This may sound dumb, but I can only smoke the tires in reverse

MustangLX-5.0 · Apr 15, 2010

On my 92 vert, it's an AOD with stock 2.73's in the rear. Car has Full Eibach suspension except for rear sway bar, if that makes any difference. If I have the tranny in Drive, I can't spin the tires from a stand still, unless i'm in gravel or the road is wet. But in reverse, if I stomp on it, then it roasts rubber. Is the engine lacking power, or is this normal? Or, did the Eibach kit actually improve forward traction? Traction is good .... but sometimes I just wanna smokem.... don't we all... lol it's a Mustang..

nick6690 · Apr 15, 2010

Your car is begging for some 4.10's

That will definately help you roast em.

skunk21 · Apr 15, 2010

MustangLX-5.0 said:
On my 92 vert, it's an AOD with stock 2.73's in the rear. Car has Full Eibach suspension except for rear sway bar, if that makes any difference. If I have the tranny in Drive, I can't spin the tires from a stand still, unless i'm in gravel or the road is wet. But in reverse, if I stomp on it, then it roasts rubber. Is the engine lacking power, or is this normal? Or, did the Eibach kit actually improve forward traction? Traction is good .... but sometimes I just wanna smokem.... don't we all... lol it's a Mustang..

there's your answer.

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BK_CAULEY · Apr 15, 2010

rbonella · Apr 15, 2010

your reverse gear in your aod is a short gear, much shorter than the 1st gear.
you my friend need 4:10's

NIKwoaC · Apr 15, 2010

greensvt21 said:
there's your answer.

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+1

Though, I have driven stock AOD cars that would haze them from a standing start, and some that wouldn't. Make sure your car has a fresh tune-up and everything is running right. It seems like you should at least be able to turn them over a couple times. At least a little squeaky squeaky.

MAC'n89Blckstng · Apr 15, 2010

Plus you are trying to pull weight not push it and the way the suspension works, in reverse the rear basically gets pulled up to

stykthyn · Apr 15, 2010

you installed your motor backwards

90lxcoupe · Apr 15, 2010

Flush the trans fluid and when you do a burnout put the shifter in 1st, i had an AOD mustang for a month and the only thing that car did good was burnouts, good thing about the 2.73's is that 1st gear winds out to about 50mph so you can get some good wheelspeed going. but if u try to leave it in D while doing the burnout its gonna wanna shift to second, then back to first.

1987LXragtop · Apr 15, 2010

stykthyn said:
you installed your motor backwards

I hate when that happens

tannerc91gt · Apr 15, 2010

1987GTragtop said:
I hate when that happens

its a simple mistake, i had mine in sideways for like 6 months before i even noticed it

MustangLX-5.0 · Apr 15, 2010

ass

I got a set of 3.73's waiting to go in. I chose those over the 4.10's because I didn't want it to wind out at too low a speed. Not to mention having a decent crusing speed without having the engine run so high an RPM. I know many would choose 4.10's for and auto.. but to me it seems like overkill.

Seems like I should be able to roast them with stock gears. I seen plently of stockers do burnouts with no mods. AOD trannies. Is 1st any lower than D 1st?

90lxcoupe · Apr 15, 2010

whens the last time u serviced the transmission?

MustangLX-5.0 · Apr 15, 2010

Never serviced it. Just added fluid recently. Last time the tranny was serviced was when I had it in some shop back in 2003. That was the LAST time anyone else ever laid hands on my ride. Once that shop botched my AC, I said FU and started doing EVERY thing myself. That shop can go suck my ****! Dumb fu****s. Anyway,

Back on topic. I do need to change the pan gasket. It's been leaking ever since I got it back from that shop. I was looking at putting a decent shift kit in. Is that hard?

NIKwoaC · Apr 15, 2010

I think I found the remedy to your problem:

tannerc91gt · Apr 15, 2010

Wanna know if your ride has what it takes? Throw a set of Snow....NO, MUD tires on the rear end and try smokin'em.

i thought this part of your sig was pretty ironic considering youre current problem

Tanus · Apr 15, 2010

bad move buying an auto

90lxcoupe · Apr 15, 2010

NikwoaC said:
I think I found the remedy to your problem:

Agreed.

But seriously, change the filter and fluid, that stuff is kind of important

MustangLX-5.0 · Apr 15, 2010

LOL yeah.. my ride certainly does NOT have what it takes.. to even smoke the stock tires

It was a gem when I bought it. It looked so damn nice. All that white interior. With all the stangs I seen, this one was a keeper. I know, it's an auto. Ever since I had my 88 4 banger in Michigan years ago, I thought AOD's were EVIL! Having a tranny blow up on you... Twice...and the second time it was on the freeway and the thing SPLIT in half. Tranny is the only downside but I have learned to live with it. AOD to T5 swaps are a royal pain in the ass! I love 5 spds... but hell.. swapping is way too much work. Especially the damn clutch pedal. Right now, i'll do what I can and live with the auto. If the tranny blows up, I'll swap to a 5spd.

NIKwoaC · Apr 15, 2010

Why would smoking a set of mud tires demonstrate that your ride "has what it takes" over smoking a set of street tires?

This may sound dumb, but I can only smoke the tires in reverse

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