keeping traction near WOT

[IsaacHayes]

My car doesn't spin them too bad. 225 width tire on heavy Z26 16x7" wheels. My car weighs 3,000lbs, a malibu weighs more.

If I feather it from a stop I'm fine. If I mash it to the floor I'll just spin, but who does that anyway?

Going straight is not much of a problem. Turns aren't either, except they used to be if I was pulling out of a parking lot onto a road, I had to baby it so slowly then straighten the wheel and then punch it if pulling out in traffic. Passengers would say PUNCH IT, and I'd have to explain to them wait until I'm going straight before I did or I'd just sit and spin...

But now I when from a 22mm front sway bar with rubber center bushings to a 28mm sway bar with poly and I can just turn the wheel and roll right onto the road with decent throttle no problem. The wheels stay flatly planted now.

But my motor is a well "experienced" 200k+ 3100 with large lower intake, large plenum, large throttle body, no tuning, and original (clogged?) cat + exhaust, and worn out trans.

I'm sure with a fresh trans it would bite harder, as my 3-1 downshift isn't as neck snapping anymore. Unless the original cat is getting clogged and to blame. I think the engine is plenty powerful despite it's age and abuse though. A fresh trans and a tune would help a lot.

I'll find out soon enough how much the cat is clogged. Going to full 2.5" mandrel bent SS pipe this weekend, with new cat. This also means getting rid of the 1.625" ID downpipe.

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[IanSzgatti]

I'll find out soon enough how much the cat is clogged. Going to full 2.5" mandrel bent SS pipe this weekend, with new cat. This also means getting rid of the 1.625" ID downpipe.

you should compression test it.. i'd be curious to know how those cylinders are doing after 200k with your style of driving. You talkin miles or kilometers. im canadian, so im always refering to kilometers.. my engine has 220k (136k miles) kilometers on it now...

i just did head gaskets on a customers car and he had roughly 160 across all cylinders with 166k (103k miles) kilometers... mild everday driving..

[IsaacHayes]

Miles see my sig... And I don't wait for it to warm up in cold weather. Fire it up and goooooo. lol. My poor engine, just keeps going! I've thought about doing a comp test sometime when I'm not busy modding it... LOL

I bought this car with 104,000 miles on it back in 1999. It's been daily driven in the city ever since then. The first 100k was hwy driving I was told.