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Old 01-04-2006, 11:58 PM
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you get one it from a stop and the tail end starts to get a little sideways? im talking about a straightline, i know the m6 guys just get on the clutch, but what techniques do you use when things get a little quirlly?
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if Im racing, I let off.. if im playing around i'll just hold it and counter/over steer if I feel like im going to not get it back i'll let off then
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Like the guy above said, let off the gas some.
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Originally Posted by gccasper04
if Im racing, I let off.. if im playing around i'll just hold it and counter/over steer if I feel like im going to not get it back i'll let off then
Same here. However, I did have a stupid ricer in a CRX try to race me at a red light a few days ago with his g/f in the car. I just let it spin thru 1st and 2nd as I kept pulling him. I don't think he liked getting passed while I was sideways..so he gave me the ricer flyby after I let off .
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so pretty much just let off? i tried braking once and i hit a curb (might have hit a wet spot but idk) either way i just took off tq management last night and tested it out only to find myself looking towards a tree from a off idle "launch"
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Originally Posted by Hennytime
so pretty much just let off? i tried braking once and i hit a curb (might have hit a wet spot but idk) either way i just took off tq management last night and tested it out only to find myself looking towards a tree from a off idle "launch"
Do NOT hit the brakes if you start to go sideways...you need to counter-steer and either let off or finesse the gas to get it straight again.

And "Torque Management" simply pulls timing from your engine to cut power during shifts to soften the blow to the transmission. It doesn't do anything for traction (maybe you meant TCS?).
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Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
Do NOT hit the brakes if you start to go sideways...you need to counter-steer and either let off or finesse the gas to get it straight again.

And "Torque Management" simply pulls timing from your engine to cut power during shifts to soften the blow to the transmission. It doesn't do anything for traction (maybe you meant TCS?).
i guess i just associated less traction with the deletion of tq management, seemed like it spun a little more fro ma dead stop, even without stalling it up. thanks for the tip, note : NO BRAKES
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I usually lift and then get right back on it. And if it is still sideways I'll do it again.
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Yeah only hit the brakes if you are going straight
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Yup, brakes are a bit of a no no if things get a little out of controll. On the highway one morning I was pissed at a slow car infront of me so I went WOT at around 65 mph (4 to 2nd downshift!) and it had rained over night but the roads were just damp enough to get the tires spinning and my god I broke out in the most wicked fishtale for what seemed like an eternety!! Thank god there weren't many cars on the road because I took up the whole damn road side to side, but kept her between the lines and outta the weeds because I didn't panic and hit the brakes
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on the street i just stay in it and counter steer and it works just fine except if it is wet out because then it will spin around on you real fast.
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yea just let off the gas and it will straighten you out, you just got to know how much you can give it without spinning out and get a good take off
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yeah, id say you kinda have to do what the big boys do in the quarter mile, 'pedaling', on and off the throttle to keep it straight
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yea, cause if you try and use it all from a stop then youll just spinn em and not just ahead of whoever your racing




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