What gear can you Break tires....

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rundatrack
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Post by rundatrack »

Not a chirp like us Stock gentlemen..but when you get a

~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0

From the passenger...or the first time you did it and spoiled ya draws...

???

Just thinking of the power some of you guys make

Jeeehellll....lusssss...

:D
gol10dr1
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Post by gol10dr1 »

i can spin first but thats about it considering my tranny is about to shit the bed. i loose all momentum between gears. but i did break em loose at the TOP of second the other day!
Jeremy
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Post by Jeremy »

1st I can light up almost at will, 2nd will spin half the gear if I shift hard from first at the rev limiter. Third is just a quick chirp and bite.

Jeremy

EDIT: Well, if we're talking one night occurences like TJ, I once shifted hard to second getting on a long highway on ramp and couldn't understand why the revs didn't drop like usual, they stayed right around 5500rpm. I stayed on it and all of a sudden the revs jumped to the rev limiter, so I shifted hard to third. Revs stayed high again for a few seconds seconds before coming gradually down to where they should've been before climbing normally. I realized after that I had just spun almost all of second and most of third gear. Not spun hard since I was still accelerating very quickly, but enough that the revs didn't match the speed. This was on a nice cool night night (50 degrees or so) and the car still running way fat.

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Tjn182
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Post by Tjn182 »

i've busted 2nd loose on a nice cool night at the beach - @ 4500rpms at about 45-50ish mph - it wasn't just a little, the whole backend squirrelled around and spun the tires fully until redline.

edit: just busted second gear loose again last night - this time I was going about 50mph


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Boru
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Post by Boru »

I've broken them loose in 3rd, around 55-60 mph. At lot depends on your tires, road conditions, camber/contact patch. Given all the variables, I can break the tires loose on my Jeep in 5th gear ;)
papajetta
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Post by papajetta »

on rainy night i redlined 5th, i'll never try that trick again, car stunk like gear oil for weeks
greek88
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Post by greek88 »

my tires stick .... which is a good thing, right? but smoking your tires is always fun, i'm a fan of drifting... and powerbraking, especially in an 80s volvo station wagon


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Jesse
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Post by Jesse »

I got it all out of shape in second gear last week on a nice cool morning after correcting my timing (my distributor had come loose and rotated). I had been wondering why it just didn't seem as fast for a while, then I found the loose distributor (duh).

As long as my little A-A intercooler is not heat soaked, I can break them free at will in second now :cool: .
greek88
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Post by greek88 »

i got all the way through first and second today. but the ground was wet. i can't break em loose on dry ground, except from first to second, i can chirp em for about a full second if i really try
bmwfan2304
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Post by bmwfan2304 »

when i had stock tires and everything i once broke my tires lose going into 3rd... then my back end swung out to the side and scared me half to death. but my car isn't turboed yet! :( so not the same thing...
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