My car seems Underpowered!
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ok..my old 94 z28 lt1..when i was at a stop sign..no brake..held if i jammed the gas to the floor it fucken lit them up..all the way through the intersection...
now that i got my 98 LS1 transam...im at a stop sign and push it to th efloor...it just squeals for about 3 seconds..about half way into the intersection then grabs..is this normal..or should i be able to go quite a ways..without the brake held...
keep in mind my 94 z28 had 30,000 miles on the tires and my 98 transam..only has about 8,000 miles on the tires.
now that i got my 98 LS1 transam...im at a stop sign and push it to th efloor...it just squeals for about 3 seconds..about half way into the intersection then grabs..is this normal..or should i be able to go quite a ways..without the brake held...
keep in mind my 94 z28 had 30,000 miles on the tires and my 98 transam..only has about 8,000 miles on the tires.
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Originally Posted by msbz_ls1
ok..my old 94 z28 lt1..when i was at a stop sign..no brake..held if i jammed the gas to the floor it fucken lit them up..all the way through the intersection...
now that i got my 98 LS1 transam...im at a stop sign and push it to th efloor...it just squeals for about 3 seconds..about half way into the intersection then grabs..is this normal..or should i be able to go quite a ways..without the brake held...
keep in mind my 94 z28 had 30,000 miles on the tires and my 98 transam..only has about 8,000 miles on the tires.
now that i got my 98 LS1 transam...im at a stop sign and push it to th efloor...it just squeals for about 3 seconds..about half way into the intersection then grabs..is this normal..or should i be able to go quite a ways..without the brake held...
keep in mind my 94 z28 had 30,000 miles on the tires and my 98 transam..only has about 8,000 miles on the tires.
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I was going to say that you're gearing is probably 2.73's. That's what I've got on my camaro, and I have the same story you do. Gas stomp = a little noise for a sec, but then grabs right away. I'm sure your car still feels faster than the LT1 though right?
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it says right in his sig he has 323s..so unless hes retarded he has 323s. Maybe you have some problem within the engine ? Generally, autos can burn ridiculously tho..i have to brake torque mine to really get it to spin. Spinning shouldnt be used as a power base though ![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
I guarantee that car is faster then your lt1 though
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I guarantee that car is faster then your lt1 though
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Originally Posted by af_187
it says right in his sig he has 323s..so unless hes retarded he has 323s.
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I've got an a4 with 2.73 and I'm lucky if it will chirp the tires on the street. I stomp it and the car just goes, no spin.
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my problem is worse if you wanna say that. I have the following in the sig, and my car doesnt even squeel from a stop, brand new 17inch SS wheels with new 275's. My car just grabs instantly, the front just lifts up bigtime when i slam the gas. ITs funny how i have that much tq and i cant even light my tires up without dropping the clutch, i cant fishtail either around a turn unless it rained!
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yes according to my door sticker..i got 3.23's..i mean i can burn them..it will light them up..then light them up going into second it just WANTS TO GRAB SO BAD>..
...i mean..it just felt differnt in my LT1..my LT1 would make hella noise..and you could heere the engine roar..and it would lay some serious marks..when i turn around n the ta to see my marks..theres a little ..barley ne thing for about 5 feet
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my lt1 woudl lay them for about 20 feet no brake..and it was bone stock besides loudmouth catback
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my lt1 woudl lay them for about 20 feet no brake..and it was bone stock besides loudmouth catback
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You want it to hook, being able to spin through an intersection isn't going to win a close race. However, that being said i could spin my pos bald F1's through an intersection on my stock converter. If you want to spin all the way through regardless of tire condition get a vig 3200
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My car does god burnouts on blacktop (can hear the tires sqealin a little because the exaust is loud) On the non blacktop roads I can't here the tires making any noise but sometimes I can feel it sliding a little but it really hard to even do that because of the 2.73s. I use to own a V6 that had 3.42s and couldn't lay a single mark on a straight away unless you cut the wheel.
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Arriving late to the converstation but let me add, I don't have to stomp the gas pedal to the floor and this is burning out well past an intersection, I could even see -little- smoke from my rear view mirror . I turn around and I can barely see any tire marks. Only one time -I've really spinned the tires- have I spinned with tire marks printed on the black street, I stepped on the gas and not all the way to the floor, and I started spinning then I notice smoke, tons of smoke, then I let off the gas a little got on it again and the car moved in very slow motion, when I came back home half way towards the end of the burn out, only 1 tire was marked on the street. But I regularly see little if any tire marks when making a burnout -normal burnout-, unless I really get on it. Their is times I leave my house and give it gas, spinning the tires then I get off the gas and on my way, come home and most of the time I cant see the tire marks. But it's fast, and I know Im smoking the tires when I want to spin them. I would say what your car is doing is normal.