Quarter mile times

[starkos14]

2forty

what bolt-ons do you have?

[2forty]

megan manifold, greddy turbee ext, megan downpipe, testpipe, apex n1 evo, vlsd, intake, hks fmic, altima fans, act clutch. ran on some bald s14 wheels. oh yeah, i got a 1.1mm apexi headgasket, so i mite have lost like 2-3whp?? hahahaha

[starkos14]

i hear the megan manifold is a nice improvement, what do you think? ive been wanting to go top mount t28 but i was curious about how my downpipe and exhaust would work... the intercooler piping is the least of my concern... but yeah, if i didnt go top mount, i was looking at the megan mani

[2forty]

nah i think topmount is pointless unless ur shootin for 400+ a t28 is not too big of a turbo, the t2 flange is good enough. yeah the megan mani aint bad. i mean its cheap, so when it cracks i wont cry haha.

[starkos14]

yeah well i think the top mount looks bad a$s for shows, esp with a gt2871r sittin right there. and i was curious if those megan ones were cracking, i know the ssautocrap ones cracked so ive been staying away from them

[2forty]

i haven't heard of too many megan manifolds cracking yet, but i have heard of their turbo elbows cracking. so maybe its a sign? haha

[Slo S14]

My car wouldn't trap over 90 (only trapped 90 once, the other two runs were 89 mph) the first time I had it out. Mods then were fmic, air filter, stock clutch, stock t25.

The runs were consistant 15.1 (3 times in a row..), with a 2.1 60 ft, stock tires, open diff.

My car is hurting

[starkos14]

whats your interior like? subs? spare tire? maybe your turbo is just too old.... 15.1 is not the time you should get?? and what about exhaust?

[Slo S14]

Full interior, no subs, I think I had the spare in place, stock exhaust from the turbo back (at the time)
Modified by Slo S14 at 7:36 PM 3/11/2006

[2forty]

yeah thats it definitely not what a normal sr should be running. check ur timing? iono. mid high 90's should be your trap. in my old car i ran 14.1@98. this car is 14.2@102. yea i no more mods slower time hehe, but 4mph faster! just needed tires...

[starkos14]

like i said before i ran a 14.1 @ 97 2 weeks on learning to drive manual... but i did have exhaust... i always take out my spare tire and my floor mats and all the uneccesary **** in my car. that always helps

[2forty]

i think pretty much after a couple weeks of driving anything after isn't really learning anything new. its pretty much either u can drive or u cant.

[starkos14]

well, given that the rhd trans was in, going into 4th and not 2nd took me about a month to get used to. thats really all ive ever driven too. plus learning on an exedy 3 puck.... i hate oem clutches now...haha.

[2forty]

hmm the exedy 3puck isnt that bad. i drove it on my friends car. i kinda like pedal feel so i went with the act xt/ss.

[Hoffmancycles]

I ran a 15.2 at 91mph 60ft time was 2.2 and reaction was .019 in my s13 with stock KADE with rps clutch, hotshot header, fake injen intake, 5Z exhuast, and welded diff. just got my SR in, and it feels alot quiker. Im not saying im a "god" at driving but i think that ****ty times in an SR powered 240 have to do with driver error or well.... a really crappy tired SR. Im pretty sure i can get a low 14 or high 13. we'll see.

[Blown240sx]

well, given that the rhd trans was in, going into 4th and not 2nd took me about a month to get used to. thats really all ive ever driven too. plus learning on an exedy 3 puck.... i hate oem clutches now...haha.

What? RHD Trans? There isnt any differenence in there transmission and ours.... Ive got a SR trans on mine and it shifts the same as a USDM KA Trans.

And how do you go into 2nd and not 4th? 4th is always in the middle of the gear box..... Your trying to make it sound like your run was so much better than others... Why?

[fregisr]

hahahaha, I was thinking of the same thing.

[2forty]

hahaha seriously but hoffman u are right, it is driver, but then again when there is an SR that is barely getting into 90mph traps, it cant be all driver. i think a 98mph trap is good for a high 13 possibly. i know 100+ is for sure.

[starkos14]

ive talked to a bunch of people with jdm trans and they seem to angle like this \-\-\ not that much, but barely noticable. my friend just got his swap and he said hes done the same thing before and hes been driving stick for years.

Your trying to make it sound like your run was so much better than others... Why?

all im saying is that your runs should be better if i put up that run with slow shifts... im not saying it was the greatest run of my life... still, that seems to be the common among most of my local sr friends.... 14.0ish(stock boost) and therefore, you should try to fix and find your problem to have that sr running what it should

[2forty]

wait a sec, im not fully understanding. you are using a jdm transmission. so what transmission's are we using on our sr's? ka trannys? usdm sr trannys?

[starkos14]

this is retarded... im not a newb... i was comparing jdm and usdm trans in general imo.... nothing to do with ka, sr or whatever

[Slo S14]

Before people go and say I suck at driving, I pulled the same time all night long, once with a lower trap speed and 2x 2.1 60's, 1 2.2 60" on tires with regular pressure / open diff (not to mention stock drivetrain minus an aluminum driveshaft). Mine was just bottled up.

[starkos14]

maybe a leak in you fmic, poor compression, blown turbo? just some ideas

[2forty]

maybe ur timing gets off in the higher rpms. a 2.1 60' is what i had with a 14.1. yeah its not you the driver, the motor isn't up to par....

[heavy1metal]

lol holy crap i never expected people to reply so much, and it's still current LOL.

As for an update, i got the walbro installed. Haven't taken it to the track yet.

On the street, i can clobber GTIs that run 15.1's and a lude that pulled a 15.1. For what ever reason, as soon as i hit that track, it was horrible. (I think I was over anxious lol)

60 foot was like 2.5 or 2.6, and trap was 110ish (i usually ended up in fourth gear )

I was over at capital raceway (baltimore). I was about to let my friend take it and see what they could manage but they didnt have an arm band :-(.

As soon as i can this summer, i'll hit the track again. lol i have yet to do a compression test and test my timing.

I even kept up with a z28 with a few mods. (He runs 13.1 at the track)

lol sense then i've blown (and replaced) my turbo to manifold gasket, overheated twice, and about blow a transmission (let a friend drive who decided to force every gear on low clutch fluid, which neither of us new until we got home)

[biglipzit]

i ran 14.1 @ 102.2mph... my trap speed was pretty high.

[90 hatch driver]

hey bro is it cool to ask u a couple questions sorry im new to this

[90 hatch driver]

sorry its probably a dumb question but what kinda sr 20 do u have?

[Hoffmancycles]

well i finally got to run, last time i ran a 15.2 @ 90mph 60ft 2.2 on my KADE. last night i ran a 14.9 @ 91mph 60ft 2.1 on my stock SR. felt okay with the run but thought i could do better.

Got home that night and started to tear off piping and SMIC to make way for FMIC, when i found a little tear in a rubber cap that was on one of the SMIC pipes. It had a pretty good boost leak! suprised the car was even running. im sure that was a big hold back on my 1/4 time. Also wondering being in AZ and being above sea level is a biggie??

[starkos14]

hoffman... yeah... a tear is the big one... temp... then i think sea level is next. if you live in PA and its 70 degrees one day and 32 the next.... power comes to you on a day by day basis. also, you will love the fmic.... popping your hood between runs and feeling the difference in temp with the hot pipe and cold pipe is night and day.