platinum00

my car sucks
if i bang it in 1st gear it like just spins till 7k, then i shift and it bogs in 2nd. wtf.

where are you guys launching at, and all that ****. i think i yugo has got me off the line.

once im moving my **** rips. but untill then it's better stock.

platinum.

Burke

i spin all through the first 2 gears. once i hit third im usually cool. i was blaming on the 195/60/14 or whatever they are. gotta keep the stock look

platinum00

yea stock look is nice, if i did it again i would prolly go that route.

spinning sucks. i mean the only way i pull on people is from like a 30 roll.

Tinker219

*****-foot on the throttle, but dont go too light, or youll fall out of boost. OUnt know, works for me. Of course I havent driven a car worthy enough to spin the tires in about a month, so

platinum00

yea i gotta work on my launch or something. whatever im doing now is for sure not working.

i look like a grandma with a t60 under the hood.

i really cant have a turbo car and not know how to launch it. ill stop driving.

any sugestions.
for the pussyfoot idea. so you like rev it up drop it, then pussyfoot it from there till you shift. ??

Tinker219

if you start spinning, either hold the throttle steady, or lightly let off. The optimal traction point while still accelerating is with a SLIGHT, i meant a ****-hair SLIGHT spin. THis keeps everything moving just perfectly.
I think I learned how to drive by living through 16 years of Northern Michigan winters. You learn to drive REAL quick when you let the clutch out at idle, and spin because of snow and ice
My first and only time at the track on shitty street tires, I yielded a 1.95 60ft, 9.04 1/8th, and 84mph trap.
Take your car out with wet roads and practice. When you get to dry roads after workin on this, youll notice a HUGE improvement

platinum00

im getting out the hose now and wetting down the street.

ahh the neibors will love me even more.

umm. that is a good idea. i hate rain, but now im looking forward to it.

Teg4e

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Wow, that's really good. what weight car, suspension, and specific street tires were you using?

Tinker219

Im going to do the same thing once I get the twinner Sol done. ****, Im guessing itll be driveable by January, of course there will be 5 feet of snow by then...SNOW-DRIFT!!!!
Lol, wonder how 600 un-tuned AWHP will do w/a foot of snow on the roads

Tinker219

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Wow, that's really good. what weight car, suspension, and specific street tires were you using?</TD></TR></TABLE>
caged/stripped 97 civic coupe(2500lbs or so). LS engine, 5 psi w/small t3. Blown KYB AGX struts, Arospeed coilovers. Bump-stopped all the way around(I think the secret there). 15 psi in the front tires, 55 in the rear...Um...ya

platinum00

haha 600 hp in the snow.

that would rule.

NyQuiL

tinker your from the u.p.? i went to college for a year at nmu (northern michigan university)

Tinker219

No, Traverse City. Still snowbelt area though. We have a cabin up in Seney...they get snow a month earlier, and it stays two months longer up there! Its insane.
We have a 12 ft deck coming off the side of the house, and one winter you could pretty much step right off the top of it. That was intense(that was 95-96, worst winter in YEARS).

*Boostwerks*

More boost...

Bnjmn

run 275s up front

ScottEK

I have brand new Azenis and spin through first and second. First will break lose around 6000 RPMs and will continue to sping the whole second gear, I'm not even tuned yet The best thing I found to do is when shifting to second do a slow shift and let the RPMs drop a lot and go light on the throttle till I'm pretty confident the tires are going to stick. Second breaks lose at the top of the gear too but not bad enough that I feel I'm losing any speed.

After I tune I plan on hooking up the remote switch to my Profec B and switching from 5PSI to 9PSI after second gear.

integranator

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yeah, 1st gear is meaningless for me. I dunno-- I feel that I just have to suck it up, and wait til the top end to gain my power.

platinum00

ok so i guess im not the only one having this problem then.

well that makes me feel a little better, but still sucks when someone reves on me at a light.

I Like Boost

i dont have this problem i daily drive on 225/50/15 BFG's

integranator

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Any probs w/ traction at the top of first??? Because I sure would like to have traction in 1st!!

I Like Boost

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Any probs w/ traction at the top of first??? Because I sure would like to have traction in 1st!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

well i run 15lbs of boost, So in first so it grips than when i spool up at the top it breaks lose, but grips 2nd and 3rd and so on. Running lower boost it would not break lose in first.

Don't even let me start about high boost and normal street tires, No traction till 3rd

integranator

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LOL, i can only imagine.

Drew Peacock

Did you lower the pressure in your front tyres at all? If not then do this when at the strip launch at like 3000rpms then just hold the throttle down half way you will spin but hook up after awhile I go through first with my foot only 3/4 the way down for best results . Other then that an LSD will help a lot.

Johnyquest

how big can we go on tires on stock rims? ('95 civic ex)... anybody ever experimented? I'm tired of the stock sized tiress.....

1SIKCRX

well i don't have turbo. but with my b20z i don't have 1st and 2nd gear(if i stomp on the gas)! when i line up. i keep it at around 2800 rpm. and when it's time to go. i feather the gas and let off the clutch nice and easy. then when i go into second. i do the same. until i know i'm not going to spin! then i stomp on the gas and bang into 3rd! like 95% of the time i beat the other car off the line this way. so then they got to play catch-up !