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In the damp I've never had a problem getting wheelspin from almost any car. He must be very light on the throttle.Bear said:
Wheelspin is generally not good for tyres/clutch/gearbox/differential/driveshafts/CV joints.
Are wheelspins really bad for your car?
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Wheelspin is generally not good for tyres/clutch/gearbox/differential/driveshafts/CV joints.
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Lopéz said:
I dont do it that much unless I really want to accelerate hard. Its damn scary in the wet though as the usless viscous LSD doesnt lock quick enough so when accelerating hard in second, when it comes on boost the rear end kicks out when going in a straight line. Makes for a brown trouser moment, I just drive like a granny in the wet now.
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If I floor it when its wet I do a 90 turn on the spot nearly.
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I did a wheelspin in a 1.2 clio on a driving test.....
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Joe T said:
did you get extra points?
Tom.
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Wrecks the clutch if you do it too much, seems to be get worse if you dont give it a chance to cool when your down maccy d's
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If my moms micra will spin the inner wheel without trying too hard when turning out of a junction in the wet, I bet another 200 pounds of torque will do it in the dry all the time easily 
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The only time I've ever spun a tyre in the Toyota was on ice. Mind you, it's a 4WD tank and my riding lawn mower has more horsepower.
The truck, now. That's another story.....
The truck, now. That's another story.....
Caporegime
Wheelspinning wrecks the driveline & tyres.
On an HGV, your guaranteed to shatter a half shaft if you do it too often. (Been there! )
Wheelspin = no traction = bad news* imo.
* But damn good fun in the right situation.
On an HGV, your guaranteed to shatter a half shaft if you do it too often. (Been there!
)Wheelspin = no traction = bad news* imo.
* But damn good fun in the right situation.
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F355 said:What car do you drive? I have never had accidental wheel spin, and my car isn't exactly slow. You either drive a 500bhp skyline or you are doing something wrong
I don't have 500bhp, and I get unintentional wheelspin in the first 3 gears in the wet. Even in the dry it's hard not to get wheelspin in first.
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Yeah, but as light as your car is, it might as well have 500bhp. You're a damn sight closer to that mark than all three of my cars COMBINED are!!
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snapped a drive shaft on an old car of mine pulling out of work, it wheelspined then bang.
so i try not to do them if i can help it
so i try not to do them if i can help it
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once your spinning I would have thought there is less torque on the drivetrain then when you have uber grip and planting the power. I imagine it will load the LSD more as you are going to have +/- 25% powere differential moving between wheels as they start gripping/slipping as they find lose traction as you go up the road and you fishtail a bit.
The only time I cringe is when you get that nasty juddery grip spin grip spin etc effect, you just feel the cars pain!!
The £340 for rear tyres normally keeps me from flooring it all the time, oh and almost ending up backwards on a few occasions when that perfect drift encounters a variance in road surface
The only time I cringe is when you get that nasty juddery grip spin grip spin etc effect, you just feel the cars pain!!
The £340 for rear tyres normally keeps me from flooring it all the time, oh and almost ending up backwards on a few occasions when that perfect drift encounters a variance in road surface
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Enfield said:
I could do that with Avon C233's on the front, so its not rubbish tyres necessarily.