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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>93HYWAY</b> <br /><small>Member # 6617</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,9,0,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> My question is how hard is it to get traction in a coupe with over 400 Rwhp... Its like my 1st & 2nd gear dont exist. <br /><br />My current suspension mods are <br />complete baseline upper & lowers with Track relocater<br />& a airbag in the right side spring... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>707vibrantcobra93</b> <br /><small>Member # 4702</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,9,1,43,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> What tire are you using and try a baseline anti roll bar. What is your front setup do you have good wieght transfer what springs are you using? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>true11</b> <br /><small>Member # 9262</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,9,22,39,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> go to wolfe or trz web site they have what ever you would need <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>phildog</b> <br /><small>Member # 1214</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,9,23,4,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Start with better tires. Try ET streets. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>50DADDY</b> <br /><small>Member # 3076</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,9,23,58,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Practice,practice,practice. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1HaTCheD5LiTEr</b> <br /><small>Member # 8269</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,10,3,7,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 50DADDY:<br /><strong> Practice,practice,practice. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">+1 <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>fastertoys1</b> <br /><small>Member # 5270</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,10,14,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1HaTCheD5LiTEr</b> <br /><small>Member # 8269</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,10,18,0,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by fastertoys1:<br /><strong> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd much rather practice on street tires first to get a feel of it rather than going straight into Drag Radials or even slicks. Gotta learn how to walk before you can run. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>blown95svt</b> <br /><small>Member # 8893</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,10,18,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by fastertoys1:<br /><strong> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd much rather practice on street tires first to get a feel of it rather than going straight into Drag Radials or even slicks. Gotta learn how to walk before you can run. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">if you are having traction problems already? then why practice on street tires? all you can do is throttle it! get a good setup for suspension and then get some good tires, driving on street tires and then going to a sticky tire its another ball game now! totaly different! <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>warhorse58gt</b> <br /><small>Member # 7702</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,10,21,29,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> practice.. better tires.. and more practice.... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1HaTCheD5LiTEr</b> <br /><small>Member # 8269</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,11,1,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by blown95svt:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by fastertoys1:<br /><strong> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd much rather practice on street tires first to get a feel of it rather than going straight into Drag Radials or even slicks. Gotta learn how to walk before you can run. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">if you are having traction problems already? then why practice on street tires? all you can do is throttle it! get a good setup for suspension and then get some good tires, driving on street tires and then going to a sticky tire its another ball game now! totaly different! </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">True...but when I was learning, I started out with street tires with the same traction problem. But at the same time I also learned how to feather the clutch and regain that traction to an extent. I guess we all have different methods of learning but it's all practice IMO <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>blown95svt</b> <br /><small>Member # 8893</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,11,1,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by blown95svt:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by fastertoys1:<br /><strong> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd much rather practice on street tires first to get a feel of it rather than going straight into Drag Radials or even slicks. Gotta learn how to walk before you can run. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">if you are having traction problems already? then why practice on street tires? all you can do is throttle it! get a good setup for suspension and then get some good tires, driving on street tires and then going to a sticky tire its another ball game now! totaly different! </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">True...but when I was learning, I started out with street tires with the same traction problem. But at the same time I also learned how to feather the clutch and regain that traction to an extent. I guess we all have different methods of learning but it's all practice IMO <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">im just saying, driving on street tires and radials/slicks is completley different. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1HaTCheD5LiTEr</b> <br /><small>Member # 8269</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,11,21,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by blown95svt:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by blown95svt:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 1HaTCheD5LiTEr:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by fastertoys1:<br /><strong> no matter how much u pratice your gonna need better tires.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd much rather practice on street tires first to get a feel of it rather than going straight into Drag Radials or even slicks. Gotta learn how to walk before you can run. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">if you are having traction problems already? then why practice on street tires? all you can do is throttle it! get a good setup for suspension and then get some good tires, driving on street tires and then going to a sticky tire its another ball game now! totaly different! </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">True...but when I was learning, I started out with street tires with the same traction problem. But at the same time I also learned how to feather the clutch and regain that traction to an extent. I guess we all have different methods of learning but it's all practice IMO <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">im just saying, driving on street tires and radials/slicks is completley different. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yea I agree with that. I'm just saying that practicing on street tires has helped me in every traction aspect. Idk about anybody else but thats just me. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1nastycobra</b> <br /><small>Member # 6431</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,9,11,21,32,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> yea..tires definitely help, but you can still get out the hole by jus feathering it..shift into 2nd normal..you're never going to hook up trying to launch on street tires and power shifting into 2nd.. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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