Jeff responds to Darren:
>>It's also a little harder on tranny's and clutches due to the drag race
>start....
>
>IMO (I could be wrong) I think that varies greatly on the kind of car and
>prep level.
>
>Buzz saw engines revving to 6000-8000 RPM and dumping the clutch will
>hurt... particularly if they haven't got a clutch designed to better stand
>that.
>
>High torque cars (vettes, ponycars, etc) typically have so much torque so
>low, there's no way they can launch at a high RPM without wasting tires and
>time.
I'll through-in with Jeff on this one. I don't run Pros but I've seldom
experienced/observed a site where I didn't/wouldn't have to gingerly get off
the start line to control wheel spin. So, although I once was concerned
about Pro starts causing drive train abuse to my Vetts, I no longer think
that's a concern for high-torque production cars. Most start lines, like
folks will, probably, experience at Castle next week, are a bit loose and
not too demanding of the drive train on many high-torque Stock and SP cars.
Now, obviously, with production-based prepared class cars their
tire-traction can alter the drive train loads.
Don
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