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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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not enough power in reverse!!

to get in my driveway, the car need to climb a deep incline first.
and I tried to back up into my driveway tonight, and i like to backup really slowly,
like 2-3mph, as the car climb backward, the engine cannot keep up with the load
and stalled!!!

to climb the hill backup, i have to :

1. backup at 10mph, so there is enough torque in the engine to keep up. but it is dangerous to backup that fast in such a narrow driveway. i risk hitting the wall of my house
2. depress the clutch half way to keep the engine from stalling, but it burn the clutch

i cannot drive forward up to driveway because the front lower lip
will hit the ground. I did it the 1st night, and it hurted to hear the lip scratch
the ground!!

what do i do???
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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move...lol

or try taking the driveway at more of an angle going forward
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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there goes ur clutch
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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raise the revs a bit more and ride the clutch a bit more, it won't stall.
But you might smell some clutch
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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angle the crap out of your car and you can go up forward
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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move to a different house...lol

take the driveway at more of an extreme angle....I had a gsx with a blitz body kit (I know, I know, it was a show car ) it was super low and I could get in or out of any driveway. the trick is to go slow and at an extreme angle
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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go at an angle one wheel at a time
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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sell your front bumper.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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learn how to modulate your clutch and engine speed so you dont burn the clutch
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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i try approach the ramp with a different angle, but i got 2 walls on both side,
just not enough room to do it.
i like the idea of moving... i need a house with a garage.....

i also used 2 pieces of wood in front of the ramp so i could go up forward without hitting the lip,
but it is such a pain... everytime i go up and down i got to run out to move those wood...

i never have any problem with my wrx. the reverse has a very low ratio.
why did they give such a high ratio on reserve on the evo?!?!?!? 40mph in reverse??
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by twlai
i try approach the ramp with a different angle, but i got 2 walls on both side,
just not enough room to do it.
i like the idea of moving... i need a house with a garage.....

i also used 2 pieces of wood in front of the ramp so i could go up forward without hitting the lip,
but it is such a pain... everytime i go up and down i got to run out to move those wood...

i never have any problem with my wrx. the reverse has a very low ratio.
why did they give such a high ratio on reserve on the evo?!?!?!? 40mph in reverse??
so you can race civics backwards and win

but yeah...I think wood is your best bet, I know it's a PITA, but it's owrth it for her
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by twlai
why did they give such a high ratio on reserve on the evo?!?!?!? 40mph in reverse??
so you can race tokyo drift style
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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just make something you can leave at the end of the driveway then you don't have to move it unless you live on a busy street or something
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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Use a ramp!!!???!!!

Edit: LOL I posted too late.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by binh
learn how to modulate your clutch and engine speed so you dont burn the clutch
yeah feather it to raise revs.
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