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Old 04-27-2006, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by hayaku
i believe drag racers/street racers use the brakes to spool up torque for a sling shot type launch.. that is left foot on brake, car in gear in manual 1st, right foot on gas up to 3-4k rpm... then let the left foot go to launch and smash on the right foot...

something like that...
That's really bad for a car, especially a BMW (I learned this the hard way - 2006 E90 330i ended up having a transmission, dsc, and brake system failure after 3 launches like that)
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