Tranny life and death thread

[fre$h si]

yeah my last car was a supercharger gsr and the instant shock is tough on things especially on radials and w/o pre loading things break .I broke three axles in the old hatch and one final drive in it .So far the k series trans has handled everything I have thrown at it and that is even hard for me to believe as I know what its been thru

Sorry for the noob question but what Is preloading?

[aLmk]

Sorry for the noob question but what Is preloading?

Preloading is a method of launching where you rev to your desired rpm with the emergency brake pulled with finger on the lock. Then you start to raise the clutch to the point where it is pretty much catching and the car wants to move forward, but you are preventing that by holding the emergency break. Then when its time to go you drop the e-brake and go. Someone on here made the analogy that launching without preloading is like hitting a brick wall with a hammer as hard as you can, and launching with preloading is like placing the hammer on the wall with little force, then applying as much pressure as you can.

[fre$h si]

Preloading is a method of launching where you rev to your desired rpm with the emergency brake pulled with finger on the lock. Then you start to raise the clutch to the point where it is pretty much catching and the car wants to move forward, but you are preventing that by holding the emergency break. Then when its time to go you drop the e-brake and go. Someone on here made the analogy that launching without preloading is like hitting a brick wall with a hammer as hard as you can, and launching with preloading is like placing the hammer on the wall with little force, then applying as much pressure as you can.

ya i found out the other day from a friend. he let me launch his stock 4door, launces so much better with preloading!!