Is it worse for the drive train to launch on slicks with a bad motor mount? Wheel hop is caused by spinning the tires....but with slicks there will be no spinning.....but slicks are harder on the drivetrain. Any thoughts? I am going to replae the mount anyhow but don't know if it's important to do it before I go to the track in the spring.

 

I don't have slicks (yet), but I would think you'd just destroy what's left of the mount faster.

 

A broken mount teamed with slicks will possibly break more mounts because the engine will torque much more violently in it's mounts because of the immense traction of the slicks. The driveline shock is much more violent with slicks even though you can't feel much because of the springy sidewalls of the slicks. This is why I refuse to run slicks on my car. The shock load has to go somewhere and that somewhere is your tranny.


Dave

 

Eh, trannies or over-rated anyways.

 

hahaha...

 

So fix any busted mounts before droping the clutch at 5K on slicks.....sounds like the safest way to go.

 

The safest way to go on slicks is not to dump the clutch right off the bat. I honestly don't know how Neal's car can take that kind of abuse. Just slipping the clutch a little to take some of that initial shock would really help your reliability.


Dave

 

I have not had any worries about busting anything, but that is becasue I have seen Neal run so many times on slicks w/o a problem......but he does have a freak Maxima so I may not be as lucky. I guess I might try going easy on the first few passes and see what kinda 60' I get. I am looking for 1.9's at least.

 

I think I may have a bad motor mount, and have thought so for a long time. I haven't looked at it, but I do get some pretty harsh clunking sometimes when going from forward to reverse or reverse to forward.

I'm told, though I haven't seen it on video myself, that I still spin the slicks off the line when I launch, for maybe 10 feet or so. This would absorb some of the driveline shock if I am indeed spinning some.

 

YOu do spin your slicks for a split second.....I think it's because you don't do much of a burnout

 

In a few weeks I'll have some used mounts available for filling if anybody wants

 

Are they in good condtion...I may want them just for replacements even if I don't fill them. How much you want??

 

are you getting PR mounts?