I dynod my car at 600whp and approx 400tq this friday. I raced on Sunday but am having SERIOUS traction gremlins. I run the full tube chassis set up with wheelie bars the works, 28'' slicks. On video replay the car appears to spin 1st gear more than I would like then falls flat on its face in 2nd below the boost range. I managed a mid 11's with my new set up becuase of this problem.
Note the track is very shitty where i race. I use a y21 gearbox with a 4.4 FD ( I have to check gearbox to make sure FD because the box was a spare and havent been opened yet)anyway...
My question to you techies..
What would cause a car to fall flat on its face after pulling 1st.

Modified by saso at 12:36 AM 9/30/2003


Modified by saso at 12:37 AM 9/30/2003

 

not that I know anything, but maybe try running first gear out longer. What Is probably happening is the tire spin in first is hitting the rev limit/shift light... and tricking you into shifting early. That puts you too low in the RPM range in second, and with 28" tires it is bogging down. Good luck!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lugnuts &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not that I know anything, but maybe try running first gear out longer. What Is probably happening is the tire spin in first is hitting the rev limit/shift light... and tricking you into shifting early. That puts you too low in the RPM range in second, and with 28" tires it is bogging down. Good luck!</TD></TR></TABLE>

i gonna have to agree with you.


saso, try holding out longer in first gear.