Tyre slip in third gear - can anybody help?
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Vredestein Ultrac's seem to get good reviews on here...could be worth a go. im running goodyears on the back and whilst i do find them to be too hard / not grippy enough i would have to be trying very hard to get spin in 3rd!!!
what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
Robertjp said:
Vredestein Ultrac's seem to get good reviews on here...could be worth a go. im running goodyears on the back and whilst i do find them to be too hard / not grippy enough i would have to be trying very hard to get spin in 3rd!!!
what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
Standard diff and standard gearbox with a factory fitted 4.0s in a T350 red rose featuring an all steel bottom end...suspension is Nitrons with Eibach springs with corner weights set..so should be good..what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
Robertjp said:
Vredestein Ultrac's seem to get good reviews on here...could be worth a go. im running goodyears on the back and whilst i do find them to be too hard / not grippy enough i would have to be trying very hard to get spin in 3rd!!!
what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
I am running 14 from full soft at the front and 17 from full soft at the rear..this is a lot softer at the front and rear than the original set up when I bought the car.. what diff are you running? what suspension set up? i tend to run a little softer at the back - helps a little
Targarama said:
So about twice as hard as me. 8 from soft all round with Eibach springs.
It does look that way, although when I got the suspension set up at TopCats Racing (they set the corner weights up as well - which were way out) they were recommending a harder setting to avoid the rear end squat under hard acceleration...I wanted the softer settings as I was getting 'air' over motorway expansion joints, although I now have to be more careful when correcting tail slides as it now tends to snap back the other way..
PipeNslippers said:
It does look that way, although when I got the suspension set up at TopCats Racing (they set the corner weights up as well - which were way out) they were recommending a harder setting to avoid the rear end squat under hard acceleration...
I wanted the softer settings as I was getting 'air' over motorway expansion joints, although I now have to be more careful when correcting tail slides as it now tends to snap back the other way..
Why not try changing the settings a bit yourself? Just remember how many clicks you've changed to (btw, I doubt your shocks are actually twice as hard, just twice as many clicks!).I wanted the softer settings as I was getting 'air' over motorway expansion joints, although I now have to be more careful when correcting tail slides as it now tends to snap back the other way..
FWIW Jason's (Str8Six) setup was 12 from soft on the front and 10 from soft on the rear for my car. He said this was best for 'fast road' use.
D14 AYS said:
I had F1's on the Sag when I first bought it, couldn't wait to get them off, too hard no traction, I have run R888's ever since, great tyres.
May I just say, that is a superb looking sag you've got there 
The only relevant thing I have to offer here, is that we run the Cerbera on Toyo Proxes and they have phenomenal levels of grip.
Buzz Billsberry said:
When you say tyre slip I'm, assuming you mean wheael spin!
What tyre pressures ??
How old are the tyres?
Try less throttle!!
Buzz
I do mean wheel spin..only a TVR forum could deal with this as a matter of fact..I still cannot get over it...What tyre pressures ??
How old are the tyres?
Try less throttle!!
Buzz
Tyre pressure at 24psi all around
Tyres around 3 years old with plenty of tread still in place
Less throttle...??
PipeNslippers said:
I do mean wheel spin..only a TVR forum could deal with this as a matter of fact..I still cannot get over it...
Less throttle...??
The irony is that only in a TVR forum would take you seriously when you tell people that your spinning wheels in 3rd and scaring passangers Less throttle...??
, lets face it, very few others cars would be capable of this unless they were headed for a ditch......Less throttle is the boring solution
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