anx1300c

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Sonnick already nailed the reaction time misconception, so I'll leave that alone, but the only thing VSA will help with is to make your car a half second slower, not quicker!

Undying Dreams

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Damn, I figured it would help :/ I'd use it if I couldn't keep the wheel spin to a minimum.

06NH6MTTL

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Thanks for the replies hope fully ill be back out with cooler weather the torque dampener and possibly pcds

alexSU

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Keep trying man, I ran like a 14.7x@98.x mph with just CAI. I rolled my car thru the huge ass waiting line so it wouldn't get hot and then launched the hell out of it!

I think someone mentioned it earlier but the SRI may hurt your trap speed...again just assuming because I've never had one but only heard bad things about it.

06NH6MTTL

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ya i love the sound of my SRI and its 3in piping but i only did it because i had the stuff laying around. I want to do a CAI but with the AEM bypass, so i do not have to worry about hydro-lock but AEM CAI is crazy expensive!!!

bouncer07

^ if you been in the game of tuning long enough, all of my cars over the last 10+ yrs never had this hydrolock issue. You only worry if you live in a flood-zone with waters up half your doors and the engine is running. Most people I find having this hydrolock issue is also from slammed cars going through puddles of water and stalling the engine, other than that, the car still performs right after a day of drying.

rooster415

not proud to say this but in sf. there are many places on the freeway and local streets that have huge puddles and ponds. i have driven through a couple nothign happened im pretty sur eit touched my cai but yeah.

lilsid112

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I went out to local drag strip in gainesville for the first time ever with some friends just for giggles. It was in the 80's, and pretty humid. I didnt let the car cool off so I had a lot of heat soak. Only time I turned it off was when I was helping my buddy put his slicks on. Ran it with full interior with a little less then half a tank of gas.

I wasn't really happy with my time, even though I have some light performance mods. Anyway, on to the times;

R/T .582
60' 2.759
330 7.350
1/8 10.922
MPH 70.02
1000 13.953

ET 16.488
MPH 89.71

06NH6MTTL

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yikes, my full best time in full is this so you can compare but you obviously did something wrong!!!!

R/T .281
60' 2.259
330 6.348
1/8 9.642
MPH 75.01
1000 12.447
1/4 14.815
MPH 94.06

lilsid112

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^ thats what I'm thinking. I can't really do much due to have an auto but I there has to be a problem with it.

Hammer18

I went to Cedar Falls Iowa and raced Friday and Saturday night. Had a bad head wind Friday night and the track was fairly slick so my best Friday was a 15.3xx. My best on Saturday was,

R/T .569
60' 2.453
330 6.627
1/8 10.008
mph 73.36
1000 12.816
1/4 15.200
mph 95.58

I was not launching very hard at all just sipping the a little, This was my best and it was with traction control ON. When I launched with it Off I got horrible horrible wheel hop so i stopped running the car like that after trying twice. I did get my best 60ft doing it that way but just didnt feel like breaking any mounts since I needed to drive the car home to Minnesota in one piece. Edit to add, Im running michelin super sport tires on all 4 corners.

My mods are in my sig, I did bot have the crank pully on at the track though. didnt have time to install yet.

3gstealth

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Hammer, are you MT or AT?

Bearcat94

There's a whole thread on times. MT can get below 14.5 easy with good conditions.

Quarter Mile Time Compilation

And a whole thread on drag tips: Drag Racing Tips

06NH6MTTL

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Thanks for the post but that's the reason why i created this thread. Definitely thought id be in the low 14's

Bearcat94

Right. But now you can peruse the 1st thread and see what mods people are running and what times they are getting with those mods. This gives some basis of comparison so that when you add mod x, you know where in the time range you might get to (conditions being favorable).

PLUS with the Tips thread, you can (attempt to) optimize how you run (driving/launch/setup) the 1/4 mile to get a better result.

Anyone NOT getting 14.5 or better in a good running 6MT has a driving/launch/setup problem, not a mods problem (assuming reasonable conditions).


:imho:

:ymmv:

Hammer18

I'm MT. Next time I go back ill probably by the engine torque dampner before hand. I know the car is way faster than a 15.2. I had the trap speed for a mid 14. I just wasn't willing to wheel up through first to get there. Hopefully Ill have the rest of the RV6 exhaust to go with the j pipe to before I go back again.

3gstealth

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06 5AT - RV6 V3 PCD & jpipe
64 degrees - Bradenton Raceway - 2/9/12

Best time:

r/t .489
60' 2.440
330 6.429
1/8 9.683
mph 74.52
1000 12.493
1/4 14.851
mph 94.80

I have never launched the car. Just held one foot on brake and one on the gas. Last yellow light I let off the brake and floor it at the same time. I try to get consistent launches so I can test performance gain of my mods. Traction control was off.

I'm going to get a CAI next and put it to the test.

06NH6MTTL

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I should be getting my cai in by the end of the week. 3gstealth i want to meet you out at the track for friendly runs!!!!!!

anx1300c

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Your trap speed will give you the true picture of your performance gains, but to be consistent you'll need to use an online DA correction calculator which will compensate for weather variables.

3gstealth

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Cool, which CAI did you get? I think I'm going to get the DC Sports. We could possibly meet there this Thurs. if you are down.

3gstealth

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Thanks, I have been planning to do that. My fastest trap so far has been 95.74

06NH6MTTL

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I got the Ebay one with dry filter but i think it is getting here Thursday and im off Friday so thats when im going to put it in!

Im thinking of June 2 its a Street heat night so it runs from 8pm-1am hows that sound?

3gstealth

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June 2nd is a Saturday so it will most likely be very busy and we will only get 2-3 runs. If we go on a Thurs we can get a dozen or more runs if we get there right at 6.

Will the CAI be the only mod since your last runs? If so, that would be great so we can see what a CAI can do on its own.

06NH6MTTL

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Then how about the 24 or the 31? Only new mods will be the cai and xlr8 torque damper

Xiomaro

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Did a flat 14 on a burnt clutch

justnspace

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I'm afraid I would get excited at the tree and spin all through 4th.

3gstealth

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Either day works for me. That's great, I love testing one performance mod at a time. How many runs did you get in last time?

06NH6MTTL

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Four but we got there at around 8 and we watched a bunch of runs before we got in line

Undying Dreams

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You're turboed and only got 14...? What would you run on a new clutch?

bouncer07

I see people just flooring at the tree.

O7acuraTL

those times seem low. when i had my 03 sentra ser (5MT), my best quarter mile was 14.9 at sac raceway. my only mods were aem cai & h&r lowering springs. i don't remember the temp, but it was summer and it was pretty hot. ive never ran this car in the quarter mile, but my butt dyno feels like the tl is much faster and my tl is an auto.

Xiomaro

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Nonono, That was normally aspirated with just a cai

bouncer07

^ Tell me you got low 12's with the turbo kit and 11's on slicks.

Undying Dreams

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Oh lol I was about to say...

alexSU

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Nice run. Timeslip?

ChucksCL-S

I'd change the short ram to a CAI first, then when you go to the track run with everything out of the trunk (spare, jack etc) and 1/8th tank of gas. That should help. Try to come out of the hole with minimal wheelspin.

06NH6MTTL

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thanks im installing my cai today and when i ran my car i had about 3/4 of a full tank so it was alot more weight. Plus i installed my torque damper and the car feels more responsive

06NH6MTTL

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Cai installed and holy shit the sound of this thing is something to fear! first time i pulled out and mashed it in first my ears had an orgasm hahaha. I also painted my grill while i had the bumper off

justnspace

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obligatory;
Cool story bro

06NH6MTTL

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