I'm a newb to this car at the track, but not the track in general. Give me some pointers to learn this car...

Gimme some good launch suggestions besides the 6k sidestep please!

The 2.2 60' was on a 5k clutch slip, is there anything better to do without destroying the rear end?

I'll be back in a few weeks to work on the launch and get those times down.

Video here

BTW the 14.8 was only my 2nd time ever running the car, so be nice.

Enjoy!

-Mike

 

Gimme some good launch suggestions besides the 6k sidestep please!

The 2.2 60' was on a 5k clutch slip, is there anything better to do without destroying the rear end?

 

are you even launching? it looks like you are just pulling out at like 2k?

 

Well a 2.2 and 2.5 60' isn't very exciting to watch. The 2 runs are 4k and 5k slips respectively.

Got any pointers?

 

I thought slipping was one of the worst things you could do. If youre not glazing the clutch then you could be bogging down and putting more stress on the diff. i thought the best thing to do was dump it and go! i could be wrong tho'

 

By slipping you put the stress on the clutch rather than the diff.

If you dump and the tires don't break free then the diff absorbs the shock. Which is apparently horrendous for this car.

The track is so sticky that I imagine you would really have to wind up the revs to break free the S02's. Launching on the street is nothing like the track.

I have done my same launch technique on the street and the rear tires break free very easily.

 

i just didnt hear tire noise so I was just asking

 

No problems. No slip so no noise.

 

Am I wrong, or did that Focus put up a good run? You could easily run at least 8 tenths faster with some work on your driving.

 

It was the SVT version, but I am not sure is 16.2 good for that car?