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850R tire smoking 850 97

posted by  someone claiming to be Richard on  Wed Apr 18 07:47 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hello,

I own a 97 850R, so far stock, except for wheels and tires. I have heard of people being able to smoke the tires from a stop. Mine will not. Even if the tracs is off. I might get a little squeek then it just launches. It seems like there is a huge torque limit placed on the engine, as it seems to dog then as the revs go past 2500 a rush of power. The boost is full below this RPM (11 psi checked with guage). The car runs great gets good gas mileage, is maintained and will pull to 5600 RPM in top gear. The car acts like it has a limited slip diff, if I do spin the tires on a wet road, it pulls straight, like both wheels are pulling. I have not had anyone verify that both are. So I guess my ? is, will 850T's and R's usually smoke the tires, and is there a torque limit in 1st gear, if so is it just for the R version or does the t5 also have it.

Thanks

Richard





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