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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 07:49 AM
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Hi as above, when launching from the line, evene if i take it a bit easy my fronts spin up like an RS Turbo, what would cause this and is there anything i can do to stop it?

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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 07:52 AM
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It could be a few things, torque would be my first guess, is the car standard??
The second would be traction, how worn are the tyres and are they a good brand or cheap brand (some tyres do have a traction rating on them).

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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 08:15 AM
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right, the car is a 97 wrx import, running 14 psi and has 300 bhp and 252 lb of torque, i have brand new toyo proxes (215/35/18) and i have had a full geometry set up at my main dealer, what else could it be? thats not a lot of torque really is it???
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 08:31 AM
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No thats not really alot of torque....
Is it just the front wheels or all the wheels?
And is this wet or dry or both? (never ran toyo's so dont know if they have a "greasy" layer you have to get though first?)
The only other thing id be thinking of is the diff, if just the fronts were spinning.

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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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i think its just the fronts, any its in the dry to, how woud i determine if the diff was knackered? what do i do if it is?

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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 09:20 AM
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