Are all you guys nuts? I have great traction!
- Thread starter ajpturbo
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After a while of owning one of these cars it's clear they aren't 'sports cars'. They're Fords (Which is okay!) with nice motors and we're pushing them farther than they probably should go.
1st to 2nd is definitely a lack of throttle body and line pressure...acceptance? Just wasn't built for Launching @ 2k RPMS and quickly slamming into 2nd at full load.
When your first set of tires die-- Don't go to the dealership and get bent over for the same garbage rubber. Do your research and get a better, sportier compound. I know on my Xport- That's my least favorite thing, The drive-train system is a close 2nd.
I think ya'll would be shocked what would happen on the strip with some better rubber. (Even just street rubber)
That also being said. I spent 300$ total on Slicks for the G35, I got a 1.5 60' with a 5AT (at the time) Transmission-- There's NOTHING like getting off the line like that (was 425whp at the time)
1st to 2nd is definitely a lack of throttle body and line pressure...acceptance? Just wasn't built for Launching @ 2k RPMS and quickly slamming into 2nd at full load.
When your first set of tires die-- Don't go to the dealership and get bent over for the same garbage rubber. Do your research and get a better, sportier compound. I know on my Xport- That's my least favorite thing, The drive-train system is a close 2nd.
I think ya'll would be shocked what would happen on the strip with some better rubber. (Even just street rubber)
That also being said. I spent 300$ total on Slicks for the G35, I got a 1.5 60' with a 5AT (at the time) Transmission-- There's NOTHING like getting off the line like that (was 425whp at the time)
ElvenSho said:
Foot on brake and hold the traction button for a few seconds...I think the non PP guys are out of lock for that feature....I think the it can be defeated though in the tune but not sure about that. I have options in my strategy for traction control but I may only have those options because of the particular strategy. A different strategy may have more or less scalars within the tune
Airbornemaikai
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After seeing what these engines are capable of I don't think were pushing these things all that hard. I did however get a better set of tires last year after having to replace them due to a huge nail in the sidewall of one of them. I went with the yokos prada spec xs
QuickSilver
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I took my 2 kids plus four of their friends to Big Bear this weekend in the E Sport. No I didn't calculate mileage but heavy footed with a 21CuFt Thule top box I'm sure it was pretty bad. Anyway since we were there to play in the snow I did find some nice 18" thick patches, put the Sport in Sand/Manual (where is has remained for 40K miles BTW) and did some snow drifting 
) It spun effortlessly and threw up tons of snow, I didn't feel any kind of anti-spin intervention from the powertrain management? Even second gear was uninhibited.
) It spun effortlessly and threw up tons of snow, I didn't feel any kind of anti-spin intervention from the powertrain management? Even second gear was uninhibited.