Wheelspin?

[luke_clifton]

Hi, has anyone on here experianced 4wd wheelspin before? Just asking as the other night i did my first ever 5k launch and the wheels spun for a second or so. I thought it was clutch slipping, but the person i'd just dropped off, said all 4 wheels were spinning.

[emmo]

  gurnars said:

Hi, has anyone on here experianced 4wd wheelspin before? Just asking as the other night i did my first ever 5k launch and the wheels spun for a second or so. I thought it was clutch slipping, but the person i'd just dropped off, said all 4 wheels were spinning.

I really wouldn't recommend doing that too often. Launching like that will only eat your transmission and spit it out in little bits after a while. I have had wheel spin in my car in 3rd gear before, but admittedly it was a wet road and I had the loud pedal down to the bulkhead. I know it was slipping because the car was skewing sideways at the time and I had to get off the gas to regain control!!

[luke_clifton]

Yeh i know how bad it is, and my first time in 4 years of ownership isn't bad. Tbh i don't intend on doing that for the next 4 years lol. Although it was very fun.

[Nudge]

i seen sped light up all 4 from the dartford tunnel booth last year, left about 50ft of rubber, i was impressed.

[yogi-]

  Nudge said:

i seen sped light up all 4 from the dartford tunnel booth last year, left about 50ft of rubber, i was impressed.

Then you entered the tunnel and your gearbox went

[granby]

Yep i've got wheelspin at Santa Pod & leaving Dartford tolls , as said not very transmission friendly but great fun anyway

[col_2]

yep ive had four wheel spin too, at santa pod, left alot of smoke

[Scooby Hoo?]

  Granby said:

Yep i've got wheelspin at Santa Pod & leaving Dartford tolls , as said not very transmission friendly but great fun anyway

I would be loathed to do it in the Scooby, but have done it more than once in the kit car (Brian Miles gearbox built for stress). It will spin in 2nd and 3th if pushed hard. New clutch and box rebuild in the kit car is only a few hundred a lot cheaper than doing it on the Scooby. Mind you the kit car only weighs 620Kgs so I suppose that it should be able to spin a bit. So let me see 185 bhp at wheels at 620kgs equates to 185 divided by 620 = 0.2983 multiplied by 1000 = 298 bhp per ton at the wheels not flywheel, not so bad.

[yogi-]

  Scooby Hoo? said:

I would be loathed to do it in the Scooby, but have done it more than once in the kit car (Brian Miles gearbox built for stress). It will spin in 2nd and 3th if pushed hard. New clutch and box rebuild in the kit car is only a few hundred a lot cheaper than doing it on the Scooby. Mind you the kit car only weighs 620Kgs so I suppose that it should be able to spin a bit. So let me see 185 bhp at wheels at 620kgs equates to 185 divided by 620 = 0.2983 multiplied by 1000 = 298 bhp per ton at the wheels not flywheel, not so bad.

do you have a picture of that car Hugh ?

[granby]

  Scooby Hoo? said:

I would be loathed to do it in the Scooby, but have done it more than once in the kit car (Brian Miles gearbox built for stress). It will spin in 2nd and 3th if pushed hard. New clutch and box rebuild in the kit car is only a few hundred a lot cheaper than doing it on the Scooby. Mind you the kit car only weighs 620Kgs so I suppose that it should be able to spin a bit. So let me see 185 bhp at wheels at 620kgs equates to 185 divided by 620 = 0.2983 multiplied by 1000 = 298 bhp per ton at the wheels not flywheel, not so bad.

Scoobys are OK as long as you have the 6 speed box as it's as tough as old nails, the 5 speed box is a bit different, some of them are OK yet others blow straight away

[prodrive tony]

  Granby said:

Scoobys are OK as long as you have the 6 speed box as it's as tough as old nails, the 5 speed box is a bit different, some of them are OK yet others blow straight away

Or like me you spin a bearing and get collared for £2500!!! Never tried since.

[Scooby Hoo?]

  yogi- said:

do you have a picture of that car Hugh ?

I do Yogi but have no idea how to post it up.

[granby]

  Scooby Hoo? said:

I do Yogi but have no idea how to post it up.

Go to www.photobucket.com and create a account (it's free)

[Scooby Hoo?]

  Granby said:

Go to www.photobucket.com and create a account (it's free)

They are really pictures not digital, but will bring some along on Sunday just for you YOGI.

[leebo77]

This is it....

.....kind of

[granby]

That be a better picture without the dodgy black car in it

[leebo77]

  Granby said:

That be a better picture without the dodgy black car in it

miiiaaaaooowwww!

[Nudge]

  yogi- said:

Then you entered the tunnel and your gearbox went

cheers for that Ian, i'd only had her for a couple of months as well

still me and loonybin had a moment of madness from a set of lights when we both lit up, (he beat me though ) wouldn't do to often in the dry, clutch stunk for a while afterwards, have lit up all four under boost in the wet, now that is scary....

[Scooby Hoo?]

JUST FOR YOU YOGI

My son's have managed to post these pictures off the camera. It's all rocket science to me. I built the car over 9 years. The latest mod was this year when I fitted 5 inch carbon fibre headlights and new front grill, just after these pictures were taken.

Edited December 5, 2007 by Scooby Hoo?

[leebo77]

Bootfull!!!

Sorry - bootiful

[yogi-]

Great looking car, i bet its loads of fun to drive

[iainc]

Caterham looks cool.

As to wheelspin, I've only ever done it once, few months after I got the first scoob. Had been used to Pug GTi's before so was used to cars that rev'd quite freely.

What I hadn't worked out (first turbo'd car), was that when you buzzed the engine the revs didn't drop back down as quick as they did on the Pug, so as I sat at a junction buzzing the engine I hadn't really noticed that the revs were now sitting at ~4500rpm or so, when I saw a gap and went for it I spun all the wheels (was turning tight to the right as well), which threw me sideways onto the dual carrigeway, luckily I managed to catch it, lift slightly to let the wheels get grip and go for it. Gave me a HUGE smile and I wanted to go back to the junction to try it again

[dazzlers82]

nice looking car

an not even gonna try 4 wheel spin until i can afford a new g/box

[darryl_martin]

Nice looking car that.

Have had wheelspin myself, accelerating hard in 2nd the into 3rd in the wet, wasn't a pleasant experience (just glad it was a wide road with nothing else on it lol!). Tyres have now been changed!!!!