MrAlex

I just go to the track yesterday and get verry disapointed about my 1/4 miles time .. i think a 99 tl should be 15.7 stock but now with all my modification ( I/H/P TypeS Tb and Axle-back) i was only able to get 15.9 ive tried serval things, start at 2krpm, 0rpm.. the wheaters whas pretty humid but changed my friends time by maybe 0.2 sec only .. ive now 18 inch but they are lightweight 2pc forged.. my car have now about 180 000km (110 000miles) and a new tranny.. i know ive a transmission mount to change and my mecanician told me that my motor mount maybe need to be changed .. maybe something is wrong with my car , any advices ?

Bareback

You took it to the track?

Damn Motor mounts seem to screwing with a lot of people lately...

Can't say what is wrong with your TL - but a few things - you have a heavy system in the trunk? Was your TL warm before you got on the track? you warm your tires up? What type of gas were you using? premium or regular? Hmmm...

MrAlex

I dont have any system in my trunk, my cas was empty and ive about 1/4 tank gaz.. light just turned on at the end on the day.. my tl was warm and ive ran about 4 run.. ive warmed up my tires but anyway they dont spin or about not on start.. my tcs was off too.. i always use 91 octane gaz !

gatrhumpy

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I'm sorry, I can't understand a single word you're saying because your grammar is horrible.

MrAlex

loll, sorry im french ill double check :p
no system in my trunk
1/4 gaz
tcs off
91 octane

fsttyms1

well the rims could be slowing you down. 18 and that size rubber is more weight. and on a wheel its where teh weight is on the wheel more so than the overall weight. Have you done any type of tuneup lately?

Bareback

Helping out a TL-er

"I just went to the track yesterday and am very disappointed about my 1/4 mile time... I think a 99 TL should be 15.7 stock but now with all my modifications (I/H/P Type S Tb and Axle-back) I was only able to get 15.9. I have tried several things, start at 2k rpm, 0 rpm... the weather was pretty humid but changed my friends time by maybe 0.2 sec only.. I have 18 inch wheels and they are lightweight 2pc forged... my car has 180,000 km (110,000 miles) and a new transmission... I know I have to change my transmission mounts and my mechanic told me that my motor mounts maybe also need to be changed. Maybe something is wrong with my car any advice?"

stick

write down ur whole timeslip and post here so we can look at ur 60ft and 1/8times and ET and trap

@cUr@-TL

dood dont give up, blame it on the weather


MrAlex and I raced a couple of weeks ago, and we were dead even, and I raced a '04 TL weeks ago and was pretty much even with it from 15 to 95mph (when SHE shut it off ) so i know for fact my car can do better than 15.9 so if he was even with me his car should do better too... confusing...

im gonna take my car to the track before the end of the summer hopefully and we'll see.... if im still in the 15s im selling the fucking car.

Pure Adrenaline

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What was your 60' time?

Your wheels are slowing you down. I know that for a fact, because I have 19-pound 18"s on my car with Toyo T1-S 235/40/18 tires, and I can feel that I'm getting much better traction that last season on the stock tires but my 60' times are still in the same neighborhood.

JPTL-S

Please please please keep in mind that Acura Enthusiasts are world wide, not only here in the U.S.A. Merci MrAlex, we applaud you for trying, good luck!

Dreamdtt2000

What's your mods?

Bareback

MrAlex

Ill post my timeslip in 3 hours

@cUr@-TL

Injen intake
Type-s throttle body
throttle body spacer
polished intake manifold ports
headers
cat-back (2.25 to 2.5") exhaust
crank pulley
mugen thermostat
mugen fan switch
bosch platinum +4 spark plugs

soon: V-AFC II

MrAlex

ok .. here it is .. reaction time doesnt effect E.T here... and there is no 0-60ft and 1/8 time here thanks.

Reaction : 0.743
I1 : 2.500 A1
I2 : 0.000 A1
I3 : 10.389 A1
MPH (I3) ....
I4 : ...
E.T. 15.948
MPH : 90.442

Reaction : 0.892
I1 : 2.475
I2
I3 : 10.413
E.T : 15.953
MPH : 90.716

MrAlex

Ive done all my tune up, changed oil about 1000km ago (sytec) and all the inspections..aligment is ok too.. my tire are lightweight but anyway .. ive never cleaned my injector or clean my intake manifold .. i dont know if this could help..

Dreamdtt2000

Have you been to the track with those mods?

MrAlex

no he said :
im gonna take my car to the track before the end of the summer hopefully and we'll see.... if im still in the 15s im selling the fucking car.

Dreamdtt2000

With all your mods I would expect to be in the high 14s

Dreamdtt2000

Good luck man, I hope you break 14s.

MegaKillTron

yeah you should be in the high 14's/low 15's, all i have is magnaflow catback exhaust and i run a 16.1 all day that's with shitty shitty weather my best run was W/O catback and the weather was georugous 0% humidity and i ran a 15.86 stock fully loaded

@cUr@-TL

that makes me wish i had a s2k even more... God i want one..

i'd SC that shit

MrAlex

yeah i know my times are supposed to be better but what is the cause of this ? should i let my car in full auto mode or in ss to go at 6900rpm just before the cut off ? anyone have done something before like clean the injectors/intake manifold and see a difference after ?

Pure Adrenaline

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Even without the 60' time listed, I can tell you right now that you need to work on your launch. My car, bone stock, ran 15.2@90 mph. That's nearly identical to your trap speed.

How are you launching it?

sbuswell

cleaning IM and running some gumout high mileage injector cleaner will help. gate shift and hold your gear close to redline, shift before because there is going to be a slight delay before the tranny upshifts.

MrAlex

Yeah i shift just before the red line.. im 1 foot on the brake, 1 foot on the accelerator .. 2000rpm and release the brake when its time.. no spining at all

stick

usually the next line after reaction time is ur 60ft and sorry to say those times suck.
if u could get it to 2.0-2.2 u will see ur time drop off considerably. any reduction in ur 60ft by .01 usually drops off ur time by .2
and by your mods u are still making about the same HP as a stock car going by ur trap speed.

some things to consider the next time at the track:
-take out all things not bolted down in ur car
-have less than 1/4 tank of gas. 1 gallon of gas weighs 7 lbs.
-increase ur tire pressure cuz u want some spinning on take off
-stiffer springs in the rear to help minimize wt transfer to the rear
-try open exhaust ie no cat or mufflers.
-take off power steering belt. will free up a few extra HP
-advance timing (dont know if u could do it) i know its easy on the integra
-try some race fuel

these are only suggestions and not the rules but following some of these will help with ur time and working on ur 60ft.

MrAlex

Yeah I1 is 0-60ft and I3 1/8 miles

lostchild83

Damn 15.9, that's a bit high for all those mods... The tranny maybe? Keep up the good work though! And Alex, i'm not selling you my kit, it's installed already...

Yo guys, when I get my headers and catback installed, we'll hit the track I can't right now, my damn downpipe is bent, i have trouble keeping up with a KIA. lol...

@cUr@-TL

my downpipe is bent too... do u guys think it can make a noticeable difference in performance???

JetJock

Why would you sell the car because it doesn't break 14sec? It's a car, not a race car.

ou sig

i really doubt it. is it just bent in some where it bends back to the cat?

samkws

this dude speaks french, don't flame him

i wonder if u can speak french fluently

Mike Skillz

@cUr@-TL

Essaie de parler francais on rira de toi apres.

Pure Adrenaline

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What were Robb and Adam thinking!? They should've made AZ accessible to only people who speak perfect English!!

Mike Skillz

Your right if i spoke french people would laugh...but who the hell wants to speak french anyway......Im sure they have a Frenchy forum somewhere else....I suggest you find it ........

@cUr@-TL

Can't you understand we (french peoples) are making effort to speak English, so you guys understand us. All we're asking for is a little cooperation, no bashing...

sbuswell

i agree, don't make fun of people from canadadia!!!! lol, just kidding, we're just poking fun at you, no harm intended I am sure.