5.0 A6's - What launch technique works best?

[FIVE-OH]

Curious as to what works best for you 5.0 A6 guys with basic mods and on street tires. I just have a tune and exhaust, and in the past (before the tune) launching at idle seemed to work best for me. Just hooked, and went! I tried around 1100ish and then around 1300ish and 1100 didn't help my 60' and 1300 started to spin a little. When I go to my track I only get a few passes in, so I can't experiment too much. Should I try 800-900 or just stick with idle?

Any input would be great!

 

[SSPSTANGBANGER]

Off idle IMO that worked best in my 2011 before getting a converter


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[FIVE-OH]

Thanks, anybody else? Slow section huh...

 

[scotty]

Off idle works best me also.

 

[fdjizm]

Damn easy automatics, just hold on the steering wheel and go.

 

[FIVE-OH]

Damn easy automatics, just hold on the steering wheel and go.

Hold the steering wheel and go...and be quicker then a similarly modded manual.

 

[fdjizm]

Hold the steering wheel and go...and be quicker then a similarly modded manual.

+1 vagina

 

[FIVE-OH]

+1 vagina

LOL, I have no need to know about your vagina Mr. 3V driver.


I had an '11 before this one with the MT-82 and it was a total POS tranny, and Ford couldn't fix it correctly. They gave me full retail and allowed me to trade my car in and I swapped it out for an '11 with the 6R80. My other car is a manual, so I have that if I want to row gears, which I do prefer. But I wasn't going to touch another MT-82 with a 10 foot pole! Thankfully these autos are super strong and with a good tune are animals.

 

[scotty]

Damn easy automatics, just hold on the steering wheel and go.

Haha yes.... Just point and shoot! LOL it the most uneventfully car I have ever drove!

 

[2011/5.0]

Smooth is fast

 

[fdjizm]

Smooth is fast

OH!! wait what sorry this woke up me up!!!

 

[2011/5.0]

Lol

 

[2011/5.0]

Im too old and slow to shift.

 

[FIVE-OH]

Smooth is fast

Yup, like this http://youtu.be/UXEARIn-Dic

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Drag race + automatic = win light.


OP you need some suspension mods or you arent gonna like what happens.

 

[FIVE-OH]

Drag race + automatic = win light.


OP you need some suspension mods or you arent gonna like what happens.

From what I am hearing that isn't going to me the case. My car dead hooked at my track before the tune, and my tuner went as quick as 12.1 on stock suspension and stock tires before swapping out to slicks/skinnies. The autos come out of the hole pretty good actually if the track is prepped, my old manual was much, much more tricky to launch.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

LOL i have an auto and it wheel hopped like a motherfucker out of the hole. I put slicks on it and it was much worse. Added lca's and a uca and kissed the wheel hop goodbye. Wheel hop leads to twisted axle tubes.

 

[fdjizm]

Yup, like this http://youtu.be/UXEARIn-Dic

Didn't finish... fell asleep. zzzzz

 

[FIVE-OH]

LOL i have an auto and it wheel hopped like a motherfucker out of the hole. I put slicks on it and it was much worse. Added lca's and a uca and kissed the wheel hop goodbye. Wheel hop leads to twisted axle tubes.

I've never had one bit of axle hop on the street or track, none of my buddies have either. I know a few manual guys that do though. Odd that you did...unless you have big power?

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Im just a bolt on guy.