How exactly do you do these?? I know you have to keep a certain amount of revs and drop the clutch to go, but is there a nack to it??

The knack depends on the car!

What's the 'standard' procedure??

Honestly, every car is different.

holding a certain amount of revs is not full throttle start, full throttle is throttle pedal to the floor then clutch off.

unless someone else is paying for the engine/transmission/tyres or you partake in some forms of motorsport why would anybody want to do a full throttle start ?

At Santa Pod and other similar venues, i have drag-raced 20 or so of my cars, inc. my two Lancer Evolutions, the XKR and my Focus RS and every method of getting the best time was a little different.
The Lancer Evolution 340 was easiest---6,000 rpm and side-step the clutch. 12.4 seconds but huge strain on the drive shaft and clutch.

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Originally posted by barky:
unless someone else is paying for the engine/transmission/tyres or you partake in some forms of motorsport why would anybody want to do a full throttle start ?

for fun. driving can be about fun rather than A to B. i sometimes like to do the best standing starts i can, but most of the time i get my fun from corners of the road. also as you say it will put strain on the transmission.

In the Rover, it's a case of holding at about 4000rpm and then letting go. Enough boost then for a bit of wheel spin, but when the revs die down, you're still on boost for a quick pick up.

The Megane 225, Corsa VXR and 93 Aero HOT () I beat at Santa Pod all felt the repercussions of this technique!

if your interested in just getting the fastest possible start and not just full throttle, then the best way is to practise with your car until you know how much to rev and how quickly to release the clutch etc. in order to get the wheels to slightly spin for a fraction of a second and then traction all the way from there.

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Originally posted by barky:
unless someone else is paying for the engine/transmission/tyres or you partake in some forms of motorsport why would anybody want to do a full throttle start ?

Oh I meant to say, I don't intend on doing it, I was just curoius

It's almost cheating with the Westfield.
It's so light, that you just need 3,000 rpm and then boot it, as the car gets traction.
11.41 my best quarter-mile so far.

In my Civic it was 7000rpm rev limiter then feed in the clutch as fast as possible while keeping the throttle flat and keeping the revs above 5500rpm. In the Saab about 3000rpm and carefully feed the clutch with gentle throttle then when the clutch is fully released floor the throttle.

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Originally posted by Knockside:

The Megane 225, Corsa VXR and 93 Aero HOT () I beat at Santa Pod all felt the repercussions of this technique!

You mean 9-5 Nox? The only place you jumped me was on launch and you have lsd . I thought I did mighty well to come within 0.3s of your fastest time .

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Originally posted by petrol_blue:

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Could you rephrase that?

Worry not, PB, i have a derv lined up that'll beat Oli!

Are we to look forward to a session at the Pod soon then Bam?

Sounds good.
I will take my Westy there probably, my pal Dave will bring his tuned 335D and there are bound to be a couple of Lancer Evo pilots interested.

It'll have to be August tho. I won't run mine again, don't think I'll better my previous time unless I get some modifications

Nice de-cat exhaust, k and n filter and a remap should liberate 40 bhp.

I'd love to get this thing into the 'tens', but that will take a lot of effort and/or expense, i fear.
11.41 @ 128 mph is the best to date.

A Nissan GTR covers the ss quarter-mile in 11.6 @ 121 mph, as a comparison.

I'd be quite happy with 11.6 if it was me ! Hope to get replacement performance panel filter soon. Exhaust will have to wait until it needs replacing. The ECU I want will take it to 265bhp alone

The Cosfield has around 400 bhp now, due to a better exhaust design and 99 octane petrol, but quarter mile times won't fall any more, until i can get the shape of the car better (unlikely), more power (difficult without serious money/reliabilty risks), or better traction (it already gets to 60 in under 3 seconds so doubtful).

I've been experimenting with second gear for the quicker 0-XXmph trials. I find if I hold the revs just above where the turbo comes into play and ease the clutch in carefully to prevent stalling I can shoot away far far quicker than using first gear which will always wheel spin. 0-50mph must come up in about 4.5 seconds and then it's time for the change to third gear and onwards. Not ideal for the clutch but it's far from my daily driving style!

I found that once when slowing to almost a standstill to let a car through, I couldn't be bothered to change into first so just built the revs up and slipped the clutch a bit in 2nd and ended up wheelspinning away in 2nd!