I span my Saab 900SE Turbo in 3rd once but it was a bit moist.

An old mate of mine span his Capri 280 Brooklands (10+ years ago) up Sutton Vallence hill at 75mph in the wet!

(and no Cap-Ree Geeeer Del Boy comments please!!)

Edited to say - I hope that car in the picture above had a turbo timer!!!

[Edited by Scooby96 - 9/4/2003 1:12:30 PM]

 

I managed to wheel spin all 4 wheels last night. I don't normally thrash the scoob like that, but having just been dumped by my girlfriend of 8 yrs, I needed some sort of release, and unfortuantely the Scoob got it. Anyway, back to the point, but I didn't think you could wheel spin 4 wheel drive cars. It wasn't wet, but the tyres are wearing thin, but still didn't think it was possible. That's the hardest I have driven the Scoob, and it just took it all in it's stride.

 

must do it more often then.

 

What get dumped, or taking the Scoob to it's limits????
I did feel I needed a bit more power though, so any spare cash made from the sale of our house will be put to good use.

 

I span all 4 wheels at santapod

 

Don't forget to budget for the new clutch!

 

...and 'box internals...

 

I think it will be back to the normal 140mph cruising speed from now on.

 

Nah, its pretty easy to spin the wheels Even off the line

 

I think you'll find you only span the front wheels, the centre diff allows slip to the front, and the front's a free diff, What with weight transfer and all that, It would be very difficult to spin all four, unless you're on grass!!

 

Accidentally did it last week on my STI8. Trying to do the old 4000 rev pull from the lights and accidentally went to 7000 revs. I was left sitting there spinning all four wheels before it launched and what a horrible smell the clutch makes when it's burning!!! God knows what damage that did to the clutch...hopefully not too much. Haven't noticed any different since.

 

I've done it a few times when quickly trying to turn out of a sharp junction! Seemed like good fun

Andy

 

girlfriend was a bit young

Wait till you get silly power then you can spin all 4 wheels in 3rd

David

 

Regardless of drive (4 or 2) and diffs, if you have the power you can spin the wheels. Mate has a Skyline with circa 680 bhp and it'll spin in 1st, 2nd and sometimes 3rd if he boots it; even in the dry.

 

girlfriend was a bit young....

LOL at Dave Wallis

 

yeah right
ive stood and watched my mate spin all 4 wheels in his uk turbo, he has a light flywheel, aprox 260bhp and a good clutch, this was on bone dry tarmac, he said his rear diff was banging about tho
he was trying to beat my 0-60 time at croft race circuit

mine wont spin the wheels in the dry, it will either bog, or slip the clutch, or just take off down the road pretty fast lol

 

agree, probably only the front wheels spinning - I use my car for sprints, and off the line, if I get it right the front wheels are spinning just a little

 

try giving it a lot more gas and watch them rear ones goe up in smoke lol

 

Centre diffs, 4WD, weight transfer et al don't matter a sh*t, if the tyre doesn't have grip, it's gonna spin up!

Good work fella, keep it up

 

So the conclusion to draw is that Scoobs are the same as girlfriends- they all spin up and f**k off when you give them enough boot?

 

Worn tyres mean I often light up all four wheels on my Legacy GTB - and that's a lot heavier than an Impreza (although the extra turbo does mean a lot more low to mid range torque ).

Used to spin all four in my old GTI-R too, but that was more predictable then the Subaru, being lighter and shorter.

Very possible. Once you've broken traction on all four wheels, no amount of viscous diffs pushing power about will regain it until you back off the throttle.

Of course my tyres are even more worn now

Rich

 

I suppose practise makes perfect.

 

 

Doesn't look like grass to me

4 wheels spinning - full opposite lock - Thats how to get round roundabouts isn't it ?????

 

The centre diff will allow 'some' slip to the axle with least grip, this will be the rear axle 90% of the time since it has much less weight over it than the front, when the rear wheels are spinning the locking action of the centre diff will transfer drive to the front wheels, which, if enough power is applied to overcome their grip, will also spin.

CCC did an ariticle on this a while back when they had a RA in the 'clinic' and were playing with the adjustable centre diff.

 

That picture rocks

Nowt like saying it with pictures

Mikey

 

mmmm - moist - Great Word

 

 

How did you manage to "span" santapod with all four wheels, is your car elastic?

I think you mean "spun"

 

Great photo.