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Originally Posted by speedfoos

Well of course all my times suck. I have never raced a 1/4-mile track (or anything eslse) before. I had no idea what was going on.

Tires should be fine, I just need to run them at 20 psi and not 26 (forgot a pump and a gauge). Rear suspension should also fine, it's on Tein SS coilovers. Do you recommend anything else Glen? I don't know that an uprated sway bar and aftermarket control arms would make a difference, but I'm a noob at this.

Yyeah, I have/had no idea how to launch it or shift into 2nd. If I launched fine, there was still a good chance that I was going to break loose when I went into 2nd. As soon as the boost would kick in the tires would shriek, and would spin if I wasn't careful.

It's too late Richard, I've been bitten by the track bug...... That was too much fun to not do again. I'm not going to gut the interior or anything, but one of the 12s going, and I will be doing a few other things to make the car a little more track-friendly.

More than 9 psi is going to have wait a bit. I don't want to afford a new, built bottom end, Quaife LSD, and K-pro just yet. That's next summer's project. I will be getting my PnP head ready to get strapped on though!!

Yeah i know you got some work ahead of you.. NA on my stock d17a2 with header, intake and exhaust i ran a 15.2 dont know the mpy think it was like 91 have to double check if i still have that time slip, also did that on Tein SS and stock shocks as well..

then i put my K20 in, same suspension and wheel spin and tire hop were BAD! still was cutting upwards of 15.0's.. So i upgraded to a full Megan coilover package, sways and such, and cut my times by a full second! wheel hop no more baby! lol.. but i also learned to controll my power at the wheels a little better and do have an LSD. Your kind of peg leggin sooo its a little different.

Just take your time and learn to controll the power off the line. Work on hitting the light when the 3rd yellow turns on *(dont wait for green)* and then drop you tire pressure should be good

[speedfoos]

OK, I will preface this once more with: I am not a race car driver and had no idea what I was doing out there. Thanks Adam and Mr. Plenty, I will be working and reading on how to do this properly.

Originally Posted by Chris

1. What are you stalling your car at on the line.
2. are you foot breaking or ebraking at the line.
3. Are you rev matching your shifts and
4. do you know when your car is making its top HP.
5. Please do not tell you shift at redline or near it.

1. I'm not quite sure what this means. Are you talking about what I launch at? If so, I tried to keep it between 2800-2900, but I know I wasn't clutching that properly.

2. E-braking

3. I don't know how to do this, so no, I was not rev-matching

4. We both know the answer to this is no, since it's not fully tuned yet and I haven't put it on a dyno to look at the HP and torque curve.

5. I was shifting at near the redline (about 6800), because again, I had no idea what I was doing out there.

Originally Posted by Glen

Work on hitting the light when the 3rd yellow turns on *(dont wait for green)*

Ahah! Well that would explain a lot! I waited for the green and then I went.

Thanks for all the compliments and suggestions folks, I know I have a lot of work to do as a driver before I can actually drive the car like it's supposed to be driven. I will be doing my usual "download and read everything I can find" to figure out how to run the strip correctly.

As soon as my serial port adapter gets here we can finish the tune, my idle is still bouncy and my WOT AFRs were jittering between 10.75 and 11.2. This was the second tune Chris, I ran the third tune initially, but when I looked at the AFRs near the end of the 1/4 mile it looked a bit lean to me. I may be wrong, but will wait for the serial adapter to get here before we do anything else so I can log the results properly for you.

I'm going to work on the vids now.

[speedfoos]

Blarg!!!!!! Had the whole video almost done, music and everything and the fucking program crashed!!!!!

[sql_civic]

Whoa. Sounds like huge fun Clint, but I wouldn't get hung up on the numbers. The point is that you successfully slugged your way through building up your car on your own. Cheers!

[TransformedBG]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

... Ahah! Well that would explain a lot! I waited for the green and then I went...

are you serious?

[speedfoos]

Well yeah. That was my first time at a drag strip. Ever. Never even as a spectator. I told you man, I had no idea what I was doing out there.

[MarchMadnessisM]

hey foos u got out there n gave it ur best man its not ur fault man n ull learn dnt let ppl give u a hard time we all still have mucho respecto for the foos buildin his own car up and then slingin it down the line as best u can n im sure we'll see some better slips up on here soon enough

[WilmncChris]

Yeah you might next time try shifting at around 5800

[speedfoos]

No worries everyone, every bit of advice is good. Like Carl said, I spent 52 days building something that, 6 months ago, I had no idea how it even worked. I didnt' even know the difference between a wastegate and a blowoff valve. I then took it to the track and ran it all day (9 runs) at 9 psi, it didn't blow up, and I had a decent showing. No one can rain on that parade!

OK, I've just spent an hour going through this entire thread, plus similar ones on two other forums to get everyone into the credits of the video!

[tuningmycivic]

so where's the vid?

lolz

[Curiouz_G]

i got the injectors clint. thanks alot. thanks for the stickers :P

[Curiouz_G]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

OK fine....I'm trying to not spend time on the computer just yet, cuz I'm starving and I need some fam time.

Quick synopsis -

A: I am not a race car driver! The car is capable of more than I could drive it.
B: 9 psi is not enough.
C: Alternators shut down when they get too hot.
D: IMO, my car is still fast, but I got my ass handed to me all day!
E: When it looks like a beater, but the driver wears a helmet, your ass is going to get dusted.
Here's my best run:

Reaction: +.9949 (shut up.)
60 ft: 2.7978
330 ft: 6.8880
1/8 ET: 10.1721
1/8 MPH: 76.03 mph
1000' ET: 12.8589
1/4 ET: 15.2773
1/4 MPH: 95.89 mph

Not awful, but not great. It shows how much I have to learn about tracking a car!

Here's a combo of all my best times from all nine runs:

Reaction: +.6980 (last run)
60 ft: 2.7208 (last run)
330 ft: 6.8880
1/8 ET: 10.1721
1/8 MPH: 77.21 mph
1000' ET: 12.8589
1/4 ET: 15.2773
1/4 MPH: 97.59 (first run)

thats one of the best lines evar

[DsevenEm2]

soo DsevenEm2 will appear on youtube somewhere?! awesome!...that brightens my day up because i just got peed on by mother earth with about an hour of rain while i was trying to put on my rear sway... oh well.. ill be back out there soon..

[speedfoos]

Video is done and uploading now. I think it's awesome. About 8 minutes, fancy titles, rockin' soundtrack, whizbang transitions - good stuff!

Tell me about it George, you'll see the video of that guy just killing me!

[MURDOCK]

Woohoo! bring it on.