Re: Leave at idle?? Was: rice burners

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 15 1998 - 22:53:26 EDT


At 11:36 AM 8/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-08-14 22:41:05 EDT, you write:
>
><< Hmmm, I'm going to have to try that. Doesn't your engine bog leaving
> at idle like that??? I have the LSD, and I'm almost sure my truck would
> bog something fierce if I did that. I'll give it a shot though; anything
> in the quest for lower E/Ts! :-) >>
>
>
>Well, basically, as you are waiting for the lights to come down, dont rev the
>motor. When you leave, slip the clutch as your are pouring on the gas. It
>takes a while to get the right amount of slippage, with the most amount of
>throttle. Just like leaving a stop sign as quick as possible.
>

  Ahh, ok I see what you mean now. That's how I used to launch before
I got the lakewoods but now I can't keep 'em from spinning.

                                               -Jon-

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