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      04-10-2015, 06:00 AM   #1
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Going to the drag strip for the first time ever in my life, How do you launch this beasts for best results?
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I would stage in s-mode, let the trany shift by itself and DSC to sport mode, brake torque it to help (very little it will add) build up some boost and let it fly when the tree says green. Not much else you can do. I would also avoid the "bleach box" on street tires.
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I would stage in s-mode, let the trany shift by itself and DSC to sport mode, brake torque it to help (very little it will add) build up some boost and let it fly when the tree says green. Not much else you can do. I would also avoid the "bleach box" on street tires.
I get zero wheel spin so no need to warm them up, Launch control or no?
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Their was another thread of a guy who left the suspension to normal, but had DSC off and launch control on, and I think he shifted manually (in my 4.8 I shift before the DS shifts and get better power that way)

It's on the first page of this forum I believe.
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Are you talking about Limerock or the actual drag strip? I took my m3 there about 5 years ago and was turned away because it was a convertible
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Are you talking about Limerock or the actual drag strip? I took my m3 there about 5 years ago and was turned away because it was a convertible
actual strip in W Lebanon NY
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I will have a go pro and you will be able to hear the modified exhaust in all its glory and the different races
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actual strip in W Lebanon NY
I never knew there was a drag strip there, I usually go down to Englishtown NJ
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Great, fun time. That's the best I have, 12.4 huge head wind atleast 20 mph, I would figure a 12.35 would happen if it was a calm day. Maybe a 12.2ish if I had a set of light rims and not 22inchers I think this big should trap at 112.5 with out the wind.

Used launch control for almost all this runs, I think it was the best, roasted a lot of mustangs, c63amg, Camaros, STIs. I highly recommend if you have never been
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Those are good numbers for a tank. W/ AWD, you had a good hookup.
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