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I have found that I cannot get traction in 1st gear anymore. If I punch it from a roll it breaks loose and there is terrible torque steer. If I punch it out of a corner forget about it. From a launch is not so bad as long as I take it easy. I am putting down about 176 HP to the wheels and 160 TQ to the wheels. I noticed it became worse when I installed an aftermarket Y-Pipe. Any suggestions and what do you guys do to deal with this. I do love the extra power on the highway though... 
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Mod Section The Quaife will help tons with the problems you are having.
98.5 Black SVT with 34k miles Build #5683 Born on 4\15\1998
WR Headers GMK CAI
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Torsen LSD
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Sticky tires
Poly or filled Motor Mounts
Pray???
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There's no way to solve your problem. You might as well just give your car away.
Saturday work for you?
Function before fashion.
'96 Contour SE
"Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998
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What kind of mods do you have? Wouldn't mind that at all.  Are you still on smaller rims and maybe cheaper, or almost bald tires?. That could probably do it. I'm hoping to be pushing the kind of #s you stated above, we'll find out when I get it dyno'd here within a couple months. Might have to do a chip.....  $$
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Mother#@%@!* did I sound abstract?
I hope it sounded more confusin than that!
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Originally posted by RogerB:
There's no way to solve your problem. You might as well just give your car away.
Saturday work for you?
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Originally posted by JonnySVT:
What kind of mods do you have? Wouldn't mind that at all. Are you still on smaller rims and maybe cheaper, or almost bald tires?. That could probably do it. I'm hoping to be pushing the kind of #s you stated above, we'll find out when I get it dyno'd here within a couple months. Might have to do a chip..... $$
I have 16's (7 inch wide) and KDWS for tires. They do have 19K on them, but plenty of tread left.
Mods in order
1. Open K&N with Heatshield
2. Optimized TB
3. Brullen Cat-Back
4. Brullen Y-Pipe
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Wow. So we pretty much have the same set-ups. Minus the heatshield and money spent on Brullen's products. I hate Brullen, for good reason though, nothing against you. I'm very curious to see how I fare against your set up now. I do still have my stock exhaust pipes too, just different mufflers and no res. Oh well, we'll see.
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Mother#@%@!* did I sound abstract?
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Originally posted by Ed98.5SVT:
Any suggestions and what do you guys do to deal with this. I do love the extra power on the highway though...
return your car back to stock. that should help some.
Jim Hahn
1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04
3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
364 whp, 410 wtq @ 4,700 rpm
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Originally posted by JonnySVT:
Wow. So we pretty much have the same set-ups. Minus the heatshield and money spent on Brullen's products. I hate Brullen, for good reason though, nothing against you. I'm very curious to see how I fare against your set up now. I do still have my stock exhaust pipes too, just different mufflers and no res. Oh well, we'll see.
Yes, it was a struggle getting the Brullen parts. 
But, I am happy with the performance and sound.
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