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post Apr 18 2010, 10:28 PM
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I've been autoxing my TA for a couple of years now, I have a full Strano Setup on it now. Here's the issue, I'm having a hard time with "throttle management" seems that I can smoke the rear tires at will and I can't get the car to hook up. One of my buddies suggested that I try and run in 3rd gear instead of 2nd. Anybody ever tried this? Our courses are typically 60-70 mph max. It's not unheard of to bump into the reve limiter in 2nd gear depending on the course layout. Any thoughts? The car has factory 3:42's and a 120K mile torsion with 315 A6's
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post Apr 19 2010, 11:11 AM
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Well, that's part of it. It's by far the worst exiting a right hand corner and only the inside right will loose it. But even in a straight line I can spin both tires pretty much at will. It still has the factory torque arm and Lower control arms FWIW.
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Beach Cruiser   2nd or 3rd gear?   Apr 18 2010, 10:28 PM
trackbird   Run it both ways one day and see what's faster...   Apr 19 2010, 03:30 AM
mitchntx   Blowing the tires off in 2nd gear with 3.42s shod ...   Apr 19 2010, 10:32 AM
Beach Cruiser   Well, that's part of it. It's by far the ...   Apr 19 2010, 11:11 AM
mitchntx   Your course is set up next to the beach, right? C...   Apr 19 2010, 11:33 AM
TSHACK   QUOTE (mitchntx @ Apr 19 2010, 04:33 AM) ...   Apr 19 2010, 02:59 PM
Beach Cruiser   QUOTE (TSHACK @ Apr 19 2010, 10:59 AM) QU...   Apr 19 2010, 03:12 PM
sgarnett   A neighboring region has a site with asphalt that ...   Apr 19 2010, 01:04 PM
Todd   QUOTE (sgarnett @ Apr 19 2010, 09:04 AM) ...   Apr 19 2010, 02:02 PM
rocky   You could up the gear ratio if you wanted to run i...   Apr 19 2010, 04:17 PM
dailydriver   It's a T2R, right?? (NOT a factory T2?)   Apr 19 2010, 08:16 PM
Beach Cruiser   Factory T2, with 120K miles   Apr 21 2010, 08:20 PM
dailydriver   QUOTE (Beach Cruiser @ Apr 21 2010, 04:20...   Apr 21 2010, 11:39 PM
SuperMacGuy   On a cold day in PA at the last AX I had my rear t...   Apr 22 2010, 04:56 PM

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