stretched a focus ZX3

[tak82v2]

was at the local car meet and i was doing some practice runs..

came back to the lot and chilled

some guy came and looked at my engine and challenged me to a race,

we went to a highway and both in 3rd at 45 mph..we slammed the pedals.

i pulled ahead by a car length and kept pulling little by little around 100MPH..he was 1 1/2 car length's away..

we had another go at a local road..empty..no cars
from a stand still

i honk 3-2-1 and we both mash the pedal..it was a bit of a crapy launch with some wheel hop
on 1st gear acceleration..my car had the advantage and pulled ahead by a car length..slowly gained and gained..he never could catch up and the straight ahead was becomeing a descending curve..so i slow down despite the lowered suspension and new tires cause i don't want to risk too much and induce a snap oversteer at 70 MPH..but the focus doe's a ricer fly-by and whooshe's past me..he knew i beat him and went a little overballs.


now i know what i'm gonna need for a new mod..engine damper

[inferredrecords]

Good kill.

[Jed118]

You guys and your wheel hop... How is that rectified? Liz almost got hit by a S10 making a left... she started hopping and traction was lost, she spun through the intersection. If the S10 didn't slow down, i'd be badly hurt!

What do you do to reduce it?

[MechaniX_034]

Originally Posted by Jed118

You guys and your wheel hop... How is that rectified? Liz almost got hit by a S10 making a left... she started hopping and traction was lost, she spun through the intersection. If the S10 didn't slow down, i'd be badly hurt!

What do you do to reduce it?

How much pressure is Liz running in the tyres up front bro??

[WytchDctr]

correct tire pressure and motor mounts helped calm my elantra down.

[tak82v2]

i have 39 PSI on my front tires..besides..it's frigid here so air pressure dropping is obvious.

i know that 35 or slightly lower might help but i hate the mushy steering with the factory air settings.

i'm gonna get a stiff front engine mount and an universal ebay engine damper to rid all wheel hop once and for all.

[enfurno]

Were you driving a tib? My o7 sonata eats zx3's for breakfast by multiple car lenths through 1st and 2nd, by the time I hit 3rd there isn't even any point in feeding my 3.3l anymore gas because its gonna take him 5 seconds just to catch up anyway.

[187sks]

No, he has a Beta (2.0l) swapped Accent.

But even I have beaten a ZX3 in our Accent 1.6l.

[2003GS]

^Me too. And with my Auto.

The best part is the ZX3 is a buddy and he can't drive a manual for s**t.

He shifts way too early.

But still felt good to take down a car with a bigger engine... tho the 2.0L Zetec isn't known to be a beast :P