Ok I'll try that next time.

Oh and whenever I shift quick from first to second at redline I always get this hard thump in response. It doesn't do this with any other gear shifts though...

Is it bad shifting or is it the transmission?

 

hmm, i'm not exactly sure what you mean by the thump, or what it would be like. maybe you can show me what you're talking about sometime since we live near each other and i'll give you my opinion on what i think it is.

you mean a thump, or like a jerk motion, like the clutch just grabbing real hard with not enough gas or something? i know if i release the clutch fast and don't give it gas at the right time, the car will jerk kinda hard when the clutch grabs.

 

It's like a jerk that kinda shakes the whole car for a split second.
Kinda loud too.

 

Wheel hop?

 

I thinks hes talking about like if you were to be near redline in 1st and just let off the gas and dont shift. The car pulls back hard and you would almost fly through the window, haha not really. You just gotta get that clutch down faster right as you let off the gas. You should probably just shift sooner from 1st to 2nd like if your redline is at 7400 then push down the clutch at like 7000 while keeping your foot on the gas for a split second. Not enough so the revs go past redline though. That way the car wont pull back and it will be a smoother shift since the revs are high. You know what Im saying? I dunno I dont race but I do drive stick so I think that would work.

 

Do you drop the clutch going into 2nd?

 

What up jimbo from a b16 member to a b16 member i have a mid build b16, i launch my car at 4500 to 5,000, in 1st gear but the way i launch is as follows il try to make it as descriptive at as possible. I.E okay im at the tree aka lights on the 1/4 miles do my burn out start at tree and i raise my rpms 4,500-5,000 rpms depending on what im comin up against and i dont let my clutch just release so i do a huge burn out. instead get going kinda walk it off and then let it go so all you here is ERT<-- BURN OUT noise,you are already in vtec once you release and you are at about 7,200 rpms. Instead of 4,500-5,000 rpm and going EEERRRRRRTTTTT and just releaseing clutch, you will loose alot of time and your rpms will go from the original 4,500-5,000 rpms to like 3 thousand and you will have to raise them again to hit vtec by that time the car on the side of you will already have the advantage over you. with launching at 4,500-5,000 rpms and walking my clutch off, and then releaseing you get better time save yourself like .80 of a second and already in 3rd gear once the guy who just released barly hits second from his rpms drasticly droping and then having to raise them again. Once i let go im in vtec and i immediately shift because once the other car grabs traction im already in 3rd gear and the race is practicly over. 7,200 rpm is stock redline<-- b16 red line i see no point in goin to 8,000 rpm you loose time and make ****ty power for that extra time you spent going to 8,000.

how you stage your car really depends on how well built your car is the nice thing about a b16 vs any other motor k20,h22,b20,b18. The b16 has as much torque as a lawn-mower so you do not spin tires like a any of the above listed motors when there spinning tires all your doing is driving down the strip.

 

when i saw the title of the thread - my first thought was a jet engine and wings?

 

i usually pull the handbrake. release the clutch to near the catchpoint where the car starts to move a little forward, and then slip the clutch off so its a clean launch. i've shaved some time off my runs by doing it this way.

Tips to getting a "good" reaction time

DO NOT WAIT for the green light to come on.

The yellow ambers will flash 1 at a time .500 seconds apart

When the 3rd amber(yellow) light goes on LAUNCH your car. if you do that you will see a decent reaction time. once you get consistant you can tune yourself from there. perfect reaction at sparta is a .000 if you wait for the green your most likely comming out with a 1.xxx which is terrible

when your at the starting line, slowly pull up until you hit the first set light. pull the ebrake up alittle, enough to hold, and slowly relase the clutch and give it gas, you will feel the car lift up alittle bit in the back, it will slowly pull you into the second set light, launch on the last yellower and you should do pretty good.

Coles notes Launch your car on the 3rd yellow light NOT the green. use your e-brake.

 

ok guys thanks