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Old 03-03-2010, 09:23 PM
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My car has no traction..

slides out in every corner, cant throttle touch throttle around corners or it slides it, cant go back into corners cause it slides out..

even when sitting idling and it hit the throttle WOT... i cant control it or it slides out.

pretty much at the moment its sliding all over the place.

i was thinking maybe my suspension is too hard?
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Old 03-03-2010, 10:11 PM
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Old 03-03-2010, 11:29 PM
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Sounds like bad tires to me, a good tire can even a bad setup look good.

What car, and tires do you use?
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im using 37/40

my brothers car is running 45/45 and his sticks to the track way better than mine.
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what car is it ? do you know some of your basic settings, camber, and toe in, can you take pictures of car from front , rear and above view?
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Old 03-04-2010, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by LiL_JaSoN
im using 37/40

my brothers car is running 45/45 and his sticks to the track way better than mine.
Set up your car the same as ur brother's. I would make one change at a time and go out and try it and see how the changes effect the handling. But for the first change switch tires with him when he not lookin
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im running a rrr

bro has a fw-05r.

im gunna rebuild my car, diff & shocks and put everything back to stock settings.
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Old 03-05-2010, 04:38 AM
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Sent you a couple of PMs with a good chassis set up
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Originally Posted by LiL_JaSoN
My car has no traction..

slides out in every corner, cant throttle touch throttle around corners or it slides it, cant go back into corners cause it slides out..

even when sitting idling and it hit the throttle WOT... i cant control it or it slides out.

pretty much at the moment its sliding all over the place.

i was thinking maybe my suspension is too hard?
From what you have explained, this does not seem to be a tire or suspension issue. Even with all the wrong settings or tire choice (except for rear toe out), a car should not be that unstable. Please check all your belts to make sure there is no slip. Especially front or side.

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Old 03-05-2010, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Dennison J
From what you have explained, this does not seem to be a tire or suspension issue. Even with all the wrong settings or tire choice (except for rear toe out), a car should not be that unstable. Please check all your belts to make sure there is no slip. Especially front or side.
thats what i thought.. no way it can be this unstable..

i cant even turn into a corner or out a corner without it sliding out.
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Old 03-06-2010, 05:11 AM
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check the grub screws that hold your puleys to the layshafts, if one has backed out it will appear that eveything is proper, but on close inspection the pulley is rotating on the shaft, instead of rotating the shaft itself.

Thus 2 wheel drive instead of 4 wheel.
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ill have a look

but everything seems to be spinning fine..
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Old 03-10-2010, 01:49 AM
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where are you driving the car. which track
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Do you run a front oneway?
If so then one of the oneway bearings could be bad or to greasy.
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I think you should try the same shore tires your brother is using.
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