This last weekend was the 1st time I had ever been to a drag strip (and if you have never been, its a BLAST)
The SRT is my 1st performance FWD car. (only have had RWD V8's)
Between my nerves and blood flowing, I can't give a very scientific breakdown of my launches. But I will give it a shot here.
I would yank the e-brake in the wetbox, do a 2nd gear burnout, burn em off for a good 3-4 seconds, release ebrake and ride the burnout out.
You want to launch where you TQ arm and your HP arm cross on a dyno sheet. You want max Torque to bring you off the line, then you want your HP to take over once your rolling, to carry you though the run.
I launched @ 5k, (for this is where my arms cross) and was pulling 1.75 60' foots. It was raining (well, drizzling, enough to make the big boys not run) off and on all day. I was getting some tire spin off and on.
I didn't just slip my foot off of the clutch either, I let it out not slow, but not super fast. At the same time that I was letting out the clutch, I would floor the gas (big turbo... GOTTA SPOOL, GOGOGOOGO)
