How Hard Is 298 Rwkw To Handle

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[LU82]

just building a sleeper ute . doing a engine swap from 3v v8 to turbo 6 .out of a wreck 330 plus rwkw sedan .and I am a bit scared that I will not get traction at all .I am restricted to 215 60 16 c tyres its a one tone ba xt falcon ute .I can only use light truck tyres by law .was trying to get a mod plate to fit 17 inch but it can not be done .bugger .at the track I will use et street tyres .ute has a 3.7 truetrack diff which is absolute great fun . has a fully rebuild btr with au parts . the thing that may help is I got a electronic e street boost controller so I might run a low boost for the street .

Just run whatever wheel and tyre combo you want . I just run normal sedan tyres on my bf 1 tonne ute and never had any problems , the heaviest thing I put in the back is a road bike . I don't think the police would bother checking what the load rating is of your tyres as long as you keep your wheel choice sensible Edited 24/04/14 09:04 AM by LU82

[genuine honest person]

lucky I know how to drive ,and handle a car ,its called throttle control.used to race on road and of road (of road only when I lost control from the road and ended up on the grass ).I will only have a race tune on the track .I am not jung(but stupid) and do not have to show of everywhere I go (been there done that ) but on the track I can run the mickey Thompson et streets and that's were I will use all the killer wasps I got under the bonnet . street racing is not my thing anyway ,I love my license to much . the v8 that was in it had about 200 rwkw ,and it was not even scary in the wet .about twenty years ago I got some cold retreads done for my Late model camira that ran 12 second passes at willowbank (slick tyres ) soft compound .I used brand new tyres and they turned them down to fit the retreads onto them . there were a few people using them .there was never any problems with them .was thinking of getting some semi slicks made out of one tonne rated casings .if they are done correctly they are great tyres . we are all restricted to 110 kph so retreads are not a problem only if you buy budget ones and do not use new casings .the best thing is I can chose the compound that suits me best ,soft, medium ,hard .so I might have to look into finding a tyre shop that does that sort of work (ps I only travel about 8000 klm a year ) its only a toy ,to have fun in .I love skid cops ,traction is for people that are straight and boring . I know this is just going to be insane to drive ,going to sh*t my pants that's for sure . but at least I know how a 1000 hp cars feel like to drive with only 1/4 of the hp . there is also a easy way to add traction ,add sand bags till it feels good .its a ute .but the reality is yes it was stupid to do it to a one tonne ute with a live axel ,what was I thinking of at the time just can not help my self .thought I would have grown up at age 44, but no still walking around in dippers (may have to keep a box in the ute for passengers ,and my self ) who wants to be the first passenger ?

[discostig]

The turbo will be demonic in the wet, even at the same peak 200rwkw as the V8 that used to be in there. Depends on the tune of course but they just aren't linear power delivery unlike NA motors.

Still I say try out some 215 width just for a laugh!

[VippiN]

Hi mate I can probably answer this well for you. I've come from near 10 years of owning 200kw AWD cars that I used to compete in motorsport and recently bought a 300kw BF ute.

In a nutshell it is stupidly different. You can't just plant the foot and point it where you want to go. TC does nothing foot to the floor and the bum will just slide out spinning. Even going 60km an hour, if you foot to the floor it will slide out again. It's pretty silly. If you go around a corner with any acceleration guess what? Bum slide. That's pretty much what I've found the falcon ute to be. A bum slide machine. This is on KU31's so will be interesting to see how it goes with better rubber. For spirited driving that involve a lot of corners forget about keeping up with your AWD mates. They really are boats compared. Even in a straight line a 200kw WRX will be gone if they launch it. Just not enough traction available in the ute.

^This is on standard shocks with lowered springs with rear 275/30/19 rears.

On the upside it's very comfy and lazy. It's a good daily driver. It's not a true performance car like my WRX STI was. Sorry if I offend everyone here, just my 2c.

Edited 24/04/14 12:47 PM by VippiN

[discostig]

They are family car/taxis with an LSD and snail on them after all. Maybe Brembos if you are lucky!

[genuine honest person]

I have all new suspension rear leafs the lot and nolothane bushes the thing is like a go cart . there is hardly any body roll now at all.where you point it that's were it goes ,very easy to control in a skid .maybe not when I finely have the turbo engine in there .it also has camber and caster kits .so I will use as much caster as I can to dial out some of the steering input (more like a drag car with skinny tyres ) that makes it easier to catch a car that is side ways . there are lots of little things that can help .rear sway bars . etc . standard suspension feels just like a sponge compared to my set up .going to also get some traction rods (so I can dial in more traction by altering the angle of the diff ). but the down fall will always be the 215 wide tyres . but if I can get it all dialled in to stay straight while it is doing a skid ,then there is no problem .

[VippiN]

In the WRX STI I had Tein coils that were corner weighted, front and rear whiteline swaybars & strut brace, anti lift kit, all new bushing and endlinks on AD08s and I still wouldn't say it handled like a go-kart. Drive a Formula Ford and then you might say it handles like a go kart..

[sct911]

recently bought a 300kw BF ute.

Even going 60km an hour, if you foot to the floor it will slide out again.

^This is on standard shocks with lowered springs with rear 275/30/19 rears.

who tuned your car? are you serious about stepping out at 60kmh? I have around 350kw and cant even spin my 245 wide tyres at 40km/h

anyone else on the forum find it relatively easy to spin tyres with 300kw?

Edited 24/04/14 04:04 PM by sct911

[.Stripes.]

^^ I'm with him...that doesn't seem right. In the wet, yeah I could see that...but in the dry...what kind of cheap Chinese wizardry are you using to transfer your power to the road???