still losing traction with good tyres...maybe lowering will help??

[Glide_GTI]

I've found the best way to take off is to ride the clutch a bit, takes much practice, you dont want to kill it

this method also got me the best qtr mile time.
my car is lowered and it didnt make any difference to traction, just the extreme amount of care you need to take to avoid dips in the road :S

[VWindahouse]

I found the Forge front strut brace did help a little with traction, however I havn't gone the APR way just yet.

Stay tuned as project all the way starts soon

[Sharkie]

I think the ESP is slightly confused by the a chip. It detects wheelspin and backs off the power. In a std car this would probably kill all the power off completely. In a chipped car, I've found the 1st cut by the ESP is not enough and you still have plenty of power left to play with.

The ESP then detects that you are still doing what it doesn't approve of and further cuts the power. If you are used to that, you would have lifted slightly after the 1st small cut and pre-empted a 2nd cut. This is the quickest way to drive with the ESP on.

BTW, if I'm really in a hurry from a standing start I switch the ESP off. It is easy enough to control the way you start and not too lose traction by using the clutch.

Dumping the clutch at 2500rpm is pointless. It destroys tyres and the clutch very quickly.....

[SoVeReIgN]

The only way 'lowering' the car would help is if your rear springs were stiffer & your front shocks damper ratio much higher
Help stop weight transfer to the rear of your car = more traction for front.

[hgonops]

When your vehicle was brand new from the factory it would have come with Continental Sport Contact Tyres. They are manufactured for European vehicles only. Replace the Toyo's with Continental and you will minimise wheel spin.
They cost more but absolutely worth it. Never skimp on the most important and only and only thing that keeps you in contact with the road.
You won't regret it.

[SoVeReIgN]

When your vehicle was brand new from the factory it would have come with Continental Sport Contact Tyres. They are manufactured for European vehicles only. Replace the Toyo's with Continental and you will minimise wheel spin.
They cost more but absolutely worth it. Never skimp on the most important and only and only thing that keeps you in contact with the road.
You won't regret it.

Are you kidding?

[GT3]

Are you kidding?

hey sov, ..and since when WASN'T the forum a platform for misinformation - surely you're not let down

[RhysQ]

When your vehicle was brand new from the factory it would have come with Continental Sport Contact Tyres. They are manufactured for European vehicles only. Replace the Toyo's with Continental and you will minimise wheel spin.
They cost more but absolutely worth it. Never skimp on the most important and only and only thing that keeps you in contact with the road.
You won't regret it.

firstly, i bought the car second hand with these wheels and tyres on it.

secondly, these are far from 'skimp' tyres. just google the Toyo Proxes T1R's and look at the details on them. One of the best tyre technology i've seen, and they cost an arm and a leg.

thirdly, yes the Conti's might be designed for European cars, but they are also designed for European roads and conditions... a lot different the land down under.

[Ben_GTI]

Why are people saying T1R's are expensive? I paid $179 for one... as oppose to being quotes $320 for a Sport contact 2......

Maybe the guy at the tyre shop stuffed up lol!!

[ryan_GTI]

Why are people saying T1R's are expensive? I paid $179 for one... as oppose to being quotes $320 for a Sport contact 2......

Maybe the guy at the tyre shop stuffed up lol!!

$320?! hope they quoted you 17s...