Footbrake quicker than transbrake

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Alan,

When you say the footbrake was quicker, do you mean footbraking while leaning on the convertor or launching from an idle?

JimR

Pretty much various degrees of both. Most guys are "swapping feet", ie, holding the RPM at around 1/2 of the flash RPM (as low as 2000 or so, as high as 4000 or so) while holding the brake down hard, then matting the accelerator pedal while dumping the brakes.

It is extremely important to note that I'm talking about a very well tuned car, if you have a car you just can't get to rev up or flash quick and clean, it's not going to run well foot braking.