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Old 01-04-2009, 07:46 PM
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I feel my truck struggles to get moving off the line, I know my truck is basicly stock (mods on sig) but i just wanted to know if someone has a launching technique that has seen it help. How much do i stall it to get good 60ft on a "bolt'on" truck? would down shifting help? or maybe just on "d" instead of "od". Thanks for reading
Old 01-04-2009, 09:19 PM
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Normally you can just bury the throttle while holding the brake to leave harder if you have tires to hook up well enough. Turn up the timing or add a small shot of n2o or just bite the bullet and go with a looser converter.
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get a converter. you wont truely launch hard in a 2wd without one
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Get a converter, or live with crap 60ft times. Its that simple.
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i always flash the pissed out of the convert if you have tires to hook it
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hhmm...wasnt really planning on a converter, but seems to me it would be my only choice besides n2o. Thank you all
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