N/A Timeslips

[MacProtege5]

last time i was at the track my shifter fell onto the exhaust during my first run (still was able to shift) and i had my 17" wheels with 40 series tires. and i had completely trashed motor mounts. since then i have gotten both manual trans motor mounts, gotten a b&m short throw shifter and put my stock wheels with stock rubber back on (17 inchers were ravaged by potholes) and i changed my trans fluid to gm synchromesh. i have not run since i got the new shifter, put my stock wheels back on and got the new motor mounts. my best time before those four things is as follows
R/T - .093
60' - 2.420
330 - 6.754
1/8 - 10.340
mph - 66.86
990 - 13.341
1/4 - 16.037
mph - 86.26

 

[Replica]

Although, if you had that 120hp and I was driving that Si, I'd smoke you, because I know how to drive. (rei)

Right...

 

[twilightprotege]

not bad time there mac - now just get the 60ft time down to 2.1 and you'll be flying!

 

[Aricjm15]

twilight what compression are you running?

I think its time for some 11.5:1 compression pistons
the protege runs rich enough that it should be able to handle it just fine without any engine management
or get a haltech and go with 12.5 or 13 to 1 compression (thumb)

 

[MacProtege5]

thanks twilight. i am pretty sure the 2.4 60 ft time was because of the low pro tires running 35 psi in each. now that i have my stockers on i can lower the psi in them like you said. then i definetly should be in the 15's

 

[FC3s Boy]

you don't need to lower the air pressure to much on a street tire, play around with a few diff. PSI and see what hooks up the best

 

[twilightprotege]

aric - stock aussie 9.7:1 comp. dont know if i'd ever change that, all depends on how the car goes etc. in other words, i cant be bothered at the moment.

mac - yeah i feel 15psi on my tyres worked real well. definately felt like it helped with traction off the line (2.142 60ft cant be too wrong). next time i go out racing i wouldnt mind taking my air compressor with me so i can play with tyre pressures and see what works. however, new clutch is required before then

 

[MacProtege5]

yeah, i am gonna play around with some different psi settings and see what works best before i go to the track. i should be going within the next couple of weeks

 

[wannabe]

thats a damn good r/t mac. whatd ya do jump on the red??

 

[MacProtege5]

nah, i just have lots of practice

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

yeah..gen..didn't you want carbs on your protege?...mr. ITB miata is the best sounding car ever...blah blah blah..there is no replacement for displacement? somewhat true..you can turbo the ever loving s*** out of anything..but can you drive it every day? and does it sound as cool as a 385 fast burn or a built 440 or even...the DX? bazzzzinngggg!!...sigh..rice.

 

[twilightprotege]

correct me if i'm wrong, but 0.400 is a perfect raction time. a 0.093 is a red light.

0.400 is the time between when the last yellow light displays and when the green light comes on. so if you get a 0.400 that means you're leaving the beams at the exact time the green light goes on.

 

[Aricjm15]

over here they changed it so .000 is a perfect reaction

 

[Metal MP5]

same thing here. we launch at the last yellow light ... ive got as low as 0.006 but did that only once ... im usually between 0.05 and 0.2 depending on how much my tires spin

 

[twilightprotege]

interesting. aussies still use 0.400. my best reaction was 0.401

 

[Gen1GT]

yeah..gen..didn't you want carbs on your protege?...mr. ITB miata is the best sounding car ever...blah blah blah..there is no replacement for displacement? somewhat true..you can turbo the ever loving s*** out of anything..but can you drive it every day? and does it sound as cool as a 385 fast burn or a built 440 or even...the DX? bazzzzinngggg!!...sigh..rice.

I wanted the Weber carbs becaues I wanted the individual runner sound, without spending $3000. I've decided that the TBs are worth it. And an S2000 I heard with IRTBs is the best sounding car I've ever heard......

 

[Gen1GT]

interesting. aussies still use 0.400. my best reaction was 0.401

Depends on where you go. The theory behind the .500 R/T is that it was considered impossible to react faster than that. There's no way you can see a green light, work the clutch and gas, and break the lights faster. But they deemed the pros could, so there's the .400 Pro Tree. Now people are dropping all the theoretical stuff, and subtracting 1/2 from the R/T, just so it's easier to understand. So if you get a .001 light, it doesn't mean you're superman and broke the beam in a 1/1000 of a second.

 

[Gen1GT]

Here are my lastest slips...

 

[wannabe]

can't really read those slips....

 

[bluslowtege]

so i went to the track to test out what the obx header is good for. I am very satisfied at the results.
60'---2.303
330'--6.677
1/8--10.321
mph--67.34
1000--13.468
1/4--16.143
mph--84.03
my mods are obx header and custom axle-back.
Best run before the header is 16.6@81mph