Why Does my Car feel slower?
10-15-2007, 02:46 PM
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colder air well my car (mostly in cold weather) feels slower some days and feels faster some other days! i have the slp timing advance and that is higher risk for detnation so i think i get retard timing someties and my car feels slower! so 4 u since u have a 98 i think u have the real false knock sensor problem!! get it fixed!! get power!!!
10-15-2007, 08:59 PM
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Where did you get your "3lb on the wheels = 12lbs in the car"?
is that something you've made up, heard somewhere, or actually DID the math on?
EDIT- and you can't actually do math on that unless you know where the weight was added. Was it added in the tires, far away from the point of rotation, or in the spokes, closer to point of rotation? Tire weight would have a lot more impact on rotational mass than wheel weight.
is that something you've made up, heard somewhere, or actually DID the math on?
EDIT- and you can't actually do math on that unless you know where the weight was added. Was it added in the tires, far away from the point of rotation, or in the spokes, closer to point of rotation? Tire weight would have a lot more impact on rotational mass than wheel weight.
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel13.shtml
10-17-2007, 10:15 AM
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Maybe it's the weather/clutch slipping/tires spinning/plugs fouled/etc. I'd run it back to back at a DRAG STRIP with both sets of wheels/tires or put it on a dyno. Cars do feel slower after you drive them. If you're not super-confident in your "trap" speeds, I'd contribute it to that.
I remember buying my car stock and thinking "this is the fastest thing ever". Then I put the cam/boltons on and was scared shitless thinking "nothing could be faster than this". Now I have a 530+rwhp 408 stroker and I want to yawn when I mash the throttle.
10-17-2007, 10:49 AM
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No possible way your getting oil ON your clutch? Had a nissan beater with a leaky everything and the shudder on a NEW clutch and slip at WOT was retarded. Oil and clutches don't mix.
10-17-2007, 11:39 AM
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I dunno what it is right now, First i'm putting my stock rims back on because the 2 rear rims are bent a little bit, then i'll see where to go from there.
10-18-2007, 06:21 PM
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Got my stock wheels back on the car, it still feels slow but not as much, I think i just hit some bad luck and my clutch went at the same time.
