4.57 in car run, and a launch video
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4.57 in car run, and a launch video
Here is a video run starting from about 10mph to 110mph. The shifts here did not quite feel as fast as I normally am, but they were still fairly good shifts. FWIW, and modesty aside, I'm told I'm a very fast shifter. This is part of what it takes to bang out a 13 second 1/4 mile stock. If you're not shifting fast, then you're losing precious tenths of a second.
Obviously this video also shows what the acceleration with 4.57 gears is like. Most people will notice the biggest difference in how fast it goes through 1st and 2nd gears. This is also in 80 degree weather, humid, and the top down.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/8F5E7BD...78EB11BE5B8.htm
Here is a video of me launching. I launched at about 6000rpm. Again, 80 degrees, humid, and the tires were probably quite warm at this point. This was a nearly perfect launch. It was not perfect, because it didn't "feel" perfect to me. (having launched S2000's well over 1000 times if not more, I can feel when I get a great launch). However, it was nearly perfect because of these things:
A. Upon dumping the clutch, I did not have to feather the gas. I was able to keep it floored.
B. The rpms stay above 6000rpm the entire time.
C. The length of wheelspin was pretty good.
D. The moment that the tires do stop spinning and hook up, the rpms are at about 6500rpms.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/AAE7E79...A9039D0C1EA.htm
Obviously this video also shows what the acceleration with 4.57 gears is like. Most people will notice the biggest difference in how fast it goes through 1st and 2nd gears. This is also in 80 degree weather, humid, and the top down.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/8F5E7BD...78EB11BE5B8.htm
Here is a video of me launching. I launched at about 6000rpm. Again, 80 degrees, humid, and the tires were probably quite warm at this point. This was a nearly perfect launch. It was not perfect, because it didn't "feel" perfect to me. (having launched S2000's well over 1000 times if not more, I can feel when I get a great launch). However, it was nearly perfect because of these things:
A. Upon dumping the clutch, I did not have to feather the gas. I was able to keep it floored.
B. The rpms stay above 6000rpm the entire time.
C. The length of wheelspin was pretty good.
D. The moment that the tires do stop spinning and hook up, the rpms are at about 6500rpms.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/AAE7E79...A9039D0C1EA.htm
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Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,Jul 30 2005, 03:42 PM
..........having launched S2000's well over 1000 times if not more......
nice vids
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I have probably 1500 launches between the two S2000's I owned. (i had an 01 before my current 02) I've also never had a problem with either one of them.
My 01 just about every weekend I was either at the track or at the street races. On a busy weekend, I'd launch the car probably 50 times.
My 01 just about every weekend I was either at the track or at the street races. On a busy weekend, I'd launch the car probably 50 times.
. If i tried that i'd grind up my gears, heh.
awesome shifting! I need to pick up some gears now heh
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I'm hoping that for those who DO like to run the ol' 1/4 mile, that this can help them actually SEE what to do, rather than people trying to explain. Personally, I learn better being able to see something.
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My shifting is somewhere around yours. I deffinately launch differently though. (This may be due to your gears) (Nice corrective movement of the steering wheel btw. Mine pulls to the left too.)
