Not sure if this is the correct place for this but i need better traction. I can even beat soccer moms off the line all i do is spin. any suggestions? how are the pirelli run flats compared to the dunlops?
-Tom

 

I'm no weather man, but judging from your location I'm guessin Milwaukee's pretty cold in December. I have the OEM Dunlop SP Sport 9000 DSSTs, and although they've done well by me in the warmer months, any thing below 50degrees and they turn into bricks. I can only imagine the runflat Pirellis would perform similarly.
You'd be doin yourself a favor to slip on some winter shoes, if your lookin to gain some winter traction. Some 16" Dunlop Winter Sport M3s might give you the performance you're lookin for, but if you're lookin to do this on the cheap... I picked up some 15" Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50s mounted on steelies last season from TireRack and it cost me about 5 hundie shipped to my door. They look like hell, but they keep my a$$ on these miserable Boston roads. Haven't lost control (unexpectedly) yet .

Dropkicks rock. All 5 St.Paddy's Day shows sold out in hours.
If you can ever see them with The Business you'll lose your mind.

 

if you want to spend some money.

Practice your launches if you don't.

 

The real question is: Better traction in what condition? Snow/Ice, Rain, Dry, auto-x/track use?

Dropkick are fantastic, I'll second that.

 

hummm...beating a soccor mom's van/suv shouldn't require any
clutch drops...can try slipping the clutch just a hair longer before
full engagement on your current tires. Summer tires don't work
too well below 40F...they turn into something like hardened plastic. :smile:

 

if you want to spend some money.
What is this?

 

A limited slip differential. Qualife, I believe.

 

i thought it was a paper weight for a book called "driving good"

har

yeah, it's a quaife. If you're not really a serious auto-x or trackday kinda guy, check out the phantom LSD. Cheaper.

Otherwise, get that book I was talking about.

 

The Pirelli runflats suck as far as traction goes. Even in the summer in Florida. I tried to autox my car and had it at the track and all I did was spin my tires. This was with a stock MCS. Better tires are in order if you want more grip but you also have to consider the weather you drive in. I replaced my runflats with Falken Azenis tires and It's really difficult to spin the tires even with 30hp more. You may want to try and lower your tire pressure a little to see if that helps. I haven't heard the Dunlops to be any better.

 

Its simple dont pop the clutch, got to miniusa.com and look at driving tips, u dont need to peel out, it makes since if u rev up to 4,500rpm and drop of course theres going to be some spin action, good luck!

 

Thanks for the tips but i know how to drive. i was looking for a tire recomendation or a tranny option such as the LSD's/clutch preferences.

 

no really, I don't think you need a quaife simply for traction issues.

For ice/snow etc, I would go for snow tires, or good all-seasons. I put on BFgoodrich Traction T/A's for my 16" xlites, and they are FANTASTIC for rain/dry. I'm guessing you're in snow and generally crap weather, so go for snows. It'll give you an excuse to get a summer rim/tire combo.

Those grannies driving the woody wagons will have no chance.