Subject	Learned 2 valuable lessons last nite..Power to Weight ratio
Posted by	Stangz88 on March 28, 2003 at 3:03 PM
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Message	is crucial in racing...and Stock clutch does not like Stage III at all. I am ashamed and preparing to ban myself from TT.net until a victory is had. I got beat by a civic...maybe 95 DX hatch with a new motor and one huge turbo and race tranny....also had his interior gutted. We were cruising on the thruway with a pack of cars and went from a roll at about 50mph....i took off in 3rd...should have probably been the high side of 2nd.....and he pulled on me right from the start...so i figured he weighs less than half..so I will give him that lead....i am in 3rd..finally turbos kick in and i start to catch him pretty quick...then i went to slam 4th and stock clutch had some major slip and from what I understand smoke was pouring out from under the car. The stock clutch gets around town just fine...but I am definetly sensing an upgrade as soon as i clear off the credit card from buying my suspension....Does anyone have any suggestions on next set of mods..along with what clutch and flywheel so that I will never have to drive home ashamed again?
Follow Ups	Learned 2 valuable lessons last nite..Power to Weight ratio - Stangz88 15:03:55 03/28/03 Downpipes while your there would be a good idea :) (n/m) - ImTheDevil 15:06:32 03/28/03 Those are definetly high on the list..Split DP's and Test's (n/m) - Stangz88 15:10:14 03/28/03 2nd (n/m) - Spee 15:10:39 03/28/03 Don't be ashamed of losing to a built motor, turbo civic a - larryb 15:25:11 03/28/03 Another lesson learned: 6-puck is bad for traffic.. - BigTDogg 15:38:49 03/28/03 Agreed, but it makes those 5500 rpm launches so nice... (n/m) - boileralum 15:42:31 03/28/03 LOL, not if you have a JUN flywheel :( (n/m) - BigTDogg 15:43:58 03/28/03 Probably not, but my Fidanza is holding up so far in the - boileralum 15:45:06 03/28/03 I've actually heard just dumping it is not bad, but - BigTDogg 15:55:22 03/28/03 100% correct, slipping a 6 puck is what kills flywheels - Chip(GinnMotorsports) 17:30:25 03/28/03 Uhh... even if you had a strong clutch - degradated 20:54:52 03/28/03 And even still, at the end of th day... - BigTDogg 11:55:26 03/29/03
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