Wheelspin in third gear - Cupra TDI

[kriso]

I have noticed recently that when driving in the wet and being quite heavy on the accelerator, I get wheelspin in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears when the turbo kicks in. I have the ESP on but the light doesn't flash when this happens and would expect it to cut the power or something. Come to think of it I have never seen the dashboard light come on except when I manually turn the system off.

I can spin the wheels for at least a second in 3rd but ease off as I dont want to wear the tyres I'm surprised at the amount of torque but it's not re-mapped or anything. This sound normal? Or am I just driving like a lol

 

[justlivyalife]

Probably the road surface is slightly greasy where it has happened. I wouldn't worry too much about losing your tread as if the road is wet the damage will be insignificantly minimal.

 

[DIFT]

What tyres are you running? If its P-zero's then there's your problem.

I struggle to spin the wheels in 3rd in the wet now, unless I give the wheels a little tug to the left or right to help them loose grip.

How do you get on in the dry?

You may find you are giving the clutch a bit of a hard time by doing it in 3rd too... be gentle

 

[keefy]

I can spin the fronts on my 130Sport TDI in 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the wet off roundabouts. And it's standard. I get the TCS light come on, but don't have ESP. Your ESP shouldn't kick in if you are just spinning the fronts I wouldn't have thought. ESP works to stabilise the car if it senses a spin or something by controlling braking to individual wheels (I think!). But, your TCS light should come on, on the dash.

I think that is down to the Mickey Mouse tyres that are on it though. To be changed soon.

 

[kriso]

Yea they are P-Zero Neros. When I say the ESP light I mean the TCS light as it includes TCS, ABS and EBA I thought. I wouldnt expect the ESP to kick in, just the TCS part of it.

I'll take it a little easier anyway, just annoying that u cant floor it fully when pulling out of a junction onto a dual carriageway but even without doing that I can catch most things that have just passed me very quickly hehe

 

[vwpologti]

yep a tdi will spin in the wet with most tyres iv found.

 

[Mikey_H]

my car can wheelspin into 3rd in the dry and in the wet i just turn into a grandmar because its pointless trying to floor the car because i just wheelspin lol hate to think what wheelspin rash gets in his ibiza i would imagine 333bhp in a fwd car will be hard in any conditions hahaha

 

[rashcupra]

prity good traction suprisingly when im giving it some beans ive had it squeeling in 4th in the dry new tyres soon tho

 

[Ad Lav]

Mine used to spin before I had it mapped, now I have better tyres and suspension I get hardly any spin, 1st and 2nd occasionally if i'm brutal

 

[Mikey_H]

what tyres are you running mate i need to get some that don't spin my p-zero's just spin and spin, also how much torque are you running?

 

[Ad Lav]

I'm running Toyo T1-R's, best you can get, running approx 170 + 275 lb ft ish

 

[Mikey_H]

ohhh ok thats prob the problem then 314ft/lb is killer on tyres

 

[Ad Lav]

Yeah, thought that torque figure was a bit high... clutch replacement time??

 

[Mikey_H]

well apparently thats "restricted" so will be getting better clutch in next month or two then should be able to get another 15-20 ft/lb so they tell me anyway!

 

[Ad Lav]

I need to go on a RR day, last one I did I span off rollers at 145bhp & 245lb ft, torque was climbing too much

 

[rashcupra]

your suppost to tie the car down ^^^

 

[Ad Lav]

It was... two straps

 

[Mikey_H]

lol spun off the rollers i bet that was a worrying moment??

 

[rashcupra]

mine just wheelspan ON the rollers!

 

[Ad Lav]

Your telling me!

He only did the 1 run too, no cold air fan either, just lovely hot day in a small room!