Kinda a newb q but didnt know exactly the answer. What causes your car to stall after spining out? Is it simply fuel starvation from the gas being sloshed around. Or is the motor sensing that you were going in a foward motion and all of a sudden your going backwards. or neither..?
I think it is the fuel sloshing effect. (could be many things though) Are you settleing an argument? Your buddy thinks its a sensor... somthing like this?
Fuel sloshes around when hard driving as is, and the car doesn't stall. I'd say being in gear and trying to spin the motor backwards.
yeah Car moving while doing a spin or multiple spins (spining out) with the clutch out. Yeah trying to settle a discussion if you will.. HAhaha
From a technical stand point, the engine only turns one way (reverse is a function in the gearbox; the engine still spins the same way it always does). If the car is in a forward gear, and you spin it around backwards, the wheels are going to try very hard to turn the engine the wrong way. The engine does not like this, and will respond by stalling, which is the automotive equivalent of a sulk. This is why, when you spin the car, you put the clutch in, or floor it to break the drive wheels loose and keep them spinning the way they should be going. This assumes you have enough power to spin the wheels. I spun the RS a few times at AutoX events, and never ever had it stall because I always pushed the clutch in as soon as I realised my heroics with the steering wheel weren't going to amount to much. Once the car comes to rest, select the appropriate gear, and set off again. You can also select the gear ahead of time, and once the car is pointed more or less where you want to go, you can try setting off then. When I tried that, it worked amazingly well, but your results may vary. Stuart.
A snowmobile with electronic reverse spins the motor backwards kinda neat but unrelated. The crank is turning in ratio to the wheels so they stop the motor stops, unless you have the clutch pushed in.
This happened to me once. I was too busy ****ting my pants to remember if I pushed the clutch in or not. I probably didn't. Took a few seconds to start again.
Practice going sideways in the winter. Easier on your tires same principals apply as on tar. I found that with the even front back power distribution of the wrx its pretty hard to go around without trying as long as you stay on the gas which sometimes takes some balls to stay in it but hasn't failed me yet. Also good snow drifting tip is to use your low end torque its easier to control the slide than when you have the rpms up.
