Don't know what I'm doing

Yeah already sounds impressive and fun! I used to race a stick car a lot. The method I used was rev it to 500 rpm under shift rpm floored with a two step rev limiter. The two step was activated when the clutch was in and it was in first. You will have to play with the suspension and try to get it hooked. As you are more successful getting it hooked, it will bog at higher and higher rpms. At that point you will keep raising the launch rpm to keep it from bogging. The reason your car went the fastest with tire spin is that its bogging when it hooks and when it spins it keeps the motor in the meat of the torque band. 4 Speed cars like a little tire spin or clutch slippage. A lot of suspension work needs to be in the front end. Front end travel and rise will get the weight of the car onto the rear wheels. Pics and or videos please! :happy10:

PS. There is a stick specific slick, look at Summitracing.com and Mickey T has a stick slick. Ride height is important get the car as low as possible so that the front end has the most suspension travel in the upward motion. Look at Stock Eliminator cars, most of them are on the rebound bumpers.