Quote: Originally Posted by gsrhunter
SRT4REAL is definitely right on this topic. Contrary to popular belief, rev limiters are not fool proof. Especially when the rpms are coming up really quickly under load. Power shifting is great for a few tenths, but is it worth the chance. One missed shift that gets past the rev limiter, and you could be buying a new motor. Dropped valves are no joke, they usually destroy both the head and the block. Its much easier to catch a missed shift when regular shifting and its more likely for the rev limiter to catch it also. And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't slip your clutches. This is the worst advice people give. It helps you at launch, and stock & slightly modified cars and clutches can recover from slippage by letting them cool down, but its the worst thing you can do to your clutch. Slipping causes heat, heat is the enemy of most everything but especially brakes and clutches. Once again the few tenths aren't worth the headache of buying clutches prematurely. And high hp cars will actually toast a clutch trying to slip it, take it from me I know. I'm breaking in another 2000 dollar clutch as we speak because of that bad advice. As a matter of fact I better get on the road, theres a race tomorrow and I only have 100 miles on this thing. Hope this was helpful.
Understand your concern about slipping the clutch, but I'd caveat it a bit. If you're on slicks, there's absolutely no reason to slip it -- should be able to sidestep it and go. On street tires or drag radials, you have a much higher probability of severe wheel hop or just spinning at the line if you just drop the clutch. It's another tradeoff. I release the clutch quickly on DRs or street tires, but there is a little bit of slip. Agree that the slip gets worse/tougher on the clutch as hp goes up, but at some point, you should switch to slicks anyway.
