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Old Dec 27, 2002 | 09:25 AM
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My setup is mostly in my sig, with my slick I still spin all the way through 1st and 2nd. I borrowed a set of M/T 22x8x15 and they helped but I'm still spinning a lot. I already have a Quaife LSD and am ordering a set of Jimfab.com traction bars next week. Will these help? I don't have wheel hop, I just spin forever. I also think my driving sucks, but I'll figure it out-hopefully.
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Old Dec 27, 2002 | 09:39 AM
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Stiffen up your rear suspension alittle.
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Old Dec 27, 2002 | 06:36 PM
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how are you warming up the slicks?
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Old Dec 27, 2002 | 06:40 PM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (BoM)

I lowered my 60' times from 2.0 to 1.70 with the addition of radius bars and 900lb rear springs.

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Old Dec 28, 2002 | 05:52 AM
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I have KW full coilovers. They are koni yellows that are converted to real coilovers, at the track I turn the dampening all the way up. It's so stiff that the back off the car bounces over every bump on the return lane. To warm up the slicks I e-brake until the car drags forward.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 06:03 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (B18C4-T)

probably a silly question, but what pressure are you running the slicks at?
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 06:11 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (trboCIVIC&WRX)

on the M/T I was at 11.5 psi, my slicks are actually road race slicks(Drag slicks for fwd are impossible to find in Germany, I just moved back to the states) and I ran them at 25psi, I'm going to start dropping the pressure but I don't know how low I can safely go.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 07:28 AM
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well, 25psi is rather high...

you should go more like 12 at a maximum, but then you have to be careful of you axles...

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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 08:20 AM
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those slicks suck thats why , i ran the same size for 2 years and couldnt ever get them to hook good .
lower the pressure big time , the best i had em was at like 8-10 psi and then very small burnout .
the isue wuith them is , not enough sidewal to crinkle
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 09:33 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (itr206)

I have DSS stage 1 axles so that's not a big deal. I'm getting ready to bu a set of slicks, what size 15" slicks do you recommend?
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 09:59 AM
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for next year im running the M7H 24.5x8.5x15, it will be kinda tight in the stock fenders, well at least for a teg it will , but can clear, plus i got coilovers, so i can adjust to where i want em to sit . they will hook like hell though.
i ned some spare axles for when i get these.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:28 AM
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road race slicks wont work well as drag slicks. the sidewall needs to be soft and
those will be stiff.
I would recommend you go with a 22x8x13 or 22x9x13. maybe even 24.5x8x13
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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you consider those road race slicks ?
i always thought they were drag racing slicks and it says not to turn too tight with thme becuase the beads will come off the wheel or sowemthing like that ?
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:31 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (itr206)

dont you read?
he said he was using road race slicks.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:58 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (sgT)

my bad, i didnt see that part of the post.
are the road race slicks made of a different compund then , and dif stiffness for sidewall
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 11:08 AM
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Default Re: no traction...HELP!!!!! (itr206)

i belive it lies in the way its made, bias ply vs radial ply
maybe not steel belted? never really done much research into construction differences
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