Launch technique?

Twelve until two?

It's ten 'til four in the financial services industry. :)

I put the car in drive and press the throttle pedal.

When one has sufficient power, one doesn't need to 'launch' in normal driving ;)

Richard

Mine allows a reasonable amount of slip - as do many newer systems - otherwise you have to turn them off on loose or icy surfaces.

:)

What? loose surfaces prevent wheelspin? I would have thought they would have done the opposite!

Cheers,

Colin.

You think a clutch won't slip when you take your foot/hand off the pedal/lever?

My definition of 'wheelspin', is one whereby the wheels spin several rotations, and with loss of the bulk of the traction, normally resulting in the smoking of the tyres, old chap.

Yours appears to be *any* momentary loss of traction... a clue: a wheel has to spin, to be classed as spinning.

You did what all people do when desperate, you took this out of context. So its pretty meaningless .

And yes of course it does! but not for long enough for heat to damage it, or its either not up to its job or its already buggered. Or the tyres do, something has to. But better tyres than clutch.

For a fast getaway you need a bit of both depending on the setup/layout/power etc.

I told you physics and logic are a waste of time on him!!! Its not worth the effort, he cannot comprehend. Isnt he the truck driver? Or is that the other one...

Would now be a good time to talk about wrinkle wall tyres?

And a lovely definition it is too. Very precise. How many is several? How much is "the bulk of"? How often is "normally"? How much smoke should issue forth?

Presumably this definition works particularly well when the car is in reverse - it'll certainly assist you in backing out of corners ;o)

Yep. I'll stick with that one thanks. A wheel either spins or it doesn't.

Cheers,

Colin.

he wont understand!

"Drink! Drink! Feck! Arse! Nuns! Girls!"

Maybe you should swear and stuff because these clueless ones think it makes their point "important" or more "right" ???

I think your laughing at his physics wont help him because he cannot see your point precicely because of his lack of understanding! First an IQ, then some education, then he might understand.

Correct.

I Can't help it. I have to try.

No! Hang-on! What I have to do, is go to bed!

Cheers,

Colin.

Me too! Fit blond calls...

This is most bizarre. I'm not short of power but that's not the point.

If the engine is doing 4500 rpm, the clutch is not slipping and the wheels aren't spinning, then the car must more or less instantly do whatever 4500 or the like equates to depending on the gearing ratio.

Otherwise, either the clutch is slipping, or the rear / front tyres are.

There are "zero mass" solutions to this but no real world car can transition from 0 to whatever speed the engine requires from the car at a given rpm without either the clutch slipping or the tyres skidding. That's basically why clutches exist and what they actually do.

The principle of dumping the clutch is to reverse the usual game. When you keep the tyres gripping, you make the clutch slip less and less so as to accelerate the car to catch up the engine speed in a given gear.

Optionally, you can dump the clutch and let the tyres scrabble about and spinning with all the tyre smoke, until (and if) the car and engine speeds match the gearing. It's fun, but not fast.

You can't really have both unless the engine is in millions of ft-lb torque or the car weighs next to nothing.