# Drove the car in the rain today... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036 "2006-05-03T18:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/1 "2006-05-03T18:22:40Z")
first time in the rain in 1 year… and last year it only seen 3-4 rainy days… and i learned something… i have VERY little traction. 🙂 the car will spin tire easily and its kinda fun to easily drift/slide around. it surprised me at first… i dont remember it being so easy to spin tire in the rain. i guess after a year of not drivin in rain it will do that to yah. i was only doing like 3/4 throttle in second tryin to pass a truck, and the car was spinning good. 45mph downshift in second at WOT will start the car sideways. but a few hours later the sun came out and dried everything up… and made my black car look like pooop.☹ i keep my car clean and thats one reason i never drive in the rain as it makes it look like salt and pepper. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/2 "2006-05-03T18:38:25Z")
Mullet Mobile No care. ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/3 "2006-05-03T18:38:56Z")
haha my mullet mobile is prime example of mullet mobile ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/4 "2006-05-03T18:40:09Z")
you prolly have one of them super dooper 350’s ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/5 "2006-05-03T18:51:40Z")
350 \> Three Oh Poooooooo ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/6 "2006-05-03T19:16:59Z")
> [@Bravada 442](#): > > 350 \> Three Oh Poooooooo EFI \> Carb ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/7 "2006-05-03T20:10:20Z")
yep top of the line L98 350 irocz… only thing better is the TTA, and the 1LE edition factory SCCA race cars for the street. LOL i love this car. ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/8 "2006-05-03T20:33:29Z")
> [@shaggy](#): > > EFI \> Carb I can’t disagree with that. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/9 "2006-05-03T20:33:44Z")
wait wait wait. so you’re saying you gent no traction with a RWD v8 in the rain… something has to be up, cause i can swear you’re joking. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/10 "2006-05-03T20:37:02Z")
> [@Orr89rocz](#): > > yep top of the line L98 350 irocz… only thing better is the TTA, and the 1LE edition factory SCCA race cars for the street. LOL i love this car. so where exactly does that put you on the mullet factor ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/11 "2006-05-03T20:57:30Z")
shoulder length ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/12 "2006-05-03T21:01:32Z")
> [@01GPGT](#): > > shoulder length so youre saying if you went out and did doughnuts in the rain you would then have chest lenght? also if you made it to shoulder lenght you must then have the rear louvers ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/13 "2006-05-03T23:49:40Z")
> so you’re saying you gent no traction with a RWD v8 in the rain… something has to be up, cause i can swear you’re joking. haha no no no… what i mean is that the car feels absolutely on ice when it never felt like that before in the rain… but i guess its cuz i havent driven in the rain in SO long that i forgot that its like that. but i have a good memory and thats why it was dissappointing. i was actually upset that my tires werent grippin the wet road as good as what i remembered them doing. and i still have plenty of tread left. handlin is still somewhat ok in the rain tho. > so youre saying if you went out and did doughnuts in the rain you would then have chest lenght? also if you made it to shoulder lenght you must then have the rear louvers nope, no rear louvers… those things are :greddy: and no, donuts in the rain is not a mullet increase… you gotta do that badass burnout/donut in the dry…shows the true horsepower… anyone can spin in the wet ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/14 "2006-05-04T04:53:22Z")
> [@Orr89rocz](#): > > haha no no no… what i mean is that the car feels absolutely on ice when it never felt like that before in the rain… but i guess its cuz i havent driven in the rain in SO long that i forgot that its like that. but i have a good memory and thats why it was dissappointing. i was actually upset that my tires werent grippin the wet road as good as what i remembered them doing. and i still have plenty of tread left. handlin is still somewhat ok in the rain tho. > > nope, no rear louvers… those things are :greddy: and no, donuts in the rain is not a mullet increase… you gotta do that badass burnout/donut in the dry…shows the true horsepower… anyone can spin in the wet yea i forgot Tune ports had so much power 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/15 "2006-05-04T05:22:34Z")
> [@Quik](#): > > yea i forgot Tune ports had so much power 🤣 Well looking at his 1/4 mile times it looks like he has a good running car. Also the L98 has a ton of Tq…if I remember in 1989 the L98 had 240 HP and 335 tq and in 1990 they upped it to 250 hp and 350 tq. So when driving it,the tq makes them feel like pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/16 "2006-05-04T06:46:59Z")
> [@Quik](#): > > yea i forgot Tune ports had so much power 🤣 Horsepower sells cars, Torque wins races :booty: ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drove-the-car-in-the-rain-today/182036/17 "2006-05-04T07:25:17Z")
> yea i forgot Tune ports had so much power they are beasts man! lol…well not really but they are low end power monsters. first gear with the right rear end gear will hang with any F body made. its a blast. but after that 0-30mph sprint, lack of hp/topend will show itself. rated at 240-245, they dyno 220 whp so its slightly underated if you assume 15% loss from auto trans. but the torque is what makes these motors so good. so much bottom end. TPI is torque. runners are longer than my arms lol > Well looking at his 1/4 mile times it looks like he has a good running car. thanks, and actually, its one of the better running L98’s out there with the mods i have done. havent seen a whole lot of guys running 100mph traps and high 13’s with just headers/catback/airbox mod as the power mods. usually they take more bolt ons