Duke, do you still have your stock wheels? Get a decent set of tires on 2 of the stock 16" wheels for the front. My best 60' time with my old SVT was a 2.13 on Falken ZIEX 512 tires in 225/45/16. Obviously, you'll need to avoid the water box. :laugh: Get up to the line a bit ahead of the other guy so you have time to get ready. While your right foot is on the brake, let up on the clutch until you just start to feel it grab, and then push it back in just enough to keep it from grabbing. Get the rpms to ~2500 and hold it. On green, you'll want to feather the clutch, while keeping the rpms around the 2500 rpm mark, making sure to keep your tires just on the brink of losing traction, but keeping the momentum up. Your clutch should be completely out at about the same time as you gain complete traction, which is the moment you hammer down on the gas. By keeping the rpms at around 2500 - 2800, you're going right into your secondaries (if you still have them) at full throttle. After that, you just need to know how to row through the gears. That 2.13 60' time was good for a 14.4 @ 97 I believe it was on a 196whp 191wtq 3L.
Definitely don't just let out on the clutch and hope you can throttle your way through it. The biggest key is getting the clutch ready at the tree. Doing what I said above sort of preloads the transaxle so you don't have that big initial shock, which causes the wheel hop. Try it out, you'll definitely improve your times!
Mark