Crossfire Showing Off
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Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by fuzz 40
Put the rear wing down to reduce down force on the rear tires. Questions for you, is the car stick or auto, summer tires or winter, and traction control on or off.
by the way what the hell was he trying to do?
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by Thirteendog
rear wing comes up automatically when you lose traction.
by the way what the hell was he trying to do?
by the way what the hell was he trying to do?
formerNXMX5 is correct, our "big brother" ESP is always looking over our shoulder to keep us on the straight and narrow.
With a short wheel base, nose heavy, high performance car such as ours, it should be able to do "donuts" with ease. Maybe they are immature, a little hard on the car, and dangerous (if performed in the wrong place at the wrong time). But at least he chose a deserted parking lot (like the Mustang ad promotes) and they can be alot of fun.
My AMX does it with ease, and I have to admit, it’s only been a few years since my last one. (sorry Andrew) ...Boyz will be boyz no matter how old we get, and besides, what's the sense in having a "muscle car" if you can't get a little "crazy" every now and then?
Last edited by +fireamx; 08-22-2006 at 10:07 AM.
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by upstate
For you guys that are complaining that you can't spin the tires, truth is if you’re spinning the tires you’re losing the race.
I guess we can thank NASCAR drivers and their "winners circle donuts" for bringing back the popularity of 360's.
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by +fireamx
With a short wheel base, nose heavy, high performance car such as ours
I think this car needs much skinnier rubber in the back to do 360's. My opinion is the car gets good rear traction with the meats it has in the back. Heck, Dad's CTS-V has 245's in the back and it's got 400 hp, 395 lb/ft of torque! Nevertheless, I don't like doing 360's, but it's fun seeing others do it.
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Maybe he is just learning how to do the raghead drift to avoid the katyusha rockets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by Cyril Baldwin
Maybe he is just learning how to do the raghead drift to avoid the katyusha rockets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by golfdude
Nose heavy? I thought the Crossfire was precisely 50/50 front/rear weight distribution??? (I'm just curious, I'm not trying to be rude).
One thing for sure, the Crossfire was designed to not waste anytime "slip sliding" away. That's one reason it goes thru the slalom faster than just about anything else.
Upstates last quote was right on the money.
Re: Crossfire Showing Off
Originally Posted by upstate
For you guys that are complaining that you can't spin the tires, truth is if you’re spinning the tires you’re losing the race.
Originally Posted by 22blk05xfire
well thanks andrew that is me. it is very tough to get this car to burn rubber or even do a standing donut.
Last edited by HDDP; 08-22-2006 at 11:02 PM.