Re: chirping in 2nd...

[Brandon Sommerville <brandon@caseware.com>]

>Just my opinion...something that's always bugged me is when 
>some people judge their car's power on how well it can spin or chirp
>tires.  I think any driver can who shift halfway decent can chirp 
>second gear on any car(8V, too!  :-) ).  The Chevette I had (no, not
>proud of that :-) ) would chirp tires in 2nd!  Any car will chirp 2nd 
>gear if you try hard enough.

Nailing the gas at low rpms will only chirp if you have a torquey engine.
8v engines are rumoured to be more torquey at the bottom end.  My 16v won't.
It isn't a good measure of overall power or acceleration, but it is a good
measure of low end grunt.

>-Mike
>89 Scala

Brandon Sommerville

"Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes." 

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