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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 03:53 PM
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Lowering springs cause a loss of mph?

Ok after installing a eibach prokit on my 02 ws6 along with relocation brackets I went from trapping 87-88mph to 85-86. Could the springs be causing this or is there something else wrong with my car. Car is a 02 ws6 with lid, asp pulley, borla catback, g2 lca's, wolf relocation brackets, eibach prokit, and a shaner S2, oh car is a 6spd.

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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 06:04 PM
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Probably just the weather conditions or something stupid like a clogged air filter or dirty plugs.

Were your sixty foot times similiar? Were other people running off too? If anything, the springs will make it more difficult to hook up than before.
Old Mar 23, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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Lower = Stiffer = Less Traction, look at the 60ft's
Old Mar 23, 2003 | 06:54 PM
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you tend to get a higher ET and a lower trap speed when you get more traction. The less your traction you have = the higher trap speed.
The question is were your ET's higher. Just like tnthub asked what was your 60 ft?
Old Mar 23, 2003 | 11:42 PM
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60ft times are the same between 2.0-1.9 but the et is worse and mph is a lot lower. Both the high mph runs and low mph runs were done on nitto drag radials. The only thing different now is the fact that I have a clutch that slips occationaly but not at the track. I dont think its the weather because three of my buddies were all trapping better if not the same as what they always trap which is around 85-86 for them.
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