probably a total d**khead question - but what is one?

 

Put car in 1st gear, hold on clutch, floor throttle and lift clutch = full bore start

 

Car usually smells a bit afterwards though!

 

mmmmm nice clutch

 

Assume for a minute you had a nice new clutch and every morning after it was fully warmed up you had a 'full bore start' just for fun. Let us also assume you drove nice and normally the rest of the time. How many days do you lot think the clutch would last??

 

Clutch, Driveshafts, Gearbox.
Dont do it just for fun, once could be enough to break something

 

Unless you want to impress the kids by spinning all 4 wheels, a 'non' full bore start will actually launch you faster.

This will vary from car to car but approx 4000 rpm then 'fairly quick' clutch release whilst gradually (over say 1 second) applying full throttle does it for me

Regular 1.2 G's in 1st gear at Crail dragstrip, standard clutch, probably done 100+ launches like this now without breaking or wearing out anything.

Thrash.....don't hash

 

Yeah, but last time I was in your car the clutch slipped if you so much as looked at it the wrong way It surely can't still be holding on?

 

As long as I keep the torque below 350lb-ft it's just fine

Well it's still beating that 550 bhp R33 skyline over the 1/4 mile so it can't be too bad .... The 1000bhp one got away though guess I'd need more than a racy clutch to catch that one !

 

can't argue with four figures

 

thanks guys