For christmas i found out the 3sgte is officially a beast!, tangled @$$ with an sti Options

[easternpiro1]

hello kiddies, hope you had a merry christmas I went to fayetteville nc for the weekend and met a couple of guys out there at the local saturday nite spot. we decide to roll out to the strip (dont assume this was on the street) and one of the guys in a gti keeps egging me to take on the sti, i do it, and to my surprise, from 30mph im DEAD EVEN with him, with his boost to 17psi... he pulled on me after a while (6th gear?) i knew my car was quick but its kinda like that big kid in elementary school that dosent realize he's so strong

being that charlotte is a haven for those stining honda hatches, i never had any legit competition
where should i go from here?

1. leave the engine/turbo alone look for more ways to put available power to the ground

2. work suspension (already thinking about doing this anyway)

3. mess with the motor some more?

any suggestions?

[playr158]

traction wise running a 16" wheel will be better then a 17" for the fact that the more sidewall u have the better off you will be. especially on a launch...

when u launch you need to produce a "wrinkle" where the rim will start to move but the tire:road contact surface does not...this creates a small wrinkle in the tire helping traction....ie "some give" also the effect on adjusting tire pressure will increase as well

where as on a 17" or 18" rim traction will be significantly WORSE because of a smaller and stiffer sidewall. there will be no wrinkle effect and that rotational energy will just transfer straight to the road:tire contact patch and lose traction.....

if u want traction use the smallest wheel possible...with the best DOT approved DR......(if u started with an ST that will be a 14" rim)
BUT if you want to still look good or so run at GT 15 or an aftermarket 16" but for straight line traction significant drag racing u don't want to go into bigger wheels