Thread: P.B.I.R. March 13

loading the clutch i was what I have always done after breaking an axle in the tranny, and I drve my car to the track.

The bad thing about it is that it heats up the clutch and may cause it to slip (thats what happened to me at the last event) and if you have a puck clutch it will glaze it.
It is the best thing you can do not to shock anything but it will wear the clutch.
Nice runs you can see the car moving after the 1/8. signs of the HP

yeah you dont want to preload like that for any length of time. Its all timing and getting used to just how far you can let the clutch out before fully engaging. Realisticly once you get good at it and learn your drivetrain you can preload heavy then launch all within a second. No need to sit on the preload for any length of time. I have the twin disk so it takes to that abuse much better but even then i usually wait till both cars are staged then hit the two step, wait till the first yellow lights then start letting out the clutch then by the third yellow, im gone. lol. Its all timing. More practice and you will have it down.

If your 2 step switch is in the ideal position you can hit the 2 step and ease your way up to the line, the trans will basically already be preloaded.

In our class we use the pro-tree so we don't really have much time to do all that. Sometimes as soon as you stage the starter drops the bomb and your natural reaction is to just come off the clutch. I prefer the sportsman tree. I'll try different ways of doing it until i get back into the swing of things.

on those trees I like to do what the nsusammyeb said, stage the prestage light and then go onto the two step with the ebrake up and use the preload to pull you foward to full staged and then go when the lights drop. Just be careful and again its all learning you clutch release point because if you do it too much you will overstage or redlight very easy. Once you get it down you will see some sick 60ft's.

Hey Kevin whats up! this is Edrick from Puerto Rico...I got a few vids of your car from the starting line but they where just no traction passes.

plan a trip and let me know when you guys coming to P.R. for vacation

keep up the good work.

ttyl

What's up bro. Let me know when there's an event and I'll try to come down for it.

I really need some seat time to play around with it. These twin disk clutches are very tricky, it's like an on/off button.
Practice makes perfect.