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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 08:29 AM
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drag tires check engine light

hate switching tires so im driving with hoosiers to the track any fuse to yank so i do not have to keep clearing codes it keeps going into fail safe mode even with dyno mode on.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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What is the rolling circumference of those slicks? Check it vs. your fronts to see what difference there is.

More than about 2% variation from front-to-rear will cause issues. skratch77 went through a bunch of weird issues related to drag tires and fault codes.

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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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man I had that same freaking problem,is your car an 05?

does it hate doing burn outs and will it NOT shift at redline in M mode and bounce off the rev limiter?

it goes into a funky limp mode and will throw wrong ratio codes etc.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by GregMB
What is the rolling circumference of those slicks? Check it vs. your fronts to see what difference there is.

More than about 2% variation from front-to-rear will cause issues. skratch77 went through a bunch of weird issues related to drag tires and fault codes.

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I just did a run with 265/40ZR18 Mickey Thompsons and had no such issues. Checked diameter it's 25.7 up front and 26.5 in the rear so a difference of .8" which would be 3.11% difference
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 01:13 PM
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I just did a run with 265/40ZR18 Mickey Thompsons and had no such issues. Checked diameter it's 25.7 up front and 26.5 in the rear so a difference of .8" which would be 3.11% difference
you have an 03 and you can do a burn out for a week in that car.It has the most laidback traction control system of all the 55s.

Ill give you 20 bucks if you can get my car to do a burn out while not being in dyno mode lol
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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you have an 03 and you can do a burn out for a week in that car.It has the most laidback traction control system of all the 55s.

Ill give you 20 bucks if you can get my car to do a burn out while not being in dyno mode lol
Good to know!! Finally I hear something good about owning an 03, lol!! Most times it always things that were bad and had to fixed. BTW I have had none of the common issues with 03's and I love my car!
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Yup some of the 05-06s are very sensitive to variations in wheel height. Like Greg said good to stay within 2% difference.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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I cant burnout unless in dyno mode, and also get a cel for tire circumference variations.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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i just kept clearning the code good thing i drove to the track otherwise i would never have brought my lap top. thanks chawkins
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