I have a minivan that can do 0 to 60 in less then 8.5 seconds!

 

true your minivan probly weighs the same as the lancer and has a V6 too right?

and my r/t dakota can do the 0-60 in just about 5 secs. whats your point? if you want something fast to drive you shoulda got a honda and been happy with it....altho the new honda civics do a nice 17.1 sec 1/4 mile so unless you shyt ou the 24000 for a Si your SOL.

 

You honestly believe that a Lancer weighs as much a Minivan? My point is that a car that is sporty looking, and suppose to be competitive in this market around the $20k range is not doing so in the speed or power dept! ALso my van does weight in at a hefty 4800 pounds! Yes, a V-6, but it is a vehicle to pick up kids after a soccer game. Not one that young guys drive around thinking their car is fast just because the way it looks, and sounds! This is why I got rid of mine!!!

 

i guess you have a newer van,lol. i know guys that took the stock 2.2 turbo dodge caravans with the turbo and custom did the turbo upgrades and the guy runs a 12 in a minivan. there is a video of it on youtube. anyways. minivans ahve been busting honda a$$es for a while bro. thats why i dont understand why mitsu isnt trying to make power in the Si range. i know that a 2.4 with 200HP would be way better for sales to the younger gen then how that honda is. and make the 2.0 with maybe 170 that would sell way better. but remember they dont care about us Lancer drivers because Mitsu's reasoning is "buy an EVO." but some ppl dont want an evo its too expencive for a 13.9 1/4 mile. for 36K i could god forbid and i hate chebby but i could get a d@mned 2010 Camero SS for that and run a 12.9 in the 1/4. but we did buy the car knowing what it had stock so we rally cant talk about it.

 

Don't have an exact 0-60 because the ghetto drag strip I went to didn't always get all the info put on the sheets, but here's what I got on the 1/8 mile today:
Reaction: 0.343
E.T.: 10.604
MPH: 68.287

She's a 2008 ES, CVT transmission, no paddle shifters/sport mode. Works cat-back exhaust, Fuzion HRI tires (stock size, but the yokohama's were garbage so I got these instead) and K&N drop in filter are the only mods. Pulled my spare tire outta the trunk, and I weigh 135lbs. Staged in L, held the brake to the floor and revved to @ 2800 rpm (brakes fail any higher), let off brakes and put it to the floor when the tree greened-up, shifted from L to D at roughly 55-60 mph, keeping the revs as close to 5800 the entire time, working the throttle slightly. Tried e-brake instead but the rear brakes won't hold it past 1900 or so. She takes off a little stronger in L than in D (at least from what I could tell, and my times agreed) Temp outside was 60, elevation here is roughly +250 ft. My reaction time is kinda garbage on this run, had quicker ones but slower E.T.'s. Took 5 runs before I got this one. after 7ish runs the transmission started getting pretty warm and it wouldn't shift from L to D as smooth anymore, killing my back half speed. This thing isn't a monster by any means, but it's a blast to drive, and IS pretty peppy for the minuscule amount of HP it puts out (especially at higher speeds). Hope this helps, I'll be going back to the track again soon to try a few more things out. Baseline numbers for a very lightly modded CVT jobber. Trying to get the pictures off my phone of the slip from this pass for proof.

Added: I also wanted to touch on the subject of the "adaptive ECU" these have (assuming you're not running a piggyback unit). After you make a few passes driving the dog snot out of it, it does pep up a little. However if you've been letting your mother drive your car for the past week and you try to lay down some times, keep in mind that it's still dumping fuel/sucking air/shifting the pulleys in the tranny like your mom's driving it. I also found that after I left the track, when I would take off from a stop light normally, it would immediately start to rev up and take off like I was running it down the strip again. The thing DOES learn, but not very fast. Another "feature" that deserves a thought when posting times/speeds. Maybe someone with a piggyback/ECU flash unit can attest to the difference in consistency it makes? I don't have it, so I cannot, but I would assume it's noticeable. Again, if you don't have a CVT, and have never driven one, it's hard to understand this concept, but it's definitely a factor.

 

completely stock cvt with paddle****ers, I hit about 5.3 seconds.
jk

 

I ran a 15.7 @ 87mph with my 09 gts, 5spd, stock.

 

2009 sportback GTS with injen SRI i got it down to exactly 7 seconds 3 times in a row!

I remember doing a 0-60 without my sri last year and it was 7.3.

still pretty slow