took it for a blast today, two things ive noticed, firstly pulling away from standstill it wont pull away on just the clutch you need a touch of accelerator around 1500rpm to prevent stuttering? would of thought that big old v lump should pull away on just the clutch. Also although at 70 if you drop to 4th and accelerate it wont spin up, if you properly downshift and give it a boot full there is some slip on the rears. also accelerating through 3rd at the top it will spin the rears. it was damp/wet out. im running 265/35/18r perreli pzeros is this normal? ive not had chance to drive it much since the manual conversion, and turbo refurb.

Does it feel like there's maybe a bit of clutch slip?

No its definatly tyre slip. Its quite a heavy duty clutch.

Its been that long since I drove my zed I have forgotten what it feels like:sad:

my van was starting to be fun to accelerate in thats when I realised I needed to go for a spin lol

Have you played with the tyre pressures at all to compensate for the cold etc?

Its been that long since I drove my zed I have forgotten what it feels like:sad:

 

2 years for me driving my own zed but currently blatting round in supra tt:whistling:

Have you played with the tyre pressures at all to compensate for the cold etc?

 

In a word, no. should I?

took it for a blast today, two things ive noticed, firstly pulling away from standstill it wont pull away on just the clutch you need a touch of accelerator around 1500rpm to prevent stuttering? would of thought that big old v lump should pull away on just the clutch. Also although at 70 if you drop to 4th and accelerate it wont spin up, if you properly downshift and give it a boot full there is some slip on the rears. also accelerating through 3rd at the top it will spin the rears. it was damp/wet out. im running 265/35/18r perreli pzeros is this normal? ive not had chance to drive it much since the manual conversion, and turbo refurb.

Morning, I'm no guru like some of the guys but imo, that all depends on a lot of stuff, clutch and flywheel types, power and torque of your car and surface conditions. Any car should pull away like that if you're gentle enough, but all of mine have felt happier with some power. If you have a harsh or powerful clutch it will be more difficult to not have it chug a bit. A light flywheel will make it harder to do and perhaps even your idle speed and balance will come into play. With the whereupon yours sounds about right, my rule of thumb for damp is first second third will spin, and fourth and fifth might at higher power. I have Vietnamese pirrelos you have awesome pirrelis which will be harder to spin.

Tyre pressures, the big thing I found following a slow puncture is it became a spiny bugger if the pressures at the back weren't symmetrical, within reason a bit soft should give dry grip but a bit hard should give you better water clearance. But different side to side and mine spun up in fifth on the motorway. Hope this helps, you're probably worrying about your pride and joy it's probably fine :-)

Whereupon = wheelspin, added to dictionary :-)