hey im trying to become a better driver now that my car has a couple mods. i was hoping that everyone would chime in with their tips on how to get the most out of an m6 f-body, both off the line and all the way through the traps. contribute!

 

I'm going to assume you are in a basically stock or bolt on car on street tires.

First, spin the tires over just a little to clean them off and perhaps scuff the tread a bit. Then inch up throught the lights and stage as shallow as possible to give youself some rollout. Stage the car, and hold the clutch just below, as close to the engagement point in its travel as possible. Do not hold it on the floor. A little practice in the street and this will be cake. In my experience, what works best is to *quickly* slip the clutch just a little to get the car moving at between 23-2900 revs, then mat it as soon as possible. Do it right and the car should squirt away rather smootly with just a hint of tire chirp. I've cut plenty of 2.0x shorts on streets with stock 3.42's doing this, and the original clutch in my car lasted over 90k miles and perhaps 200 track passes. After that, its just a matter of flat footed powershifts. A good shifter (Ripper or Pro 5.0) is a smart investment here.

When learning to launch a M6 car, dont concentrate too much on the R/T, concentrate on the footwork. After you get some good short times, then race the lights

Good luck...

 

how exactly do you powershift? you gas it in between gears right? what rpm should you take it to? so you push the clutch and simulatenously shift and hit the gas at the same time then release the clutch?

 

kindof, the best way to learn how to powershift is in a 5-speed s-10 or something of that nature. but, when you powershift you NEVER let off of the gas, shirt the car as high as possible without hitting the rev limiter, then just smack the clutch and shift at the same time, it takes some getting use too, but youll get it, good luck, you will see a major improvement in your times when you do

 

get as much tire as you can under the car, you can always dump the clutch higher next time to get out of bog, but once u spin thats that for traction

street tires i was able to lower the pressure a few pounds , dump the clutch pretty quick at a low rpm and then just accelerate smoothly up to WOT

drag radials i drop the pressure down to 16 or so, and if i heat them up good enough ive had them stick at a 3k drop, but not every time. when in doubt, drop low and let your power adder get u out of the bog...

powershifting actually made me go slower bc of the wheelspin i was getting into 2nd and once into 3rd. if u dont mind the extra strain it is putting on the car and u dont spin then fine, but if not, just focus on a quick, smooth easy shift

and RELOCATION BRACKETs to go along with my LCAs would have saved me this year, they are def. going on next year \


it really just takes practice, and dont try to rush the lights or rush to WOT, follow what the car is giving you