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Old 12-21-2004, 07:10 PM
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Want to know how it feels to thrash your drivetrain at the starting line?
We'll this isn't a perfect description of how I felt, but you get the idea.

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Holy crap! That's horrible!
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Why the hell would you launch at an insanely high rpm?!
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heheh good vid. i've seen that on a mustang before... i wonder if that guy had stock axles?








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Why the hell would you launch at an insanely high rpm?!

cuz those are drag cars... and they launch at high rpm's
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cuz those are drag cars... and they launch at high rpm's
yep our race car we launch at around 8k
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At the top of first gear, I was normally bouncing off of the (manually set) rev limiter of 7500 with stock heads. This was AFTER I took the teeth off of my 1st gear, though.
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wow that must have been exciting for the driver
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is that in hawaii??? looks like hrp to me..
 
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Yeah, that is if they put the bleachers on the other side of the track.
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