Can't stop powersliding! Doing any harm?

[mazeroni]

Originally Posted by dinfern22

Guys off topic question, How come my rear tires screech so much, and lose traction? Even if I add a little gas on 1st or 2nd gear the tires screech. Even turning from a deadstop causes the tires to make noise, at parking lots, stoplights? I live in Maryland, so the weather is in the high 90's. Its definitely the tires and not other parts like brakes etc.

The car only has 11,000 miles on it, and I just recently been doing some powerslides?

Has that always happened? The differential in these cars lock the wheels 50:50 under power, right? So if you are turning, the outside wheel (I think) is forced to turn slower and 'skips' and sounds like you are peeling out.

I think power sliding is great. I did it once in the rain when making a U-turn onto a 2 lane road - then never again. I maintained control, but was not expecting the car to slide as much as it did. I ended up sliding left to right to left to right between the lanes. I was so surprised that I couldn't think to ease my foot off the gas to straighten out. Once I got it straight enough I just dumped the gas and thankfully didn't spin out.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by dinfern22

Guys off topic question, How come my rear tires screech so much, and lose traction? Even if I add a little gas on 1st or 2nd gear the tires screech. Even turning from a deadstop causes the tires to make noise, at parking lots, stoplights? I live in Maryland, so the weather is in the high 90's. Its definitely the tires and not other parts like brakes etc.

The car only has 11,000 miles on it, and I just recently been doing some powerslides?

Originally Posted by allowe

This is what happens when you powerslide a lot. at a good like at your tires, you probably fried the contact surface between your tire and the road. Mine do that too


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Originally Posted by dinfern22

How is that possible, I started doing them maybe 1 or 2 months ago??? Plus I only do one powerslide a day.

Shit, I hope not! Im not trying to buy new tires

The Primacy tires were purposely chosen for their ability to break traction at relatively slow speeds.
They are not ruined, you have not "fried the contact surface", and all is fine. You would have to do a shitload of "power slides" to burn out your tires that fast.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mazeroni

Has that always happened? The differential in these cars lock the wheels 50:50 under power, right? So if you are turning, the outside wheel (I think) is forced to turn slower and 'skips' and sounds like you are peeling out.

I think power sliding is great. I did it once in the rain when making a U-turn onto a 2 lane road - then never again. I maintained control, but was not expecting the car to slide as much as it did. I ended up sliding left to right to left to right between the lanes. I was so surprised that I couldn't think to ease my foot off the gas to straighten out. Once I got it straight enough I just dumped the gas and thankfully didn't spin out.

Glad you said "ease" since lifting too quickly in that situation can cause lift over steer and instead of straightening out you make things even worse.

[driftartist]

Originally Posted by dinfern22

How do people manage to crash into things while powersliding??Do they go really fast into a turn, or does the car just keep turning and crash? I feel like with this car its super easy to control and the likelihood of it happening is very little.

Even being a beginner at powersliding I always manage to get control of the car with a quick simple counter steer.

some people are not as keiichi tsuchiya as you. some are kids who are just starting to learn and some dont have as much coordination.






i dont mean this to be a ****. just messing around lol. enjoy the car

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by driftartist

some people are not as keiichi tsuchiya as you. some are kids who are just starting to learn and some dont have as much coordination.






i dont mean this to be a ****. just messing around lol. enjoy the car

Ketchupy sushi?

That sounds horrible

[dinfern22]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The Primacy tires were purposely chosen for their ability to break traction at relatively slow speeds.
They are not ruined , you have not "fired the contact surface", and all is fine. You would have to do a shitload of "power slides" to burn out your tires that fast.

That's a relief to hear, thanks!
Is there a way to tell when the tires contact surface has burned off, or when I need new tires? Is it a visual check or from the feel of driving, how can you tell?


....Think Ill keep powersliding to a minimum, being a college student, can't afford to be buying new tires often unnecessarily.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by dinfern22

That's a relief to hear, thanks!
Is there a way to tell when the tires contact surface has burned off, or when I need new tires? Is it a visual check or from the feel of driving, how can you tell?


....Think Ill keep powersliding to a minimum, being a college student, can't afford to be buying new tires often unnecessarily.

[dinfern22]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ketchupy sushi?

That sounds horrible

Hahhaha that's how i first read it!

[allowe]

It's possible to waste tires in a single day. I know this from experience.
It won't hurt to look at your treadwear. Just go behind your rear tire (make sure handbrake is on) and see if the tread in the middle is a bit faded. Compare it to the front tires.

Also, rotate your tires for even treadwear.

Note: to waste them in a single day you'd have to be doing a lot of burnouts and drifting.

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[dinfern22]

Guys will powersliding in the rain still cause my tires to wear out? Or do they not wear out the tires contact surface because the wet road is slippery?

This way I can stick to doing them only when it rains!

[allowe]

Originally Posted by dinfern22

Guys will powersliding in the rain still cause my tires to wear out? Or do they not wear out the tires contact surface because the wet road is slippery?

Not as fast as powersliding on dry roads.

Please be careful too. It's so much fun.. until you bend a rim and a toe arm hitting a curb

That's supposed to be straight..


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[dinfern22]

Originally Posted by allowe

Not as fast as powersliding on dry roads.

Please be careful too. It's so much fun.. until you bend a rim and a toe arm hitting a curb

That's supposed to be straight..


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Jeez... Did you have to replace it yourself or did you take it to a shop?

I'm guessing this happened from adding too much throttle on a powerslide and loss control hitting a curb?

[allowe]

Too much throttle.. actually wide open throttle.

It's right under the lower control arm



I smashed a curb going way too fast on a left turn. I'm an idiot for doing so but it was fun still.

I had to replace:
Toe arm
Rim (it was bent pretty bad)
Wheel hub assembly (bearing got wrecked)
Lower control arm.

All in all it costed me about 500ish usd because I did all the work myself. I just got it inspected by a dealership to let me know what's screwed up


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by allowe

It's possible to waste tires in a single day. I know this from experience.
It won't hurt to look at your treadwear. Just go behind your rear tire (make sure handbrake is on) and see if the tread in the middle is a bit faded. Compare it to the front tires.

Also, rotate your tires for even treadwear.

Note: to waste them in a single day you'd have to be doing a lot of burnouts and drifting.

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If anybody burns through a set of tires while street driving in one day they are a menace and moron.

If you are just wearing the "middle" you don't have the right air pressure.

Don't need to compare to the front tires since that is what wear bars are for.

You did get the rotate part right though.