacuum. Consider it as a manual 2-step.

    Oh, and ppl are right about bogging... if you bog, launch higher. If you launch higher, be prepared to fix broken shit. Wheel spin is *much* better than bogging anyday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    It really sounds like you have no experience launching an AWD car... you've described how to launch a FWD/RWD. You're basically implying to launch an AWD Turbo car like a sissy. As I said before, right when the launch is engaged, go WOT 'til shift point or go slow... none of this partial throttle shit. Also, holding revs works but not as well as feathering the throttle before the launch... if you blip the gas pedal and hold it at x rpm, it'll create boost and bring you to 0 vac for a brief moment and then settle back into vacuum while you're holding the revs. Now, try feathering the throttle within a 500rpm window with consistant blips of the throttle... every blip will bring you back to 0 vac... and engage the launch synchronized with when you blip the gas pedal so you launch at 0 vac or in boost instead of in vacuum. Consider it as a manual 2-step.

    Oh, and ppl are right about bogging... if you bog, launch higher. If you launch higher, be prepared to fix broken shit. Wheel spin is *much* better than bogging anyday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLk92DA
    Press the clutch in all the way with one foot while pressing the accelerator peddle down with the other foot, raising the engine RPM to a constant moderate level for the first launch around 3500-4k. Lift up on the clutch peddle to the point where the car is just about to start moving and hold both peddles still. Slowly release the clutch while quickly applying the accelerator peddle enough to launch the car quickly, but not too much to induce a large amount of wheel spin. Start conservative with the first launch and keep increasing the RPM at which the car is launched at during the subsequent runs. If the car starts spinning the tires too much after the launch, lower the launch RPM and try again.


    Lots of practice required to keep from frying the clutch or bogging the motor



    Huh? I want to know AWD... I have no issues with FWD. Did it about a millon times with my old LS civic.


    Some good info on here.. def appreciate it.

    I guess practice makes perfect....

    Is amazing the diffrence between awd and FWD......

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    When my car was stock/near stock, I could hold revs at 6k and dump the clutch and not bog. That doesn't work for me anymore. but basically all I do is hold the rpms at 4.5k and let the clutch up to just beyond th point of friction so that the car moves just an inch and then dump the clutch all the while keeping the gas floored.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vteckidd
    if you dont break something you aint going fast enough

    jk


    WRONG WRONG WRONG........

    If you dont break something, than you not making enough power......


    No wonder your still n/a.....LMAO..
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    Try launching at around 5,500 ~ 6,000 w/ a very slight slip of the clutch (~0.5sec) followed by dumping it. Also, right when you engage the launch, go full WOT and don't let off until your shift point... in other words, don't be at part throttle in the launch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by One Tuning Tuner
    WRONG WRONG WRONG........

    If you dont break something, than you not making enough power......


    No wonder your still n/a.....LMAO..
    w00t! that means i'm making power now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonfly5338
    w00t! that means i'm making power now!
    it's about time... kekeke~!

    btw, no reps Julio for typing all that out for you? jeeeezzz, I see how it is. =[
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    Quote Originally Posted by vteckidd
    but you just said people cant launch their AWD cars, yet a GIRL in a AWD STI beat you LOL.

    Man, here we go agian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xext12mvx
    AHAHA TRU TRU ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH DRAGS MAN LOL NO WORDS FOR U

    AHA AWD OWNS YO ASS LOLOL WHAT? NOW?

    See, I can't even do it if I try.

    Do you have an ignorant font or something?

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    on street tires id launch that shit at like 5 or 6k slipping the clutch so i wouldnt break parts. If ur not worried id rev it higher every time and dump the clutch til the tires spin, then back off about 500rpm. good luck bc ive never drove a awd car. lol!!!

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    whats hilarious... is... all these fwd people giving advice
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    Launching an AWD was easier for me than launching a FWD with a lot of power. Julio just play with it man, by my 4th run I got it decent. I pre-loaded with the e-brake revved it too 5-5300 and tried to keep it constant and just kinda slipt it. I didnt get a great 60' but it was decent for barley any experience.
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