tattoojunkie

just put in a 98 z28 rear in my 99 v6 with 3.42's and my car cant spin the tires wtf i figured with my cai and performance chip it would have enough power shouldnt i be at like 220hp now with the chip and cai i would think that would be enough to get some smoke rolling off these tires

6SpdLT1Z

The goal isn't to spin your tires.

Get some more power, worse tires, or hold the brakes and you'll be able to spin 'em.

tattoojunkie

hahahaha i was holding the breaks damn thing just doesnt have enough power i guess.but i do have a exhaust leak(might be loosing more than i thought from it)
i just wanted to see if it could break them loose.. no such luck

Procharged94Lt1

Doubt you gained 20hp from a CAI and a performance 'chip'...and that power is up above 5000rpms anyway..which I doubt you turning trying to spin the tires. HP isn't going to give you a burnout- Torque will.

I have yet to see a basically stock V6 have smoke rolling off the tires...get your V8 power and then you will have it.

tattoojunkie

yeh thats what i figured !!! still disappointing tho v8 has to wait till next year hoping i can find a nice wrecked z28 with mods come the first of the year to swap over to my convertable everybody tells me i am better off getting a z28 but i like my cheap car insurance only $12 bucks a month with my v6 vin and personally to me its like my insurance will be chipping in to build this car that way compared to$75 to 100 a month i was paying on my 96 mustang gt last year

Injuneer

What performance "chip" do you have? The chip in your PCM is not replaceable. The PCM requires "flash" tuning. Hopefully you didn't buy one of those phony resistor "chips" that splice into the IAT or TPS sensor.

tattoojunkie

i didnt buy it it was on the car when i got it it sits right on top of the maff sencor why should i get rid of it???

Injuneer

See what it's wired to. But it doesn't sound good.

What gears did you have in your V6 rear axle?

tattoojunkie

3.08's and chip looks to be wired to my t/b with 2 quick attach clips

Procharged94Lt1

3.08's are a decent highway gear...if your goal is to make tons of tire smoke with a V6 def not the ratio to use.

Injuneer

By going from the 3.08 gears to the 3.42 gears, you increased torque at the rear wheels on launch by about 11%. But now, with the posi, you have to break both wheels loose. Where before you had your engine's entire rear wheel torque breaking loose a single tire, now with the posi you have 111% of the torque trying to break loose BOTH tires, or 55% to each tire. Not likely you're going to see a big burnout.

Ditch the chip.... it's not doing anything for you if it's wired into the TPS sensor.

tattoojunkie

yeh thats what i figured as well motor just does not have enough *** to spin both hell i cant even get em to break loose a lil bit lol . but i definetly need to give this car a good tune up and get this exhaust leak fixed those might be part of the problem as well hell the chip might be part as well 2 now that ya bring it up..just curious if i went up 11% my speedo is showing me doing 50 when i am going really going 56 right? and at a 100 ill really be going 111 (not that ill be doing 100) just trying to get a idea how fast i am really going

Injuneer

It's the other way around. When you are going a true 100MPH, your speedo will read 111MPH.

Another thing to keep in mind..... every time you drive 1,000 actual miles, the odometer will add 1,104 miles.

tattoojunkie

cool might keep me from getting a ticket guess there isnt any point in getting a toon for it since i want to drop a ls1 in it next year then hope i can find a decent car to get for the transplant