Traction problems. Help please

[sdutton007]

Hi, I'm new to the forums and have just bought a 1995 GT Turbo today with standard 14" steelies and budget tyres on.

But I can't get any traction in 1st, 2nd or 3rd (it is wet at the moment though).

Can anyone suggest what I can do to improve traction (without sticking on some massive wheels which would slow the car down)??? It is already lowered with stiff coilovers (i guess that should improve traction? )

I've been offered sum 15" ultra lightweight ROTA Slipstream wheels with low profile Yokohoma tyres for £200 - would these help the car to get traction?

Thanks

[Guest Enzo]

yea bro increasiing the footprint buy a certain margin will help for sure,

to eradicate it though you would need to invest in an aftermarked differential,

they help amazingly in the wet,

also a rear anti roll bar will stop some tramp helping your front tyres hook up abit better

[lobotomy]

My advice is feather the throttle -- it's cheaper than a LSD too

[paul w]

Get the alloys and put some decent tyres on them,yoko's are crap in the wet! Falkens or toyo's should be better. I've got toyo's on 16" alloys and i still spin in low gears!

But thats probably due to my lead right foot!

My advice is feather the throttle -- it's cheaper than a LSD too ;)

That would help too!

[Spuddy]

With my car i'm putting in softer shocks in the front, been told this will help with traction. At the min shes very hard all round.

[BoostJunkie]

this is a problem that i have also and i have a LSD but as suggested more than likely my tyres.

[BoostJunkie]

says the man who was on a ban, lol

[sdutton007]

Stop driving like a total knob end. Should be really cheap and easy to fix.

what the fuck? i dont drive it like a knob end, i aint the one whos been banned

bought the rotas today n fitted them - no spinning at all in 2nd or 3rd, and only 1st on high boost!

sorted! n the car looks awesum now with them on! all i need now is some tints 2 get it looking sweet!

i'll post some pics up in a couple of days

cheers guys

p.s. whats the best grade oil to put in a gt turbo? i cant read the japanese manual so have no idea! ;) my focus runs on 5W30 but no idea what this runs on

also, does it need to be mineral, semi-synthetic or synthetic

Cheers

[Idrees]

Pics pics pics pics Plzzz

[BoostJunkie]

5w 40 is what i'm runnin best for winter time so i'm told but has to be and stress has to be FULLY SYNTHETIC i made that mistake and had to drain it because oil was sprayin out my tailpipe.

[davehart]

Its not the season for traction out there. Is the season to be driving nice and steady

Traction wise, I'd say you've just got to be ilettiligent with your throttle use and not just floor it and hope for the best ;)

[paul w]

Well said that man.

[lobotomy]

Fully synthetic is only for mega powered or new engines

I second that. I use 10w40 semi-synthetic. And that's what pretty much all my mates use even those with 450BHP+

[ross]

my EP91 is on 17's, may slow the car down a bit, but its great for traction (ok i lied, it spins up until third, and is arse end happy:D) quiet scary being arse end happy in a fwd

[Sparky]

the starlets are arse end happy but i love it ;)

[BoostJunkie]

cool, so why when i stuck castrol gtx magnetec in it it was spraying trickles of oil from the tailpipe when the car was stationary i thought at the time myself that it could of been oil stem seals had gone or as lobo said at the time could have been the turbo seals,but when i drained that oil then replaced with fully synth it is fine no more oil spray no smoke or anything.strange i dont have a clue maybe my car has had some serious mods that i dont know about LOL.

[whitestarlet]

learn to control acceleration on boost !! 15" will help an a set of good tyres also!!

[Glanza_Ragger]

as lobo said, feather the throttle on takeoff, keeping an eye on the boost, keeping it within acceptable measures and yo wont get any spin.

ive easily pulled away from a 350hp evo, he only caught up at around the 70-80 mark.

its all about control matey. dont just stamp down on the go faster pedal, youll get no where fast in a mist of tyre smoke ;) ;)