Does your Performance Model Get Squirrely in Rear end under Hard Acceleration ?

[zeroptzero]

I was driving home tonight, dry road conditions, temps are getting cooler at night. The rear end got squirrely on me under acceleration, in 3rd gear (Sport Auto). The road was beside a recycling plant so it may have been more greasy than typical roads in the area. I have a Sport model so it has no LSD. Traction control kicked in and tried to catch the back end.

If you have a Performance model does it get squirrely on you under hard acceleration lower gears ? even with the LSD ?

 

[ZillaZ]

My 24' Perf auto was very squirrely if I did any kind of hard acceleration coming out of a corner. Rarely would it spin going straight even if I would jam on it from a roll.

Ditched the summer potenzas and got Michelin all seasons and I have only chirped the tires a few times since. No spins.

 

[KrackaC8]

The LSD helps, but... The stock tires are terrible.

 

[zeroptzero]

My 24' Perf auto was very squirrely if I did any kind of hard acceleration coming out of a corner. Rarely would it spin going straight even if I would jam on it from a roll.

Ditched the summer potenzas and got Michelin all seasons and I have only chirped the tires a few times since. No spins.

Thanks for that info, mine has done it a couple times going straight, it wasn't out of control but you could feel it shifting in the back. Not having an LSD is part of it I think. I need to get one added.

 

[zeroptzero]

The LSD helps, but... The stock tires are terrible.

Mine has Yokohama AVID tires, not great for traction ?

 

[KrackaC8]

Mine has Yokohama AVID tires, not great for traction ?

Probably better than the OEM Bridgestones. You're likely at the limit of 1-wheel traction though.

 

[zeroptzero]

Probably better than the OEM Bridgestones. You're likely at the limit of 1-wheel traction though.

Yeah I'm starting to think that too.

 

[Leroy819]

My 24' Perf auto was very squirrely if I did any kind of hard acceleration coming out of a corner. Rarely would it spin going straight even if I would jam on it from a roll.

Ditched the summer potenzas and got Michelin all seasons and I have only chirped the tires a few times since. No spins.

I've learned to be delicate in the rain/wet. Going around a slow corner in second can put you sideways if you try to accelerate a little bit. My winter tires will slip in 1st if it's raining and I'm pulling to quickly without feathering the clutch/gas.
It's a powerful car with bad traction (tire issue mostly) but it's a hell of a lot of fun. And for the record, stomping it in 3rd gear on the highway on a dry day will also wiggle the back.

 

[5amp5on]

Pre TruControl it was fun squirly.

Post TruControl map 4 and higher it’s hang on and stay calm squirly.

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

My Sport gets loose also. Its the cheap tires that has minimal to no traction. I've learned to control it.

Going to install the performance trim LSD and bigger tires to help with traction.

 

[zeroptzero]

I've learned to be delicate in the rain/wet. Going around a slow corner in second can put you sideways if you try to accelerate a little bit. My winter tires will slip in 1st if it's raining and I'm pulling to quickly without feathering the clutch/gas.
It's a powerful car with bad traction (tire issue mostly) but it's a hell of a lot of fun. And for the record, stomping it in 3rd gear on the highway on a dry day will also wiggle the back.

Yes I can get the back to wiggle in 3rd gear on dry pavement, that was mostly the reason I posted. I know not to push it too hard in lower gears or slippery conditions. I don't drive mine in the rain and it won't see snow.

 

[eabrick]

Second day I had mine I turned left at a light, shifted to second, and it tried to get rowdy. Lesson learned! Now that I know what to expect, I like when it tries to kick out under acceleration. Wakes a passenger right up, that's for sure.

 

[zeroptzero]

Traction control came on last night with VSC, very noticeably

 

[Kbl911]

I run Conti ExtremeContact Sport 02s on my Proto and I can break them loose (driving straight) during an aggressive 1-2 shift, still. And that's with 285s in the back. It really depends on how you drive, even with the LSD. But on the stock tires, you could spin those going into 3rd, easily; it was like the road was buttered

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

I run Conti ExtremeContact Sport 02s

Im looking at the same tires. Thoughts and feedback would be good to hear
Do you drive in the rain or wet roads?