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Old 09-18-2009, 09:03 AM
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Default well...we're getting into no-traction weather!

After 4 months of ALMOST being able to meaningfully use 2nd gear, it was 56 degrees out last night and it seems that the season is upon us once again in the northeast.

Last night was the first night where any semblance of aggressiveness was met with instantaneous and wheelhop-free sideways antics in the first 3 gears before the boost gauge can register more than 2-3 PSI....


This car turns me into a child sometimes.....
Old 09-18-2009, 09:24 AM
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I'm just a touch away from you in CT and I found the same thing last night. If you pushed the car much in low gears it got loose quick. The one good thing about the colder weather I guess is that the car can now go in the garage soon for upgrades without feeling like we are mising out on good driving
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Ahh, The double edged sword of Racing in the North East. Cold, dense record friendly Autumn air yet much limited traction for all that new found H.P.
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Default Cooler temps-

39 here early morning yesterday- burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I drive mine like an old man anyway- that is what my wife says anyway- hurts my feelings-

I have never had it over 70--------------------------in first gear-
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I like the cooler weather, I just hope it stays in the 80s for the Texas Mile I will be running in my boost car
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Send some of your cool weather my way. As the hot Arizona summer slowly fades I look forward to the cooler weather when our best driving season really begins.
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I know, I'll be redeploying in Nov and with a new motorcycle waiting for me; it sucks.
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Ahh, The double edged sword of Racing in the North East. Cold, dense record friendly Autumn air yet much limited traction for all that new found H.P.

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