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500 was the edge of grip rolling around in 2nd at like 30 and punching it on the 750s. 1st was a smokefest if you were not pointed absolutely straight. seemed like plenty at the time. enough that I would've gotten a lot faster just re-learning to drive.

I had it turned up to around 550 previously (but was not logging, no plots) for a bit and it was impossible to keep it off the rev limit in 1st. I needed a lot more practice. In 2nd hitting bumps in road could case the tires to spin at that power level. I don't think you need 600 to have any fun.

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Originally Posted by IPD

even better. i have all that (minus cams), and 3.5L. i don't care what anyone says. reliable is more fun than extreme power.

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If you ain't breakin' stuff you ain goin' fast'nuff.
/redneck

But there is truth in this statement...but then again, we all have different definitions of fun.

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Originally Posted by Forest Gump

500 was the edge of grip rolling around in 2nd at like 30 and punching it on the 750s. 1st was a smokefest if you were not pointed absolutely straight. seemed like plenty at the time. enough that I would've gotten a lot faster just re-learning to drive.

I had it turned up to around 550 previously (but was not logging, no plots) for a bit and it was impossible to keep it off the rev limit in 1st. I needed a lot more practice. In 2nd hitting bumps in road could case the tires to spin at that power level. I don't think you need 600 to have any fun.

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You may want to invest in some better tires.

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Originally Posted by kywhitelightning

You may want to invest in some better tires.

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I run nitto neogens because it does get cold here and we get slick conditions. I used to daily drive year round until we picked up the car for my wife and I got the spare truck to drive in the salt.

I ran NT555s before and literally almost wrecked it about once a day if it were icy, snowy, or sometimes even just cold enough. I'd rather make it home in one piece than have a little more dry summer grip.

or wider ones. 285's seem to hold traction fairly well.

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Originally Posted by IPD

or wider ones. 285's seem to hold traction fairly well.

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? I thought you ran 9bs or something like that?

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Originally Posted by Forest Gump

I run nitto neogens because it does get cold here and we get slick conditions. I used to daily drive year round until we picked up the car for my wife and I got the spare truck to drive in the salt.

I ran NT555s before and literally almost wrecked it about once a day if it were icy, snowy, or sometimes even just cold enough. I'd rather make it home in one piece than have a little more dry summer grip.

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Both are crap tires IMO. If I switch back to treaded tires today, I'd buy Conti DW or ZII's. Conti DWS in a pinch but I'd rather switch rims to winter tires in the snow than anything else. Problem with snow grip is everything you want in a dry or wet grip tire is opposite on snow (or gravel). for dry you want wide and large tread blocks, for wet you want wide and "ramped" tread blocks with lots of voids, for snow you want as narrow as possible and sipping, narrow voids. The narrow voids is why offroad tires do so horrible in snow, they are designed for mud and dirt which doesn't act like snow at all. This means you physically can't make a good all-season, since everything is polar opposite. Bonus tip: dirt circle track tires make epic wet autoX tires.

You need summer and winter tires. Tires spinning is no fun and a ginormous waste of money power wise and tire wise. Not to mention the abuse you are putting the diffs through as I'm sure you're not blowing all 4 off rolling into 1st. When mine spins it still pulls just not as hard as the rears let go and the fronts are still holding on. Nothing wrong with running the car in the winter, just don't handicap yourself in the summer when you can use it.

I run 225's and they don't start losing grip until 550+ and that's in 1st gear. The second gear scenario you posted earlier happens on mine when I have it cranked up over 600. You rode in the car at NG10, did you feel it slip when you about lost your sunglasses? You need tires because you are only going to make the traction issues you have now worse with more displacement.

Jeff

It spins the rears. i could blow the trans apart like an egg and not care that much compared to the engine. not that worried about it at the moment, lol.

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Originally Posted by Forest Gump

? I thought you ran 9bs or something like that?

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as tested in very wet conditions. both braking and power-brake acceleration--no slipping. never got that from my stock-width tires.