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[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>i tried a redline sidestep start during one of my post-rallycross fun runs.
>unfortunately they had turned off the timing equipment so i couldn't see
>how this would have affected my run times.  i was amazed by the start.
>it felt like 0-20 in a coupla car lengths.  it also seemed like it was less
>stress on the clutch than letting it slip to keep the revs/boost up.  i'm sure
>high coefficient starts would be a different story.  i even got some
>commments about that start when i got off the course...

On street tires, my lightly-modded '89 200q (presumably *very* similar to
Scott's, especially as I have one of his chips in it ... highly recommended,
btw) launches best around 4500rpm; on soft-compound race tires, I find that
5500rpm is where it's at.  Ditto for my Ur-Q, although I usually balance the
clutch against the brakes at 5500rpm ... can't do it for long, of course,
but the car positively *leaps* off the line!  Of course, this may be why the
clutch in my Ur-Q needs to be replaced at only 82k and the one in my 200q is
starting to slip a bit ... perhaps another 10k and I'll have to replace that
one, too.  :^(
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