accelerating from a dead stop

[Billy2224]

Originally Posted by 86boyAF1

Sounds like you were granny shifting and not double clutching like you should. Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried.

whats with you people and double clutching?? ITS NOT NECESSARY!! Shift like a normal person, its faster and less pointless effort

[jarviz]

Originally Posted by Oriental Life

When you'll see M3 next time (that's like what, 400+ bhp?), you put one hand on the wheel, elbow on the window, smile, and cruise looking cool.

Why is it have to be about drag races all the time? is it due to inferiority complex? Freud office hours are 10am-5pm, get an appointment

I wasn't trying to race. I know an M3 will eat the FRS. I doubt he even noticed my car in his rear view mirror. I just wanted to see how much throttle I would need not to lose too much ground without flooring it. Either way, in about 3s he was about 200ft in front of the rest of the crowd so I didn't bother.

[Synack]

After a turbo kit then it might've been even.

[pyro530]

Originally Posted by Billy2224

whats with you people and double clutching?? ITS NOT NECESSARY!! Shift like a normal person, its faster and less pointless effort

I don't think you get it.

[drifter]

BMW M3, AVERAGE COST; $60,000 +.

BRZ/FRS, AVERAGE COST, $25,500 +

JUST LOOK AT HIM AND SAY "NICE RIDE, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE 2 OF THESE"

[Khyron686]

Originally Posted by Billy2224

whats with you people and double clutching?? ITS NOT NECESSARY!! Shift like a normal person, its faster and less pointless effort

Is your DANGER TO MANIFOLD indicator on? That sometimes makes your floor pan fall out don't yah know. You racer types should know this stuff.

[Synack]

Originally Posted by drifter

BMW M3, AVERAGE COST; $60,000 +.

BRZ/FRS, AVERAGE COST, $25,500 +

JUST LOOK AT HIM AND SAY "NICE RIDE, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE 2 OF THESE"

Lol you could have two of these and one of them with a full Five Axis body/wheel kit and the other with a turbo kit for the price of his one car.

[7thgear]

Originally Posted by jarviz

I wasn't trying to race. I know an M3 will eat the FRS. I doubt he even noticed my car in his rear view mirror. I just wanted to see how much throttle I would need not to lose too much ground without flooring it. Either way, in about 3s he was about 200ft in front of the rest of the crowd so I didn't bother.

i honestly don't understand what you are trying to say here

you want to know if you can keep up with an M3 that's using part throttle while you are part throttle?

[Oriental Life]

Originally Posted by jarviz

I wasn't trying to race. I know an M3 will eat the FRS. I doubt he even noticed my car in his rear view mirror. I just wanted to see how much throttle I would need not to lose too much ground without flooring it. Either way, in about 3s he was about 200ft in front of the rest of the crowd so I didn't bother.

4.5-5.0K RPM in the city will get you right to the 35 mph speed limit with some tail wind :happy0180:

[Want.FR-S]

Originally Posted by jarviz

I wasn't trying to race. I know an M3 will eat the FRS. I doubt he even noticed my car in his rear view mirror. I just wanted to see how much throttle I would need not to lose too much ground without flooring it. Either way, in about 3s he was about 200ft in front of the rest of the crowd so I didn't bother.

Oh.. he noticed you for sure, otherwise he would not be in front of everyone else by 200 feet in just 3 seconds. He wants to show who the daddy is in stop light drag race.

FR-S is not the car for this. So now you know. No hard feeling.

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by Chewie4299

I believe truck drivers sometimes need to double clutch due to certain types of transmissions. I could be wrong.

I'll rev match on downshifts but I'm not going to double clutch. I feel like it would slow down my gear changes.

Btw... who downshifts in a drag race? You are doing it wrong, ViN Diesel!!

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Tractor trailer gearboxes don't even have syncros. My father and grandfather went into trucking together and while test driving my old ranger they double clutched out of habit.

Originally Posted by jarviz

I wasn't trying to race. I know an M3 will eat the FRS. I doubt he even noticed my car in his rear view mirror. I just wanted to see how much throttle I would need not to lose too much ground without flooring it. Either way, in about 3s he was about 200ft in front of the rest of the crowd so I didn't bother.

It's probably best you didn't push it while you're still new to manual shifting. Once you get used to letting it rev you'll find an ideal range for accelerating. Enjoy your car, Jarviz.

[FT-86 SpeedFactory]

Originally Posted by 86boyAF1

Sounds like you were granny shifting and not double clutching like you should. Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried.

Thank you!

[frs23]

There are still odds that you can beat an M3. Maybe the driver is just learning MT and he botches the launch or he left the stick in 3rd gear or N or somewhere else.

It may also help by having a passenger compliment/distract him with the windows down before he knows it's on

Let's try to have some optimism here. It would be very embarrassing and worthy if M3 falls to a 2L pocket rocket.

[KRAZYK]

I've passed an M3 at 40... but the M3 was only doing 30. Sounds like I was using more throttle than you though.