Man, it's pretty hard to argue with you guys. Now I know why Bret quit.
All right. I know that traction is a issue for most of you, but my argument is why svt2000 can overcome that? It's obviously that he has no problem with traction as evident by his 14s passes. And most of his passes were made at Milan dragway (a.k.a ice rink). I am sure most guys around MI can vouch for that. Just look at Rara's time(nothing against you there).
I think the traction problem you guys are talking about is more related to driver skills.
In fact my cobra has the same problem when it was stock. The stock cobra comes with the 3.27 gear not 3.73 btw. Anyway, the car was very hard to launch due to the weak low end compare to rest of the v-8 muscle cars. Too much rpm in the launch then you blow the tires away; not enough rpm then you bogged the motor. And bogging the motor is a killer for 4V motors as it takes a while to recover; it would be a lot easier to recover if the low end torque is better as the Ls-1 or as my car after it's modded(picked up 20-30 ft/lbs).
With the limited torque, there is only a very small window for you to get proper launch. In my case, it was 3k but you would have to slip the clutch(you haven't really done it if you don't smell your clutch afterward) so I could achieve sub 14s pass. After the mods, my car was constantly in the 13s and I can launch lower without bogging.
It's pretty much the same for the contours or any cars for that matter of fact. Btw, I have driven svt2000's contour plenty of times. In fact, I was getting constant 2.2 60' and running better e.t in his car before he learned. Hmm, I wonder who taught him the 5k launch?
All I can say is to go to the track a lot and practice. svt2000 had made well over 100 passes before he was in the 14s, now he is pretty constant in the 14s without any traction problem.
Anyway, I think we have used up enough space for a topic that's labeled "twin turbo". Feel free to start another topic and I will be more than happy to discuss such issues. Till then, later.
