I have a 87 coupe. I cannot get it to chirp second gear. It is stock with 3.27 gears and a Centerforce dual friction clutch that is a year old. My buddy thinks I may need a new clutch cable. Could a 21 year old clutch cable be the reason why I can't chirp second?

 

lol... Shift faster, or your clutch is slipping

 

OR, your car doesnt have **** for power, and your low *** gears arent helping any

 

power or lack there of seems to be the prob, 3.27's are not all that, 3.73's will help out in the chirp dept

 

I have a new centerforce clutch but I still have the OE whooped stock clutch cable and there is tons of slack in it. So I just ordered a new adjustable cable from summit.

 

not gonna help...

btw, you know you have an adjustable quadrant... right

 

Kinda of new to this...So the clutch cable won't help? There is tons of slack in it. Also I didn't know about the adjustable quadrant.

 

your ordering parts so your tires chirp into second gear? haha

 

Thanks.

 

New OEM cable, stock quadrant(which is adjustable if you know how), ford HD clutch, and 3.08 gears... I could chirp it every time I wanted to.

There are a couple things that could be affecting your ability chirp em.

1) You have tires with a decent bit of traction and the amount of power your stock 5.0L is putting out can't chirp the tires. Chirpin' em is basically traction loss...
2) You are not shifting fast enough, period.
3) Maybe your 5.0 is old and worn, and not producing enough power to chirp it.
4) Your clutch is slipping.