Breaking It Loose
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 501
Likes: 64
From: Columbia MD
Breaking It Loose
If anyone has seen a few of my posts they know I'm two months in and only 113 miles. I'm not close to getting past the break in period point but...
When I do I'm wondering, can you break the tires loose in 2nd or 3rd gear? Should you go easy on the throttle or does it hook up easy?
Car is a 7Speed Z51.
When I do I'm wondering, can you break the tires loose in 2nd or 3rd gear? Should you go easy on the throttle or does it hook up easy?
Car is a 7Speed Z51.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 581
Likes: 2
From: Duluth GA
If anyone has seen a few of my posts they know I'm two months in and only 113 miles. I'm not close to getting past the break in period point but...
When I do I'm wondering, can you break the tires loose in 2nd or 3rd gear? Should you go easy on the throttle or does it hook up easy?
Car is a 7Speed Z51.
When I do I'm wondering, can you break the tires loose in 2nd or 3rd gear? Should you go easy on the throttle or does it hook up easy?
Car is a 7Speed Z51.
Go ahead and give it a go.
Banned Scam/Spammer
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 406
Likes: 2
From: Collingwood ON
I totally agree about first gear. I have an A8 and my C7 breaks loose very easily at initial throttle up. So easy in fact I am wondering if my nannies are even working properly. When the car does get loose it is my taking the foot off the throttle that brings me back into a straight line. The nannies do not react fast enough.
The thing is when I watched the launch control demo at Spring Mountain that C7 went perfectly straight.
Not sure what if anything is wrong with my C7.
As for 2nd gear and up I have had no loose issues.
Heel & Toe
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
From: Cape Coral Florida
take off traction control and let her eat. do it in a parking lot first if you haven't gotten a feel for your car. make sure to throttle out of it, don't let off or you might whip back and over correct.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,384
Likes: 24,790
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 2,345
Likes: 442
From: Jupiter FL