stick shifts will break amazingly easy when launched at high rpm. in fact the whole drivetrain suffers. tom
Depends on the driver. If you're sitting there with no pre-load on the clutch you're gonna smoke some parts. Preload the clutch a bit with a staging break and it works fine for most folks. just gotta get the slop out of the drivetrain before you launch.
I made about 200 passes last year on manual transmission cars with some launches close to 8200rpm. high 10's 135mph.
takes practice though to get a proper pre-load.
