Minimising Wheelspin

[R33GOD]

I added to my previous post with some figures.

The S13 diff isn't a drop in due to its different housing. So again you will be forced to swap the ratio from that diff in to your housing. Of which will blow out ot $600 odd by the time you buy the diff and have it fitted.

thats all i want. drop in the centre ratio into my housing

Edited July 8, 2007 by R33GOD

[GTS4WD]

Honestly.. a good set of tyres goes a long long way..

No need for rooting with diffs.. and ratio's.. a solid set of tyres man..

[Duncan]

why not put some taller tyres on the rear then, that would be an easier way to get 10% higher gearing

[Cubes]

Give it that tough muscle car look. lol

[dangerman4]

im still keen to change my diff gears to 3.9 etc.

topping out at 165 in 3rd isnt fast enough down the drags and im not real keen on using overdrive or raising my rev limiter

to 9k just to get to 185kph.

[Cubes]

Darren,

Another Darren with his R31 470rwkw here in Adelaide has played with a few different diff ratio's. With the auto. He settled on the VLT's 3.45:1. He said it heaps a shit loads with wheelspin. 165km/h at the top end of third is not that crash hot.

Also.. Gave you a wave in a red vn Dungadoor last Sat I think it was; south end of diag road.

[dangerman4]

Darren,

Another Darren with his R31 470rwkw here in Adelaide has played with a few different diff ratio's. With the auto. He settled on the VLT's 3.45:1. He said it heaps a shit loads with wheelspin. 165km/h at the top end of third is not that crash hot.

Also.. Gave you a wave in a red vn Dungadoor last Sat I think it was; south end of diag road.

yea i thought it was you.

The other darren has a rigid rear end so that doesnt help me much.

[R33fourdoor]

When I originally purchased my car it dyno'd at 189rwkw and would light up the tyres a little too easily. This was great fun for the first couple of weeks but it was getting ridiculous after that. At the same time I was also suspect of the wheel alignment as there was slight evidence of uneven tyre wear.

Decided to get a full 4 wheel alignment done and it transformed the rear end completely. Now you need to make a much bigger effort to break loose the rear tyres on take off.

The diff cradle bushes can have a huge effect on this also, can't they? Have you checked to see whether yours are worn or could they have been replaced with aftermarket bushes at some stage which may offer less compliance and a greater tendency to break traction (hence the reason that drifters use them)?

These are a couple of cheap things to check and/or change if neccesary which both can have a dramatic effect on your rear end grip.

Cheers, Mike

[STATUS]

i run brand new 265/35/18 inch hankooks mate

moreso for reducing revs at 100kph on the freeway

some better tyres, a decent alignment and maybe some pineapples to adjust drive angle you will be sweet. Cats drift car with 280rwkw (old SR20) with decent 235's would pull throught the gears with minimal wheelspin.... its all in the contact pactch and the quality of tyre providing that contact patch... forget diff ratio's... even with 4.37 we had awesome grip... so with only 209rwkw and 4.1's you should be laughing.