how do you guys launch a automatic maxima guys? gas brake? just step on it? nuetral to drive? fill me in on it...

 

You don't, if you value your transmission.

 

hey buddy, reread the question... it asks how do people do they do it, not your personal opinion if you should or not..

 

Just floor it- I practiced several launches on the vtech when I had my auto, and the fastest (by .4 seconds) was just letting off the break and mashing it at the same time.

Power breaking it just made me lose alot of traction, and neutral dropping it is not only extremely hard on your transmission, but it also produced the worse time.

 

Ive only ever just floored it.

 

haha

brake torqueing otherwise

 

how do ppl do burnouts with autos? i wanna do one burnout with my bulletproof tranny :-) i can limit myself to once every 6 months...

 

I used to do it in 'D'

 

I did understand the question and I provided the only answer that matters. Cheers and enjoy launching with your slushbox. Oh btw, I'm not your buddy.

 

its funny how the guys who have 2500 comments think theyre the wisest people in the world.... probably because yoru a nerdy motha ****a sitting at your computer everynight critisizing people..... get a ****ing life u ****ing queer. all i asked was a question, and mr.wiseass has to come and start being a little **** licker...

otherwise thx for the input guys

 

Yea just stomp on the accelerator. Aint that hard..

 

im sayin to get a better start, whats the way to do it.... i know u can just stop on it but everyone has their own ways and i want to know whats the best way

 

He's got the right idea. Just mash it. It does everything by itself pretty well. That's why they call it "auto".

As slow as a slush box is, the last thing you want to do is a brake stand, then sit there just spinning your tires.

 

It's a pity you have to resort to such language and personal attacks. Enjoy the Max.

 

Yeah it is, we have alot of guys on here asking about manually shifting too

 

What about me?? Excuse me for a moment while I point out the following:

You are posting and asking the opinion/advice of these "nerdy" people.

And if you had search or even poked around, you would have found that launching an auto has been discussed.

So lay off with the *&^%%^&$*(@#)($*&$&^#@ or you won't be asking anything here for quite some time.

 

E-Brake?

I would think that with an auto all you would have to do is yank on the ebrake and stomp on the gas...

 

yeah this topic has already been discussed before, and since i use to be an auto, heres what i know about launching an auto.

power brake-meaning right foot on gas and left foot pressing hard on the brake. the car won't be moving but the rpms should be moving up. then rev and hold the rev less then 2000 rpms (or just practice your launches to find whats right for you, but with me it was less then 2000 rpms). when its time to go just let go of the brake, but dont mash on the gas, cuz that equals traction loss. just ease on the pedal. and wolla automatic transmission launching.

as for what gear you should be in, well dont start in 1...its worthless. in 1 it will pull fast to redline, but normally theres traction loss and its nasty and uncontrolable. start from 2 or D. i always started in 2 b/c the rpms had the same amount of pep as if in 1 but with less or no traction loss.

you might read stuff about turning the O/D off. sure go ahead and try that, i dont think it does anything, and i never felt any difference. it just disengages 4th gear(your O/D gear). people say it helps you to top out your car, so if you're planning on driving that fast then sure take it off, but remember to turn the O/D back on when you get close the the rev limit.
well that should be about it.

 

thanks man.. exactly what i was lookin for..

 

22k posts. holy crap. in every forum ive ever visited if i were to add up my posts, no WAY i would have 22k. u = .org god lol

 

that's why he's a mod...

 

starting off in 1 2 or d doesnt change anything....being in 1 holds the tranny in first gear, being in 2 holds it in second gear.....

if you start off at 1 you have to shift to 2...then 3

if you start out in 2 you have to wait though first and second and shift to 3

starting in d with your foot to the floor has the tranny shift itself and if your at the floor it will be at redline....

first step get good tires

second step foot to floor on brake pedal
foot to floor on gas

drop the brake pedal and launch....

 

baahahahahaha

 

teach me to be online-tough like you

 

5000rpm in N
floor it as you shift to D


should do the trick for you

 

ya if you hold it at 5 grand and drop it into drive you will spin your tires for awhile hold it at 3 or 3 and a half

 

yeah.. hold it at 5K and drop it into drive and get ready to spend 5k on ur tranny rebuild.. lol

 

floor it on 1st and you can KISS your tranny (and maybe even your whole engine) goodbye pretty soon , i think the you let it reach 3K RPM then flooring it but since it's not something I do often, I can't tell ya its true, someone lemme know.

-Dexter

 

wtf??

 

Someone had spoke of the torque converter before. So, if an auto has a torque converter than he can launch at Higher RPM's?

 

easy put it in nuetral rev to 7k rpm, and drop that mothafawka in DRIVE.. youll see the biggest burnout iin your life

 

every auto has a tc. your probably talking about a high stall tc. its about 400 dollars...

btw i just used to do peel outs, not burnouts peelouts with my auto, and lets just say i fried EVERYTHING in that tranny. i put so many scars on the tc it wasnt funny.

but that was about a year ago

 

First of all, for those who don't know, a properly modified automatic is superior to a manual in drag racing, and only drag racing. A modified auto can shift gears in hundredths of a second as opposed to tenth's of a second for a stick. Last time I checked, drag racing was a race against time. The horespower loss an automatic has (compared to a stick) is negated by it's faster shifts. After all, we all see how the front of you manual equipped car drops between gears. If you haven't seen it, an auto (modified) equipped car jumps ahed at the gear change. Furthermore do a google search on "manual valve body" if you think an auto always overrides user input in regard to gear selection.
"Manual valve bodies replace the automatic transmission's valve bodies with a manually controlled one. It is similar to using an AutoStick or Tiptronic except that it does not automatically upshift or downshift if you forget."

Second, do a google search on "transbrake". This is an awesome setup for launching!


I tired of explaining this crap. All of you manual worshippers can look this stuff up for yourselves if you don't believe me.

 

i believe u, auto is made for the track, with proper equipment and tuning!

 

funny how people saying that flooring it in first will make you lose your tranny. 128k later, my tranny is just fine. And i hate when people say that a 5 spd is better, because you put out more power with it. Who cares about hp if you cant put it down properly? The only thing I hate about our auto trannies is the horrible gear ratios.

 

lets see YOU run a stick max

 

kick ***! i need to do some research. cant stand all the auto bashing.

 

I don't care if the auto is bashed or not. I like it cause I can smoke cigs, drink coffee, and play with the radio at the same time, in traffic, without having to worry about shifting, or dropping my drink, or dropping ashes all over myself.

 

i'm just saying, it gets a little old after awhile, if we auto's are obviously inferior i dont think its necessary to be reminded at every opportunity. but i guess i could be getting hypocritical since i never shut up about kicking hondas' asses.

 

and yeah, a free hand is good, i agree, and so does she.
ha!