drag racing with a turbo question
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There's a few ways.
If difficult with a stick shift. But a two-step will help a bunch. I was able to leave with about 10lbs. of boost in my ol' '86 5.0 Stang.
Assuming you have a automatic tranny you'll need a higher stall converter. But a stocker can work.
A two-step is very handy. And a transbrake even better!
In our case we have all three. When Kelly pre-stages she brings up the RPM to around 2500 or so and rolls into the beams. Activates the trans-brake/two-step and pushes the gas. The longer you sit there, the more boost you'll make (up to a point!). She's able to achieve 6-8lbs.
The trick is getting the same amount of boost everytime. So staging sequencing and duration is very important.
Will
If difficult with a stick shift. But a two-step will help a bunch. I was able to leave with about 10lbs. of boost in my ol' '86 5.0 Stang.
Assuming you have a automatic tranny you'll need a higher stall converter. But a stocker can work.
A two-step is very handy. And a transbrake even better!
In our case we have all three. When Kelly pre-stages she brings up the RPM to around 2500 or so and rolls into the beams. Activates the trans-brake/two-step and pushes the gas. The longer you sit there, the more boost you'll make (up to a point!). She's able to achieve 6-8lbs.
The trick is getting the same amount of boost everytime. So staging sequencing and duration is very important.
Will
rommaster2
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Funny thing about this question most of the people a whle back running the turbo sixes in street trim were having problems with launching under boost cause it would just roast the tires and the engine has enough torque down low to kind of compensate in a lighter car 
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Great answer too will, I kind of wondered about this but i'll be driving a stick
.Great answer too will, I kind of wondered about this but i'll be driving a stick
No, he can leave the stick in there! The car will be faster anyways! And way more fun!
When I had a stick in my '86 I had a button on the steering wheel operated by the left thumb. So when the lights dropped I moved both my left leg and my left thumb at the same time.
It worked pretty good! I would cut lights in the .003 to .020 range most of the time.
Using this method I would leave with around 10lbs. of boost with my turbo'd 5.0.
Later,
Will
When I had a stick in my '86 I had a button on the steering wheel operated by the left thumb. So when the lights dropped I moved both my left leg and my left thumb at the same time.
It worked pretty good! I would cut lights in the .003 to .020 range most of the time.
Using this method I would leave with around 10lbs. of boost with my turbo'd 5.0.
Later,
Will
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