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 Apr 18 2010, 10:28 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 264 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 1,870  |
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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Apr 21 2010, 08:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 264 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 1,870 |
Factory T2, with 120K miles
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Apr 21 2010, 11:39 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,528 Joined: 13-January 07 From: Solebury, Pa. Member No.: 1,589 |
QUOTE (Beach Cruiser @ Apr 21 2010, 04:20 PM)  Factory T2, with 120K miles That's at least part of your problem right there (especially on A6es)!!! This post has been edited by dailydriver: Apr 21 2010, 11:40 PM |
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Apr 22 2010, 04:56 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,019 Joined: 18-September 04 From: State College, PA Member No.: 462 |
On a cold day in PA at the last AX I had my rear tires down to 25psi to try to hook up. I have a new Eaton diff, stock 19mm rear bar, and 2 year old Kumho 710- 315s. Most of our events are 2nd gear affairs, with sometimes an occasional need to downshift to 1st.
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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 |
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