i was thinking the same thing. he had to pedal it like 3 times, then he short shifted it.
lol. looked pretty useless to me.

and to answer your question op, once you have an agressive tune second gear is pretty much useless.

 

 

oh the spooling sound.

 

Useless, are you serious? Do you really expect a 420whp fwd not to spin some? Learn to drive

 

this thread LULZ

 

Nope I expect traction as soon as the pedal hits the floor

 

AWD conversion.

 

i have no traction issues with my LS


/end trolling

 

If you want traction buy drag radials. Tested and proven to grip from a 40 roll in second gear while break boosting in an over 400whp cobalt.

End thread.

 

Sure, second gear is a problem. But the method is still effective at keeping the car accelerating at a good rate. It was certainly good enough to freight train a 450whp Supra and a 380whp RX7 from a DIG.

Also, those are Goodyear Eagle GT All-Season tires.

There was no short shift, it was right at 7k. And it "looks pretty useless" until its running a train on your ass.





People sure do like to talk out of their asses on this board. You can either take the lessons of the veterans with cars making around 400whp/wtq who have been doing this for a while, or you can act like you know what you're talking about with your 280whp/310wtq car. At the end of the day, if you don't want to spin, get some real tires.

 

This right here is what solves traction problems. Why don't some people ever understand that?

 

Nobody wants to spend the money... or take the time to search out a good solution.



For LNF's, you have to find some 17's (SS/NA and Redline wheels work, iirc). 18" DR's in sport compact sizing are damn near non-existent. Or you can swap to LSJ brakes and open your world up to 16" wheels and tires.

225/45-17
Hoosier Racing Tire 17327 - Hoosier DOT Drag Radial Tires - Overview - SummitRacing.com

245/45-17 (90% of you REALLY don't need this wide of a DR... trust me. I don't even know why I'm mentioning it, 98% of you will never buy DR's at all.)
Hoosier Racing Tire 17328 - Hoosier DOT Drag Radial Tires - Overview - SummitRacing.com

 

fuken ricer. <3

 

Fo shizzle. I was all kinds of ricing when I was BRAKE boosting from a 45 roll against a CBR600 and didn't have any wheel spin. That **** was pouring out of my intake. I was like, damn... just need some chicken and a frying pan.

 

as simple as u can put it IMO

 

255 35? I'm thinking of getting 255 or 245 40 nt05's..

 

if you want to get some good grip, get stickier tires like the Nitto NT555's, ZZP chromly control arms and coilovers to stiffin up the suspension all around. It makes a difference to keep weight on the front tires in FWD.

 

not that its alot of horse power but im stage 3 full bolton's 2.9 puelly and well we all know the rest.

any way, My buddy thought me how to do what all these guys are telling u to do. Nothing more nerve racking then ur first time at the tree lights getting ready to do a quater mile but with practice i got it down.

i hold the clutch till its almost ready to grab. give first gear a little less then half thorttle slight spin i feel my tires hook i hammer her home. its not bad once u get the hang of doing it. or like me do a few times every couple weeks on a country road lol



are u making fun of the goodyear eagle tires lol im running those right now !

 

NT05's are good untill it gets below 50ish... then they turn into rocks.

 

Well to add to my incompetence of launching a fwd car I watched that YouTube video and thought he floored it let go and floored it again. Repeated this until he got traction. I practiced my launch yesterday and did this on the on ramp and felt like an idiot going WOT then letting go of the throttle completely and flooring it again.

Feel free to insult

Anyway this morning at 4am I tried it again on my way to work. But instead of fully letting go I just feathered back and did a hell of a lot better!

Wonder why I didn't get this during track season last year?

 

There you go. It takes some practice to get it just right.

 

yea im bolted and tuned 23psi on stock tires. i just roll quickly to about 3/4 throttle then squeeze to WOT gently and i dont spin. if i just stomp it then i roast the front tires off of it cuz it has too much torque.

 

what part of nc do you live?

 

i am in Hickory, NC. i work in the charlotte area quite often though so im back and forth. where are you located??
scratch that....if i would read i would see where you live haha where is sanford at?

 

yes i'm serious. a 420whp fwd will spin alot, and i know how to drive.