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Old 05-25-2001, 09:49 AM
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Night @ the track last night....

Yup, my 1st time being at the track was last night (#97!! ooooh yeah baby!) There were some AWESOME cars there. Those little Civic Hatchbacks can fly!!! Well anyway, last night, i relized that my car isnt all that fast...Running low 17's and one 16.9 is horrible!! Its most likely my 18inch chrome wheels, so next thursday, i will be running with my stocks back on, and if i dont get the results i want, im trading my car for an M3. Yup, i most likely will anyway, but, next thursday night decides wether or not i do. 17's.... Cmon! i should be running what..14.5's 14.6's with my CAI alone? Ill post time slips if you all do not believe me. Im at school right now, so when i get to my friends house, ill scan them, and prove it to you all, because i think some of you had some doubt about my friends 330i beat me like 10 times, So.. we'll see.

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Old 05-25-2001, 11:39 AM
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Is this your first time? 17 secs? Really? Wow, I'd have to see some time slips to figure out what you're doing. Maybe YOUR actuator is not working!

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Old 05-25-2001, 11:48 AM
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Must be your actuator. I have 18inch chrome wheels as well, and i never ran times that terrible.

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Old 05-25-2001, 11:50 AM
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This is the same kid that got whupped when racing his friend in the 330ci. I think if you insist on racing with 100lb ea., 18" rims, you're going to lose all of the time and post 17 sec 1/4 mile times all of the time.


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Old 05-25-2001, 12:47 PM
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Something is seriously wrong with his car... I accidently ran the 1/4 mile starting from 2nd gear (when I launched, I accidently bumped the shifter from 1 to 2nd) and still ran a 16.8.

Did you ran at a track that is 4,000 feet above sea level or something? Did you have 50lb bags of cement in your trunk? I mean its almost impossible to run 17 second 1/4 mile in a CL-S under "normal" circumstances.

There has to be something you aren't telling us or you need to get your car checked ASAP.

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Old 05-25-2001, 07:06 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by eclipse23:
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Its not me, because i know how to launch the car. I will get them scanned ASAP. Check Back.

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Old 05-25-2001, 07:16 PM
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Hey no need to prove how SLOW you went, anyone can do that. Check your actuator and get rid of those wheels, your car must be the slowest CL-S I've ever read about!

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Old 05-25-2001, 08:22 PM
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I think he needs to be "taken care of." --> for the goodness of the Type S community of course. Those timeslips must be burned ... BURNED!

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I did a calc with NHRA calculator and here is the weight and HP figures it came up with to get a 16.67:

4700 lbs
200 HP

So, if I figure I have lost the equivalent of 300lbs of "static" weight with the 50lbs I lost with the Toyo and SSR wheel/tire combo, I am wondering if you have (by converse calculations) gained the equivalent of 1000 lbs static weight ~= 150 additional lbs of wheel weight.

Do you know if your tire and wheel combo weighs about 80lb each (30lbs more per wheel)

The other alternative is:

4000 lbs
170 hp

Meaning you wheels are only about 10lbs more per wheel, and your engine is weak, and your IMRC is not working -- and that was a 16.67!

BTW -- using the stock front wheel HP 208 and 3700 lbs (car with driver), I get a time of 15.19 in the 1/4 mile


1. Remove the wheels ASAP
2. Have the car dyno'd with the stock wheels on!
3. Have the actuator check ASAP

Ouch -- you need a rocket motor to fix the current setup.




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Old 05-26-2001, 04:17 AM
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Thanks for the comments. Ill make another post called Time Slips tomarrow when i post them. I will get my actuator checked, and im going to put my stock rims back on for next thursday, when i go back to the track. Then ill post time slips for those runs too
Thanks again for the input.

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Old 05-26-2001, 06:04 AM
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did you run the quarter mile in '1' or something? jesus christ your car must be heavy man. take the air conditioner off, take the headlight out and run a pipe from the hole into the air intake box.thats what i call ram air induction.

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Old 05-26-2001, 08:13 PM
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Must be running with that fat ass auto reviewer who had a BMW 330i taking 9 seconds or something to 60 !!

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Old 05-29-2001, 02:52 PM
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I'm sorry...something has to be wrong with your car...even with the rims...you would not run that slow...you do know you go on the 3rd yellow right!?! And you stomp on the pedal...not slowly ease in the throttle....

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