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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 06:24 AM
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Actually you cant slip the clutch in a skyline.....I already learned that $1500 lesson. It fries the clutch badly. I have talked to many skyline experts on this. The way to launch one from what I have been told and what i have personally learned is to drop it about about 6600 with the gas floored. However it is very hard to time that correctly to be flooring it and drop it at that rpm right as the light turns. On top of that, sometimes it get too much grip anyways and njust sticks. Nobody understands just how much grip this car has coupled with a severe lack of low end power. I am just going to have to get more power and more practice on my timming.

I have never had problems launching any other car. I was quite good in my mr2 getting 1.7-1.8 60 foots on street tires. I have launched other AWD cars with no problems as well. This one is just plain hard. I have mastered it on the street, but there more grip on the track
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