Help-need traction
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Help-need traction
Ok, I'm not bragging, I just want to hear what you guys have to say.
I've had my '88 for a couple of months now, first vette and I love it.
The car is immaculate and a brute with about $8k in heavily mod. rebuilt engine (19k miles) by the previous owner. I just dont can't figure out how to put all that horsepower on the road without losing traction due to the c4's inherent front wieght bias. Even with the 315x35 Goody's its very difficult to prevent the rear from breaking contact even when I mildly get on it. I'm tryng to think of some way to get more wieght over those tires. Has anyone tried hanging the battery off the rear axle brace and relocating the spare in the rear cargo area?
:chevy
I've had my '88 for a couple of months now, first vette and I love it.
The car is immaculate and a brute with about $8k in heavily mod. rebuilt engine (19k miles) by the previous owner. I just dont can't figure out how to put all that horsepower on the road without losing traction due to the c4's inherent front wieght bias. Even with the 315x35 Goody's its very difficult to prevent the rear from breaking contact even when I mildly get on it. I'm tryng to think of some way to get more wieght over those tires. Has anyone tried hanging the battery off the rear axle brace and relocating the spare in the rear cargo area?
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Re: Help-need traction (casolino)
you may wanna try a set of beam plates. that will atleast stop the pull to the right.
Doug Rippie has some suspension brackets that will improve squat... check them out. they are not very expensive.
http://www.dougrippie.com
Doug Rippie has some suspension brackets that will improve squat... check them out. they are not very expensive.
http://www.dougrippie.com
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Re: Help-need traction (casolino)
I thought the C4 had decent weight distribution. Is your car lowered? If you have it flattened so that the rear is as low as the front end, that could be your problem. The squat it has when you hit the gas helps with traction. As for the battery, well I think that'd be great if you could move it to the rear, but it seems like it would be dangerous (as if a 'vette with that much power isn't anyway!), costly, and would be hard to find a good place for it. Wider tires in the rear could help, maybe 11" ones. Traction bars? My Yokohama tires are really sticky, perhaps they would be somewhere to start.
