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chuntington101 · Aug 20th, 2007, 11:48 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by BRMCooper (original)

how quickly you launch doesent effect your end MPH, my quickest end mph i let the clutch bite and hammer it from there and my 60ft time was over 3 seconds! if you try and race the bloke beside you you can end up missing gears or damaging the motor thats why i just let the bloke go and race my own race, sometimes its good to have a bit of a race but when your gunning for a different prize (end mph) the lanuches dont really matter

this is a very true statment!

so of the V8 drag guys even go as far to saythe higher you MPH the slower you will be down the track, and the same gose for the other way!

Chris,

Aug 20th, 2007, 11:48 AM	#15
chuntington101 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Local Time: 06:43 AM Posts: 119 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by BRMCooper (original) how quickly you launch doesent effect your end MPH, my quickest end mph i let the clutch bite and hammer it from there and my 60ft time was over 3 seconds! if you try and race the bloke beside you you can end up missing gears or damaging the motor thats why i just let the bloke go and race my own race, sometimes its good to have a bit of a race but when your gunning for a different prize (end mph) the lanuches dont really matter this is a very true statment! so of the V8 drag guys even go as far to saythe higher you MPH the slower you will be down the track, and the same gose for the other way! Chris,