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Car slow... - 6/4/2007 8:43:43 PM

BCivic93

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Sorry to repost in a different section, but no one was answering. I was looking up 1/4 mile times and saw that the 93 honda civic ex says a 1/4 mile time of 16.5, but mine was about 18.1 stock. With intake, header-back exhaust, and full msd ignition (and 17" wheels that are 18.5 lbs each), my time is mostly 17.3 (and i got a 17.2 once). My car is automatic, but should the time be that much worse?

The place I got the time was here: http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60times.html

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RE: Car slow... - 6/4/2007 8:48:31 PM

wallgreens16

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yikes! a 17 whoa damn dude. well maybe its cuz its an auto. you know how to do launches right?

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RE: Car slow... - 6/4/2007 11:03:15 PM

BCivic93

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I hold the brake and rev it to about 1700 rpms then let go of the brake. Should I be launching at higher rpms? If I try to rev it higher while holding the brake it makes a chhhhss noice. Is that ok?

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RE: Car slow... - 6/5/2007 12:59:50 AM

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Wut about reving in neutral and then dropping?

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RE: Car slow... - 6/5/2007 9:52:48 AM

matts

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quote:

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Wut about reving in neutral and then dropping?

BWAHAHA, i HOPE that's a joke. the world infamous neutral-bomb. you might do it once, you might even do it twice, but it's like giving your tranny cigarettes. lower's its life substantially everytime you do it.

are saying it runs those times now? or back in 93? if it's doing it now you have to take into consideration that the car is 14/15 years old. not going to run as good as it used to.

and the rims. are the tires still the same overall diameter as the stock wheels? i'm gonna highly doubt it, so therefore the taller tire/wheel combo is going to be the same as raising (numerically lowering) your overall gear ratio. a high (numerically lower) gear ratio is going to kill acceleration, but give you a higher top speed.

the intake and exhaust aren't gonna do much 10~15hp tops and that's being generous. the MSD ignition is a good thing, won't give you a big power advantage, but it'll help a little. so overall i'd say your current mods might make up the difference that the aged engine is going to lose. which brings the issue to more than likely be your tire/wheel combo. no matter how much it weighs (or don't for that matter) the taller tire is going to kill your acceleration and braking.

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RE: Car slow... - 6/5/2007 7:16:04 PM

wallgreens16

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^well put. and as for the whole tranny slammin theory why dont you give it a try phan10m and see what happens hope you got a deep pocket lol.

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RE: Car slow... - 6/11/2007 8:23:00 PM

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Were you embarassed? geez bud, that is pretty sad.

I was at Fontana about a year ago. There was a guy with a Geo (3 cylinder) it was gutted and his only mod was a custom made header. It was a real POS, no hood and ****, windows were broken. Atleast he was running in the 17s though.

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RE: Car slow... - 6/11/2007 9:48:39 PM

matts

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they let him on the track with busted windows??? that's odd

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RE: Car slow... - 6/11/2007 10:14:36 PM

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quote:

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they let him on the track with busted windows??? that's odd

They were not busted like shattered, they were busted like they wouldnt go down. He had to open his door while waiting to go.

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RE: Car slow... - 6/12/2007 4:32:24 AM

jc6711

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there is another way to launch on automatics. i think its called power braking but w-e. you press down on the brake just enough, then step on the throttle. your toruqe distrubiter should start to slip.but your not saposed to do it to long or you will over heat it.

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