TRACTION! How do you guys do it.....
06-24-2007, 05:57 PM
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I dont mean launch tho..I mean, starting at like under 2k revs and just flooring it in first to second is what I mean. But maybe its the width of the rims.
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06-24-2007, 08:08 PM
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Tires are designed for a specific size range on the size of there beads, if the gap is to large or to small the bead wont seat and pressure will escape. Ive seen this on our seina when my dad put some 225's on it to help the handling abit but found that the air pressure never stayed up to spec. and if the tire is to small then it might not be able to take the laod properly and fail due to heat, and other factors.
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06-24-2007, 08:56 PM
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Even if the tire fits on the rim (seals) it still doesn't make it right. A wheel that is too small will change the geometry of the tire and turn a 225 into a 205 (or so I have been warned). I found a CHEAP place for scratched or other defective rims (just looks - nothing too wrong with them). I'll try to find the website when I get home. They were selling 13/14/15" x 7's for something like $35 each.
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06-24-2007, 10:54 PM
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my 225's struggle for traction... the two best solutions i've found is 1) add a passenger 2) shift slower and not floor it as quickly. but i still spin in 4th sometimes if there are any ripples in the road. so i guess for number 3, avoid rough road.
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06-24-2007, 11:33 PM
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Get some better ******* tires.
When I Was boosting 4, I would tak eoff in first, then at like 5mph, I would be able to just floor it, and spin them....spin them....grab second and spin them...and spin them... then get third gear scratch...Then I see videos of people boosting 15 or 10 and such and not even a screetch. Is it tuning????????
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06-25-2007, 01:45 AM
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For what it is worth, i took the turbo car out for an autocross today and turned up the boost to 10psi again (on 50/50 100octane/91 octane). On 205/50/15 azeni's, I was loosing traction in 1st due to power alone, but it held in every gear beyond that. I also have a 4.1 rear on an rx7 clutch diff, which helped a bit with traction.
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06-25-2007, 01:58 AM
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225/45/16 hankook rs-2's son !!! get some decent rubber in there. although i ran 195/60 azenis and didn't loose traction unless i was driving in the rain.
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06-25-2007, 02:47 AM
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If your clutch is grabby enough, you could find a way to loose traction shifting into 5th gear if you tried hard enough I suppose. Driving harder does not always mean faster and if you are loosing a ton of traction on launches or shifts, you need to adjust the way you engage the clutch. Tires will help a lot though, and when I said I was loosing traction in 1st gear, it was just slightly and maybe better described as being on the ragged edge of traction.
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