Dragger's Guide: Mazdaspeed Protege Quarter Mile Bragging Rights

[Earful]

Amazing what a set of Drag tires and good launch will do...Congrats.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

i'm only running CAI and my best time is:

R/T = .566
1/8 = 9.412 @ 78.07mph
1000 = 12.153
1/4 = 14.473 @ 97.30mph


say what?!?!?!?

worst time was 18.272 coz for a sec i thought i broke my lsd...how sadd
next best time is 15.170 @91.69mph
then 14.796 @95.26mph
then 14.613@95.98mph
and last 14.473@97.30

someone add my time please

 

[sandspeed]

14.3 @100mph w/fmic/exhaust/intake/mm/afc(untuned)/lightweight wheels/(hold8psispike10psi)

 

[Alejo_NIN]

14.3 @100mph w/fmic/exhaust/intake/mm/afc(untuned)/lightweight wheels/(hold8psispike10psi)

you got all that and doing 14.3?

there's definetly something wrong with my car....

 

[sandspeed]

i mean your car ran great at track i wish i couldv'e run those times when all i had was an intake. i'm just a little worried about how much boost your running, you might of broke your actuator spring i'm not sure though. maybe your msp is a beast from the factory.

i'm really happy with how my car ran, i was hoping for under 15 before i ran and my first run was a 14.7@98.58mph. with some fine tuning of my afc i will be in the 13's.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

good luck man

and that "beast fromj the dealer", we actually talked about it with jomo, i bought the car used...and it came with an aftermarket clutch...which leads to maybe a broken LSD that was replaced (quife??? lol) i wish!!
and a built motor by the previous owner who car tired of this car and traded in for a srt-4...

oh god, can i dream or what!!!

anyway to know if i have a revised version of the LSD wihtout opening the tranny?

 

[UnNaturalinc]

you got all that and doing 14.3?

there's definetly something wrong with my car....

Or the driving....


But yeah, both trap and time should be lower. You ever dynoed the car? It should be trapping higher. Trap is a reflection of horsepower.

 

[smo0f]

14.3 @100mph w/fmic/exhaust/intake/mm/afc(untuned)/lightweight wheels/(hold8psispike10psi)

what was the 60 time on that?

 

[Alejo_NIN]

Or the driving....


But yeah, both trap and time should be lower. You ever dynoed the car? It should be trapping higher. Trap is a reflection of horsepower.

trap?
please explain...

 

[smo0f]

really dude? hehe

mph

 

[Alejo_NIN]

sowy

 

[UnNaturalinc]

trap?
please explain...

The trap speed....? (scratcheshead

 

[sandspeed]

what was the 60 time on that?

not great at all, it was a 2.5 60 ft.
i should be in the 13s but i'm not very good at launching. if i had hooked it in 1st and 2nd i think it wouldv'e been a different story

 

[smo0f]

how did you launch previously?

 

[sandspeed]

i spun 1st to much and spun 2nd too

 

[smo0f]

why dont you try easing into first and then gunning it when you have traction

 

[sandspeed]

why dont you try easing into first and then gunning it when you have traction

(mswerd)

 

[jestermsp]

at the risk of sounding like a total ass.. how come a bubble hatch with a full interior can run 10.2 and we cant? i would think maybe a mam built block n thumper kit set at 30psi tuned with some big ass 880cc injectors would do it. the civic like i said has a full leather interior with a t3 at 27psi and no lsd on a ls vtec. of course he is tuned and all but still. it just seems we could hit tens with money and tuning.

 

[TeamVP]

I went to the track 2 fridays ago all stock and the best time i got was a 15.5 granted i only got 3 passes in, but i went this past friday and ran a 14.79. I gutted my cats and ran straight off the midpipe and i got some 16in slipstreams. i will post my slip up when i get home.

 

[Metal MP5]

i dono ... civic hatch probably weights alot less + i think the vtec helps alot in this case. i saw a guy at a local track once that said he gained about 100hp just by changing to a vtec head. civic hatch with like 30+psi boost. he runs mid 10s ... i guess vtec helps alot at 30psi

i don't think it's hard to do it on a track but the thing is that all of us drive our cars every day. you can build a car to last 10sec on a track with high boost but the problem is to make it reliable for every day use. + lets face it, honda engines/transmissions are better than mazdas lol

at the risk of sounding like a total ass.. how come a bubble hatch with a full interior can run 10.2 and we cant? i would think maybe a mam built block n thumper kit set at 30psi tuned with some big ass 880cc injectors would do it. the civic like i said has a full leather interior with a t3 at 27psi and no lsd on a ls vtec. of course he is tuned and all but still. it just seems we could hit tens with money and tuning.