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Old 05-25-2005, 08:36 AM
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With my mods in signature on 315 sumitumo's (street tires) could i break my rear. It has 101,000 miles on it and 3.73 gears (maybe 20k miles old). I am afraid of launching because i don't want to break it.
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I would say it's a crap shoot. If you hook it may break. Heck it may break if you don't hook that great on a hard launch.
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I'm just wondering what I could get away with. Am I just going to have to slip it off the start like normal everyday driving? That would suck because my et would be crap.
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Launch under 2.5K to be safe.
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how about not hooking and on the 1-2 shift...broke probably 6 teeth off of the ring gear...




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