Has anyone checked 0-60 time for the CL-S MT with Icebox and Comptech headers? Car stats lists the stock time as 5.9 seconds - just wondered if anyone had an idea of how many tenths might be shaved off with the mods.

 

0-60 is not nearly as important as quarter mile times IMO. I ran a 14.0@100 a few times a couple of months ago. My best trap speed was 101.

 

its pretty hard to measure 0-60 accurately.

 

 

Yeah, 0-60 is a pretty worthless figure that car magazines put way too much emphasis on. It is all about the 1/4 mile.

 

it doesnt mean much but id say low to mid 5's

 

No way it would drop all the way to low 5's. Mostly likely around 5.5 with a good driver. It is hard to launch the 6speed. Traction would really hurt that 0-60 time because it would take 4 seconds most likely just to get to 40 MPH. Then you gotta shift to 2nd gear, that'll lose some time. (Times and MPH are all speculation because it is NEARLY impossible to get an accurate time)

Getting a car that weighs over 3600 pounds, FWD, on street tires to 60 in the low 5s is really tough.

It makes up for it in a longer distance like the quarter mile because it has time to stretch its legs and put all the HP to the ground instead of hopping or spinning off the line.

 

1/4 mile at a time is what matters

 

3.7 seconds

 

Only if the car was rear wheel drive, 1000 pounds lighter, and running one hell of a turbo, s/c, or NOS setup.... oh, and has a manual trans, too.

 

a 6 speed w/ i/h should be able to pull low 14's

 

is there any disavantages in having the icebox and headers???

Is the car noisier? Does it run as smooth at idle? Is there any thing to think of before putting it on?

thanks

 

maybe your mpg might go down cause of a heavier right foot, but the icebox and headers dont really change the tone of the engie unless you get a cai or exhaust

 

u mean to tell me headers arent going to change the sound of the car?

 

It makes the stock exhaust a little louder/deeper but it sounds good.

 

As I see it, there would be no real disadvantage with this. Next to the super charger this would the best modifications to our cars. A great platform for future SC and or Nitrous, etc.. Of course you could get the SC and the ice box comes with it.

 

LOL

 

WTF?!?!? wow people must think our cars are REALLY fast... to hit 0-60 under 6 seconds would mean we'd be driving one of those STi/Evo/SRT-4 cars that accelerate like crazy cuz they weight like 20lbs to begin with

 

I hope your joking...

My 2001 CLS auto with light wheels (SSR Comps, Toyo 235/45-17 T1S, headers, AEM intake was doing 5.6-5.8 in 60 degree temps).

The GTech is going to be a bit off due to pitch error, but the stock 2001 CLS did 6.4 once broken in (no mods). I measured 5.7 second averages many times and in many different conditions and based on the 1/4 mile times, I have no doubt about mid-5 second runs being possible with a properly set up 6-speed, provided the driver is good, the road is good, and the car has light wheels and very sticky tires.

I’ve written a lot of stuff about what make the GTech work well and what makes it work poorly. If you are interested, use the search engine…


A WRX-STI will do crazy mid 4 second (and lower) 0..60 times with minimal mods. When you're talking 4-wheel drive, you're talking a whole different ballgame. When the Audi 4-wheel drive vehicles (RS6 and earlier S4) would take off at the start of the Speedvision GT series races, they would leave the 'Vetts, Bimmers, NSX + S/C, and all of the other high-HP cars sitting -- it really looked they were glued to the track.

 

EricL- when it was stated low-mid 5s i was thinking around 5.0-5.4... granted yes if the 6spd was equipped as you had described, with a good launch and all the given circumstances, i'd still say "maybe" but very doubtful...

 

Eric, how would i measure 0-60 off a timeslip?

example

60'- 2.08
330- 5.65
1/8- 8.6
mph- 83.37

 

I'ts more like 3.2 seconds, sorry.

 

You use a nomogram (lookup-table):




The nomogram is only good up to a point. For example, AWD is going to generally show BETTER 0..60 for a given 1/4 mile. Cars with high weight and low drag will also be a problem along with cars that have the converse problem of high drag and low weight.

Converting 1/4-mile to 0..60 is just for ballpark uses, if you don't know what your doing and what factors to consider, it is a tool that can be abused.

I just can't wait to see how many people say, "Gee I did the quarter in 13.4 so my 0..60 must be xxx..."



LINK to tech page (this came from Nashua):

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