clutchkick

Abactus · Post by **Abactus** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:21 am

hi,

I was wondering how much rpm before the revlimiter you usually are kicking the clutch to initiate the drift

greets

David Adams · Post by **David Adams** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:12 am

I don't do it often, however with the last few events, I've been using it more and more.

I use it around 3-4k, keeping in mind that my car only revs to 8 but the limiter kicks in at 6500.

Even if I could use the full rev band, I'd imagine kicking it between 3-5k would be optimal on my car. I can clutch kick pretty low and have it work (like 1400-2000) but that's mostly the car's motor kicking in at that point.

YMMV!

-Dave

PmartyX · Post by **PmartyX** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:27 am

David Adams wrote:keeping in mind that my car only revs to 8 but the limiter kicks in at 6500.

-Dave

Ummm, that makes sense?

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:28 am

WOW!!!

back on topic, I think Andy just clutch kicks all the damn time, nonstop.

David Adams · Post by **David Adams** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:59 am

Maudite wrote:WOW!!!

back on topic, I think Andy just clutch kicks all the damn time, nonstop.

He does, like a mad man, I love watching him drive too, and the sound is amazing.

Dave Jones also clutch kicks a bunch

martymartymarty.net wrote:
Ummm, that makes sense?

I thought it did, my tachometer goes to 8 but my factory rev limit is at 6500. I can phrase things oddly sometimes, my bad.

DJones · Post by **DJones** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:10 am

uhhhh Dave, that didn't make sense.

...and to answer the question, you can clutch kick whenever you feel the need. There's no point in clutch kicking if your car is on the rev limiter, and if my car is at low revs, I will hold the clutch in a little longer to let the revs build more (so when something breaks, it breaks big)

David Adams · Post by **David Adams** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:30 am

DJones wrote:uhhhh Dave, that didn't make sense.

Yeah I did phrase that oddly, I was typing ahead of my thought process I guess.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:45 am

in my old miata the tach redline was 7500, but the rev limiter kicked in at 9000

hee hee

David Adams · Post by **David Adams** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:53 am

Really? I can't recall my Miata revving that high. Of course I wouldn't be able to tell the tach only went to 8.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:55 am

my ECU stopped at 9k rpm. martymartymarty.net's was capable as well, but he didn't because of the big supercharger.

PmartyX · Post by **PmartyX** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:02 pm

Yea, I bumped it down to 8500.

To answer the OP's question, there really is no set RPM that you should clutch kick. Like Djones said, just make sure you're not on the limiter when you do clutchkick. That would be useless.

And dadams. Just because your mustang tach goes to 8000, doesn't mean it revs to 8000. My speedo in my Miata goes to 180, but my Miata only tops out at 168. Go figure.

Dr. Marlow · Post by **Dr. Marlow** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:07 pm

if you are driving a corolla, the answer is: ALWAYS

David Adams · Post by **David Adams** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:21 pm

Really, wow, there's so much I have yet to learn about the inner workings of cars. I'm learning slowly but surely. Thanks for clearing that up, martymartymarty.net. I assumed that unless built to rev high, my engine would probably not produce much power up there anyway, even if I flashed and reset the rev limit to 8k. It'd probably just break something. It's not my focus anyway, at least not in that car. Power is fine, it's driver/suspension I'm worried about.

Maudite, did the car produce power up that high? I'd imagine the smaller engine would love to rev up there.

I'm going to go back to work but I need to get my behind on How Stuff Works and learn a thing or two.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:47 pm

DJones wrote:uhhhh Dave, that didn't make sense.

...and to answer the question, you can clutch kick whenever you feel the need. There's no point in clutch kicking if your car is on the rev limiter, and if my car is at low revs, I will hold the clutch in a little longer to let the revs build more (so when something breaks, it breaks big)

that 'a boy!!

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:08 pm

LOL @martymartymarty.net.

Yeah Dave, I produced good NA power up there and awesome SCed power.

'99 1.8L balanced to 9K rpm, 10:75:1 compression, ported head and intake manifold, unshrouded valves and spark plugs, .003 decked head and block, stiffer valve springs, solid lifters, 8 pound flywheel, lightened crank pulley, lightened crank, micropolished crank journals, 4-1 RB header, 1 of 5 in the U.S PitCrew catback exhaust, Link ECU, custom cold air intake, high flow cat, plus the car only weighted 1900 pounds.

it was a crap ton of fun NA, it was a beast at 10PSI on the M45 SC, and it was fucking brutal on 13 psi with the M62 SC.

only thing i never got around to was boring the cylinders and upping the compression to 12.5:1.

gawd I miss that car. gotta get another one.