didn't know you had a taco! I love those trucks!

 

I honestly have more fun with the Taco then I do the CLS. I have not been to the track with the Tacoma but dynolicous for the I-phone says it does 14.13. You can take that for whats its worth. I personnaly don't think it is quite that fast. But for tossing a vehicle around its a blast.

Before I had the KDW's (not KDW2's) I could smoke the tires into second gear, now its just about a 2 second spin/chirp before they grab. I've got 225/50/16's.

Unfortunatly they closed the only 1/4 mile track in the Memphis area. They were talking about Comp Cams buying it a re opening it! They are local. From what some of the locals are saying you can go to Comp Cams factory here in Memphis and they will custom grind you any cam you want. Have yet to find out for sure. Maybe I'll call them tomorrow. I think some cams would set the 5VZ-FE up just right. Oh and the J32A2 of course. I would really like to take the J32A2 out of the CLS and stick it in the Tacoma! (It won't ever happen) It would be wicked fast. It only weighs 2900LBS!

 

What year of a tacoma?

 

at a j32 in a taco! I say some good cams with more lift/ duration should do you well

 

You have XS headers right? No need to mod the J-pipe, its 2.5".

 

Yes sir !

 

this is why i was looking at this section of pipe off the RL it has some kinda of vavle in it back pressure at lower rpms and hi flow at higher...just after cat ... so i figured it would resolve the low end loss from a hi flow cat...only 150$

 

you mean a cut-out valve???

 

I doubt a Acura RL would have a exhaust bypass valve (or dump). Like what I think you (Friesm2000) are thinking about. You are thinking of an exhaust dump right?

There are exhausts that have valves just like a throttle body. (so to speak) It just adds a little back pressure, then opens all the way up for a free flowing exhaust. First time I saw it was on a Yamaha FZ1 sport bike 1000cc. Just think of a factory exhaust with a butterfly in it to adjust back pressure. Does not bypass anything, it still routes through the factory exhaust.

 

oh you mean like on the newer corvettes with the bypass in the mufflers

 

Yes (kinda) but the ones he is talking about are just after the Cat. There is no re- routing of gasses, still goes through the entire system. It would not make an audible difference. Well nothing like the Corvette, where as the corvette does it to bypass the mufflers.

For some reason I just thought of "Bannana in the tailpipe". Made me laugh, I have not watched that movie in like 10 years!

 

My bike has that same valve. I know this probably wont translate the same to our cars, but on my bike it has been dyno proven that you lose power with the valve in.

 

i think it would work out great for someone wanting a hi flow cat and larger pipe ... to maintain lower rpm back pressure

 

Hey TypeR where in Port Richey are you? Im in Holiday. Those are impressive numbers, I would like to see your car sometime.

 

whats up peeps ive got a couple questions
what kind of headers and intake do you guys think are the best
i know bout comptech, xs and i read up on something bout the p2r for the headers?

 

oh yah im pretty new to this and im getting cls for my first car
ive been looking and i think i want the 2003 cls 6 speed? grey black or red ether one is cool

 

DAMN, AFTER READING THESE TIMES, I AM HESITANT TO RUN MINE AT THE DESOTO TRACK HERE IN BRADENTON FLORIDA.
I thought for sure that people with bolt ons would be easily in the 13's, especially with headers, guess not though

 

it's hard when you are lugging around so much weight in stock form (3500+ lbs)

 

And FWD.

 

With good tires and engine mounts and most of the bolt ones you should be able to hit high 13's. No spare tire and 1/4 of gas tank will help too. Good launch is must. I did my launch at 2500-2800rpms and best time I ran was 14.1 and that's with terrible engine mounts.
I'm getting new mounts pretty soon so I will prove that this car is able to hit ~13.8 that's my guesstimate

 

btw ur sig says satin silver met...ur pic shows san marino red...and ull need to loose those wheels to get anywhere close to 13.9

 

I'm confident I will hit a high 13 with just bolt-ons. I think the majority of CL owners don't know how to launch these cars because all I see in youtube videos is just constant wheelspin

 

and you are the only one that knows that :imwithginger:

 

i like the smiley bit (if there was one ) LMFAO

 

It does take some getting used to launching the car perfectly. Ive been able to get a few good launches but I cant get much consistency out of it.

 

I have a secret technique that is a hybrid of Streetka's method and mine

 

hopefully quality mounts will take care of that

 

Im hoping. I cant keep going through mounts at my current rate. That shit gets expensive.

 

 

Actually I remember when we were leaving dave&busters(sp? we don't have it in NJ) parking lot you punched really good I'm sure if I tried I wouldn't be able to keep up with my current mounts. It looked more like rwd launch that fwd. That was pretty sick. I couldn't keep up for first because of my "balast" if u know what I mean.

 

Jacob if you go down below 2 seconds or even do 2 second launch on first 60' on the street tires I will respect you. IIRC my best 60' was 2.14

 

do share this secret launching technique.

 

thats impresive. i couldnt get under a 2.3 except for the run i did a 2.1 and broke an axle on the 1-2 shift so i dont count that.

 

its bullshit. there is no secret to launching a car. its all practice practice practice.

 

I have seen auto TL-S and CL-S acuras run low 14's with I/H/E. I don't see why a similar modded 6spd couldn't hit high 13's with a good launch. Its all in the driver.

 

I did my 2.3 on a track made out of a parking lot. That alone takes skill


In a month or two, I will go to a real 1/4 mile track and show you all what I got

 

and not get horrible wheel hop either

but then again all you do is hold the brake and mash the throttle though

 

As soon as i will get xlr8 mounts i will the track my friemd has modded wrx wagon that i want to race. Just cant wait to get it done.

 

GL with that one....


but then again iirc you said only stock turbo though, which is a little on the smaller side for the older WRX's; awesome response, but lacks top end
so you might be able to keep up some


i just know on the wife's 09, i can't keep with it, if i don't spray at the track (and her's is stock too , for engine wise at least)

 

I can't wait for the mounts to come in. I just want something reliable.