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May 11, 2012 | 10:00 AM

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Hello. I have installed Tanabe coilovers, every type of chassis and suspension brace you can imagine, Hotchkis sway bars, and sticky Michelin Pilot Sport tires. I can not get my car to break rear traction no matter how fast I drive it through a turn or how much steering input I give it. Am I doing something wrong? I don't want to roll the car over on its side or lose the rear end, but I wonder why it isn't a loose oversteering pig where the back end slides out? Did my modifications help it to become a better driver's car or do I just have mad tyte formula One level driving skillz?

Jeremy, go back to sleep, its only a dream!!

May 11, 2012 | 10:01 AM

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May 11, 2012 | 10:11 AM

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Yeah, since I bought those Michelin Pilot Super Sports, I no longer hear the tires squealing on high speed turns. Must be something wrong with my car!!

May 11, 2012 | 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ANMVQ

Let the RWD cars spin their wheels while you bite and take off.

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Originally Posted by tejasg37x

hooking up the tires with no spin gets you going quicker.

Actually, regardless of whether you're rear wheel drive or all wheel drive, your fastest launch occurs with very very slight wheel spin.

I'm not surprised nobody has clarified this...

May 11, 2012 | 10:24 AM

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lol, you guys are getting the wrong impression.

I was just surprised that it wasn't possible to spin the tires at all, not saying I want to be able to do burnouts...

My previous car (Accord Hybrid) also had traction control, but it was not nearly as effective as the system on the G.

just FYI, the car has Michelin tires the dealer installed when I got it (CPO). I forget the exact model, but they're all season.

May 11, 2012 | 11:23 AM

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Just joking around with you man. All in good fun. It think I understood you completely. Honestly I'm a little bit surprised as well, having a RWD 6MT because it's not difficult at all for me to induce wheel spin if I turn off VDC.

May 11, 2012 | 11:56 AM

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I love the no spin. Awesome.

May 11, 2012 | 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

Actually, regardless of whether you're rear wheel drive or all wheel drive, your fastest launch occurs with very very slight wheel spin.

I'm not surprised nobody has clarified this...

Only a very slight amount; enough spin to keep the engine rpm from dropping when hooking up. That's a huge difference from actually "spinning" the tires...a slight spin is also easier on the drivetrain when making hard launches.

But that's not really what is being discussed here...

May 12, 2012 | 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Presto

I have the same car and can get the wheels to spin easy and the roads here are bone dry always. Maybe you are running some real sticky tires

nope. stock potenzas w/good thread...i did mention only in socal.... now, anywhere in las vegas its a diff story... ill burn out all day w/o a sweat mid summer.... super slick roads out there ... any 702 ppl noticed that???

May 12, 2012 | 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by x818ray

I can smoke my tires out here in Vegas but I was able to do it in SoCal as well. It was accidental of course. Once I get to a high altitude location (IE Denver, Albuquerque) that all changes though. I am still on the stock Potz as well on both cars.

May 12, 2012 | 02:13 PM

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3700lb curb weight, a well balanced chassis, and small non-torquey engine. They shouldn't be spinning much at all.

Even my manual RWD car needs quite a bit of RPM to get them to break free.