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Auto+twinscrew = Traction Problems?

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Excellent info guys, Thanks a million. Very good info in here.
 

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sneaky98gt said:
Ah, I am not familiar with those. The ones my granddad has might as well be tossed in the garbage. Haha. Along with the Falkens on another one of his cars, and the Goodyears on another. I'm surprised you still had traction problems with them if they're stickier than a 555. My 555s hold up pretty darn well as long as it's 60+ outside, and as long as I don't just stab the throttle. I don't know exact power levels I was at, but I was trapping just a tick under 120 in the 1/4 last time I was at the track, which would indicate in the 400-425 area.

Your car is an '01, right? I wouldn't bother with a J-mod on those cars either (they pretty much come with it already done from the factory), but it's worthwhile on the 99-00s, and downright required on 98-downs. It made the shifts on my car MUCH better, but didn't add any harshness at all.
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I'm sure my Star Specs would have been awesome around 400-425 rwhp / tq, but I didn't get them until after my 5.3L stroker w/ TVS 2300 build (which makes quite a bit more than that).

You're right about the J-mod. I had forgotten that the earlier years were given gimped 4R70Ws from the factory. If anyone's interested, I show exactly what the J-mod entails for the '01 and up cars in my build thread: http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/flghtmstr1s-700-rwhp-build.822924/.
 

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I basically skimmed this thread and will add my .02 cents now:

Traction, what fixes this? The answer is a properly setup suspension. In my opinion UPR Pro Series suspension and a 275 pro radial from MT and you won't be able to make enough power to worry about traction problems ever again.

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84Ttop said:
Traction, what fixes this? The answer is a properly setup suspension. In my opinion UPR Pro Series suspension and a 275 pro radial from MT and you won't be able to make enough power to worry about traction problems ever again.

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Or, if your car isn't making enough power to justify that, throw a set of ET Streets on 17 x 9 wheels with a stock suspension and save that $2,000.

A stock suspension car will go WELL into the 10s with a decent tire.
 
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