[darkpuppet]

Sundown,Oct 29 2006, 11:16 AM Wrote:Wouldn't spin the tires in 3rd gear in the rain?
My stock SVT spins the tyres in 4th in the rain
Dry at least I get a chirp.
Can't wait to see what the power works does
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well, I can't comment on the tires he had at the time but it was one of those things, where we'd pull onto the DVP, he'd go to pass someone, drop into 3rd, and the tires just spun, the car didn't readily accelerate in the rain.

it's a good indication of the torque differences between cars. He had a helluva a lot more torque than I did earlier on in the power range. I could chirp the tires on the zetec into 3rd gear as well.. just rev the engine up nice and high, shift, drop the clutch before while the engine was still spinning down. *chirp!*

just means the car had a heavy flywheel.

in flo's case, he shifted, no chirp or squeek, then stomped on the go pedal, and the wheels just spun. He dropped the hammer, but didn't have any advance trac.. so the car didn't really go...