Originally Posted by red347

If you want to be a serious "bracket" racer, install a manual valve body with transbrake in the transmission. Then get the car on a Dyno, and find out where the car makes peak power and peak torque. Always launch 3-400 RPM short of peak torque (let it flash) and shift 200 RPM past peak power. Also install a rev limiter that holds the car at that RPM before you launch. If using a shift light, make sure you compensate for the delay in time, from the time you see the light, to when you react to the light, and when the car actually makes the shift, and set the light accordingly. At 5 or 6000 RPM you can be 500 RPM past your shift point during that time.

Ron