# Anything fast in here? **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-fast-in-here/255701 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-fast-in-here/255701 "2010-11-22T16:21:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 816
### Author: ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro) #### Post date: [November 25, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-fast-in-here/255701/816 "2010-11-25T10:19:39Z")
> [@LSX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lsx350z/37508/9): > > shorter gearing gives better traction on what planet? smokin said his problem was traction i never said those things wouldn’t help improve 1/4 miles times. my point is smokin doesnt need all the bells and whistles of a 1/4 mile drag car to get his car to hook on the street. there are plenty of good quality street tires let alone d/r’s that can hook fairly well. i think we all know the rear end needs to be addressed shortly better tires or not. smokin has the tires but for obvious reasons isn’t going to use them until the rear end is swapped, understandable. geering will never help hookin , lolol wow man . my car has a 3.42 gear if i went any bigger id never hook like ya said . that being said i ran mickeys on my car last yr after i did another better trans and a higher stalled conv mickeys didnt do it at all . now i have e/t street bias and they help a lot esp when aired right down . . smokinsss problem is that his susp ,gearing , or tires arent for the digummss . his car is lowered , that changes it all when drag racing , as he needs softer sprung springs and stiff shocks that unload quick and his dont do that --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-fast-in-here/255701)._