<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ssssssnake:
Vic,
My car has about 950 miles, and according to the manual I'm all broken in. As long as I dont spin them off the line the car holds the ground very well..no spin at all. If I spin them off the line then I'm sure I could lay rubber as you described. I start off the line a bit slow so I know it has grip, then at about 3000 rpm I hit it and it grabs. I have yet to try to launch very hard off the line possibly causing a spin. I'm really happy I will FINALLY have my car down here in SD in about 3 weeks! It will be in storage for a bit, but I do have in and out privileges.
Mark
I just realized that temperature may have caused the tires to grip so well. It was about 100 degrees outside could that aid that much in grip?
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Hey, Mark. First of all, don't punish that fine looking machine. Keep it shiny, and far away from poles and trees as possible. The best place to practice your launches is in a big, open parking lot. Pumping up the tires to the pressure shown on the sidewall will make it easier to break loose, and you can practice sliding around without so much speed and effort. This will actually acentuate the spinning and sliding tendencies, and is a good training ground technique to become familiar with your car. But please be careful, becasue with the tires pumped up this much, you are really ice skating. Thats why I reccomend a BIG EMPTY lot.
Later, after becoming familiar with how it slides around, and you wanna launch hard, drop 'em to like 30 or so. It wont break loose as much, and you will have all that high pressure dynamic training, in case it does. If you get in too deep, push the clutch in and let go of the gas. This will help if its not too late. Stay away from curbs and poles while you are learning. They come up on you fast!
Yes, I think the temp has a lot to do with it. Hotter is stickier. Cold tires causes a lot of early ownership accidents with Vipers. Here's the scenario- New Viper owner with little experience gets in and immediately goes hunting for a showdown. (Or someone challenges him/her to a race) Mr New Viper Owner doesn't want to look like a wuss, and takes on the challenge. (His tires haven't come up to temperature yet, 'cause he just left his driveway 1 minute ago.) Hits it hard at the light and goes round and round, hits pole/tree/curb/other-car, etc, smashes his nice shiny Viper all to ****. ($25,000 average repair cost, highest repair cost car in the world, by some accounts)
Dont let that happen to you. Its all too common. Get used to launching it a little at a time, until you have enough skill to ride out the slide, in case TSHTF. Use your head. Any idiot can mash down on the gas pedal.
