Tips for getting a manual off the line - Page 2

**Chris** · 20-01-2005, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sox

You must have been doing something wrong then.

Rick.

With all due respect rick, V8 supercar drivers only flat change on the 4-5 and 5-6 change.

One of my super stock customers (10 sec HG monaro) has a jerico, and doesnt flat change until top

A friend of mine (well known pro stock racer) in his B gas Pontiac never flat changed 1-2 or 2-3

so how is your i6 going to be faster if these 6,7 and 900 hp v8's dont benefit?

OED666 · 20-01-2005, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by eed-250

lol good on ya!! Lets bow down to OED666

bahaha only kiddin man.

yeah i only flatshift 3-4... i was thinking about making a gate like they have on the ferraris so i have no chance of missing 3rd.. haha...

thats only at the drags..

i have stuffed up 1-2 shifts on the road... and actually missed 4th once...

2-3 sometimes is a lottery in T5's, but for some reason at the drags it just goes in every time...

eed-250 · 20-01-2005, 12:48 PM

hahahha
ill join u in the missing 4th club.. :(

but yeah, i seen ya vid, ur shifts are quick as! and ur car sounds horn

X ORSMXR · 20-01-2005, 08:18 PM

Guys Mark will vouch for my launches of the startline with street tyres can't really explain what l do but it works.

MARK maybe you should use the street tyres l use for the drags they have grip baby.

SpoolMan · 20-01-2005, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSMXR

Guys Mark will vouch for my launches of the startline with street tyres can't really explain what l do but it works.

MARK maybe you should use the street tyres l use for the drags they have grip baby.

Chris you can launch a car very good 2.06 60 foot is tops...but you need that 1.80 will give you a magic ET...
If i had a clutch streets would be good but with an auto its just stall it up let it go, unloads the tyres hits the blocks on the rear, since lowering unloads the tyres very easy...
with a clutch you can ride it out..my best time on a sp3000 is 13.80.
Chris check this....priced for a good launch...lol..
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=423

**Chris** · 21-01-2005, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ORSMXR

Guys Mark will vouch for my launches of the startline with street tyres can't really explain what l do but it works.

MARK maybe you should use the street tyres l use for the drags they have grip baby.

If you took those gay stickers off your bonnet, and put your wing back on, it may help weight transfer, therefore a better 60. :Reverend:

Sox · 21-01-2005, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris

With all due respect rick, V8 supercar drivers only flat change on the 4-5 and 5-6 change.

A flat change is a flat change, no matter what gear it's done in.
In any case, since when are V8 Supercars drag raced, the topic is drag racing.

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One of my super stock customers (10 sec HG monaro) has a jerico, and doesnt flat change until top

A friend of mine (well known pro stock racer) in his B gas Pontiac never flat changed 1-2 or 2-3

so how is your i6 going to be faster if these 6,7 and 900 hp v8's dont benefit?

Same way the countless other drag cars benefit from doing so.

Rick.

SpoolMan · 21-01-2005, 11:58 AM

GUY'S best thing is get a AUTO they flat change in every gear and never miss any gear..lol..

Pearly · 21-01-2005, 12:56 PM

I'll share a technique that seems to work for me very well. I'm not sure if it will work for others, but...

...when I grab the shifter and do a 2-3 shift, the shifter jams under a heavy load. So what I've started doing is instead of grabbing the shifter, I simply put my hand behind it, and push up fast with a very slight hint of force towards the right, and the shifter just slides in there beautifuly.

Not sure if it will work for anyone else, but it seems to work for me very well, with it very rarely jamming.

X ORSMXR · 21-01-2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

If you took those gay stickers off your bonnet, and put your wing back on, it may help weight transfer, therefore a better 60. :Reverend:

stickers are gone and l told you the wing is of for good, so if anyone knows where l can get a black standard XT (no wing) boot lid please email me.

And as if the wing is going to help my 60" Your dreamin LOL

Have another Bundy Chris

PhantomXR8 · 21-01-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rodderz

Am I the only one who fogs up the helmet from screaming out obsceneties after missing the 2nd-3rd shift on a good run? Or am I not alone!

Rod,
I'm thinking I'm not fogging my helmut, I don't have my visor down. When it come to the obsceneties though I'm with ya! I've been practising the quick flick from 2nd to 3rd, I hope it works tomorrow.

MaD_KiWi · 23-01-2005, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris

Flat change? PM me if you guys need your T5 rebuilt!!!!!!!!

I drove my 347 AU to many 13.6's, never went faster with a flat change.

Chris

Flat changing is evil, i destroyed a gearbox and 2 clutches by flat changing. i went quicker but is it worth .2 of a second hell yhea (sometimes LOL)

Dont do it anymore, have devised a new way of shifting. Its called the ScudShift™ :eclipsee_ seriously though flat change all you want but its not user friendly. Im coming up on just 3 years of driving a manual car so im still learning

Simon

MaD_KiWi · 23-01-2005, 01:05 AM

I have footage of some gearchanges if anyone wants to help me upload. i have plenty of footage incar but due to camera stand angle cannot get gearchanges on film yet, just changing into gear. If anyone is at Heathcote next, just come up i will take you down as a passenger and see for yourself. but remember, its a GEN III. the key is, learn to launch and slip the clutch if necessary, you need momentum off the line. If anyone wants to know anymore ask.

Simon

Pearly · 23-01-2005, 09:22 AM

You can send them to me if you want Simon, I'll host them up

blown351 at tpg.com.au

FPVWEPN · 24-01-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pearly

...when I grab the shifter and do a 2-3 shift, the shifter jams under a heavy load. So what I've started doing is instead of grabbing the shifter, I simply put my hand behind it, and push up fast with a very slight hint of force towards the right, and the shifter just slides in there beautifully.

lol thats how u should be shifting normally

Soxx flat shifting is just a waste of time

Sox · 24-01-2005, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by FPVWEPN

Soxx flat shifting is just a waste of time

LOL, do you see the irony here......

Rick.

Pearly · 24-01-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by FPVWEPN

lol thats how u should be shifting normally

Soxx flat shifting is just a waste of time

Then why are people always bitching of 2-3rd jamming?

**Chris** · 24-01-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSMXR

stickers are gone and l told you the wing is of for good, so if anyone knows where l can get a black standard XT (no wing) boot lid please email me.

And as if the wing is going to help my 60" Your dreamin LOL

Have another Bundy Chris

actually, I would prefer some RICE oops I mean ice tea...............

haha

loxxr6 · 24-01-2005, 07:22 PM

Then why are people always bitching of 2-3rd jamming?

Coz the gearbox is notchy and not too smooth to begin with.