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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:52 PM
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So get this im coning back from this place i do volentary work at called "Spooky house" its a haunted attraction during month of october, to make a long story short im sitting at light and a mustang i see pulls up on side of me starts reving at the light so i go for it problem i lost cause i had not even a hope for traction with my set-up you can see on my sig ANYONE!?!?!? I NEED STREET TIRES THAT HOOK!!!!! SOMONE HELP! at the moment i have some nice bridestones on front i have 16 inch rims..
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 12:16 AM
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WTF SOMONE HELP A GUY OUT! LOL
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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yeah those stock b16's really throw down the thunder....[&:]
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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Ok well first off, i hate to tell you, but you're acting like you are puttin some crazy horse power down with "i had not even a hope for traction with my set-up" Second of all, street racing is stupid, save it for the track. you shouldnt need really good perfomance tires for racing on the street. so stop being a newb a race where it's legal. you are gonna injure yourself or someone else street racing. its stupid. period
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 06:54 AM
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......dont drop the clutch............its not the tires fault, its all about timing.............
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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There is a tire review thread at the top of this forum
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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Yea man, racing a mustang in a170hp civic, your problem must have been traction, I mean come on, the civic is clearly the winner in that race on a normal day... LMAO!

Take it to the track and learn how to launch, Then, KEEP IT AT THE TRACK!
 
Old Oct 26, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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ur gena lose traction unless ur on likeslicks...i do with a stock motor, Azenis and hardly droping the clutch at ~2500...theres a bunch of other factors thatcome into play.weather, pavement, tire specs, pressures, etc..
 
Old Oct 27, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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why does everyone laugh when a b16a2 goes againsed a mustang i mean come on i weight like 2300 pounds and the mustang weighs like 3500??? i mean come on if anyone here knows it about power-to-weight ratio. and who says the motors is stock? and im on a good tune. i mean lets be real here a bone stock mustang, the guy worked with me
 
Old Oct 27, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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you want a good power/weight ratio? Buy a sportbike. My CBR600 throws down close to 100hp at the rear wheel and it weighs under 400lbs. You might weigh half a ton less than the Mustang (drag racer's rule of thumb: for every 100lbs you lose off the car, your 1/4 mile time will drop by 1/10 a second. So pretty much, if your cars produced the same amount of power, your car would be 1 second faster than the mustang), but the Mustang still has a fairly large power advantage to even things up.

And everyone's laughing because you were acting like you had the most badass car ever built. Throw a built K20/K24 frankenstien swap in and turbo it, and then you'll have "not even a hope for traction". My friend's p.o.s. '98 cavi (stock motor) can spin the tires through 1st gear if he drops the clutch.
 

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