Too much Wheelspin!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! my escort has too much torque to the front end. FFS is spins in 1st.....2nd and a little in 3rd. Its all gd when you are posing but not when you are in a hurry!!!! and now my front tyres are looking like slicks....litterally.

Yes those Escorts are torque monsters. I'd suggest you remove a spark plug or two to bring those massive hp/tq numbers down to a more manageable, streetable level.:icon16:

Are you serious? Please tell me you have a heavily modded escort so we don't have to flame you mercilessly

it had a new clutch about 3 weeks ago.....it has been chipped, an uprated cam, port polished pistons and all new injectors.....and new belts....all im waiting for is my induction kit to arrive and my new exhaust tonight....... appart from that its not had much else done to it at all i dont think.....but i need my new tyres or i wont get anywhere :iceslolan

This might sound kinda obvious, but ease up on the skinny pedal a little bit. Hell, my truck will smoke them in 3 gears if I want to, but tires are just too damn expensive to keep doing that. Which motor in your escort? My wife had a tracer (mercury version of the escort) with the f*rd motor in it, thing was totally nutless. I've heard the mazda motor they started using has something to it though...

Give it a break guys, Elliott is a total troll, he's not even old enough to have a licence in the UK, let alone have an Escort with enough torque to break loose on anything other than ice.

actually......i am old enough and i do have my licence.....otherwise i wouldnt be driving it and the engine in it is the 1.8si 16v zetec

leave the poor kid alone.
It's bad enough that he has to live in Milton Keynes.

Besides, pretty soon, he's going to show us nice pictures of his car and what's under the bonnet.

milton keynes is sooo crap...lol and yer i will get some pics of the engine once i cleaned it up lol which will be end of the week(ish). and the tyres aswell.....which are soooooo bald :shakehead

A 1.8si is a torque beast?

Bloody hell, what is happening to British motoring?

A 1.8si is a torque beast?

Bloody hell, what is happening to British motoring?

:iceslolan lol. Yeah I know, that was an interesting choice of words. That's still pretty torquey compared to a 3-cyl Geo Metro though.

Thurs and no pics yet. Hmmm.

and the tyres as well.....which are soooooo bald ............and now my front tyres are looking like slicks....litterally.

:rolleyes:

If he thinks auto insurance in the U.K. is bad wait 'till he gets a ticket for having bald or slick tires and then he'll have to vent some more. :lol:

In the U.K. the minimum thread depth is 1.6mm. The penalties for having illegal tyres are currently up to a £2500 fine and 3 penalty points PER TYRE!

Ouch!!!

:rolleyes:

If he thinks auto insurance in the U.K. is bad wait 'till he gets a ticket for having bald or slick tires and then he'll have to vent some more. :lol:

In the U.K. the minimum thread depth is 1.6mm. The penalties for having illegal tyres are currently up to a £2500 fine and 3 penalty points PER TYRE!

Ouch!!!

How does that funny looking "L" correlate to the U.S. $?

Any front wheel drive car will spin the tires in first gear. Was this really a serious complaint? My Beretta will spin the tires going into 2nd, and even chirp the tires going into 3rd if I drop the clutch (yeah, I got curious after reading this) it's a 100% stock 2.2l engine. There's no way that could be considered a built-up car, right?

Check the exchange rate, but I think now it corresponds to $6k a year for insurance. There's definately a problem there, unless insurance is outrageous in the UK.

How does that funny looking "L" correlate to the U.S. $?


That "funny looking "L"" is the sign for the British pound :disappoin

As to how is relates to the US$, rate right now is about $2 to £1

HA! save your money and buy a set of high performance tyres. Your car must be an absolute beast or you must have the shitty tyres. My brothers car has 197 fwkw, it spins through 1st, 2nd, 3rd and grips at the end of 3rd(sometimes) these are with low cost performance tyres. You need to learn how to throttle control mate.

There's no way that could be considered a built-up car, right?


Its far from "built up"....its just slightly modded......nothing big and no it wasnt a SERIOUS post just a little moan lol

Need to put pics on in a min.....need to work it out 1st lol...

That might be why it spins so much...because the tyres are wearing soooo low....

That "funny looking "L"" is the sign for the British pound :disappoin

That's what I thought, but I also thought they switched to the Euro, which I thought was a funny looking E. Don't give me that dissapointed emoticon :)

That's what I thought, but I also thought they switched to the Euro, which I thought was a funny looking E. Don't give me that dissapointed emoticon :)

Hey, relax. :wink:

Euro education. (http://www.rdrop.com/users/tedpet/euro.htm)

I haven't seen "emoticon" used in a long time... probably not since the dollar was valuable in Europe

Get better tires. Do you have stock wheels? Why are you accelerating that hard in an Escort? (joke)