To lighten up the car, I saw in a superstreet article where they took a chisel and scraped off all the black gooey rubber undercoating on the car. It is that noise deadening crap that they spray on the bottom of you car. When they were all done it took over 50lbs off the vehicle. Put it up on the hoist and you'll see where all that junk is at. Its useless.. Then take out all the carpet, back seats, spare tire and jack, trunk trim, door panel trim, passanger seat, get a racing seat for driver side, take out the dash so that only the gauge cluster is mounted on a piece of aluminum. lol. That would actually take off 200 or 300 lbs I'm guessing. At the most.. That is, if you are really serious about shaving down your times. Also, to take off another 30-50lbs, get a cf trunk, hood, fenders, front bumper, and take off the heavy crash bumpers and replace them with custom welded piece of light weight alloy. And if you are REALLY REALLY serious, switch everything over to titanium bolts. My barber customizes crotch rockets and he reduced the weight of a bike by 2 or 3 lbs just on using titanium bolts alone.. the thing is they cost alot, but look nice. In your hand, they feel like a feather, but are super strong.

 

while we are at it... we just do what super street did... take a sawzaw to it.

 

Yes, get rid of all those stupid un-necessary pieces of metal and panels.

 

Hate to tell you bro but i do have the piggyback and i strip my interior when i go race. I think part of the problem is the car not wanting to go into 3rd gear. I usually try to shift at redline but anywhere between 5000 - 6000 rpm the shifter has a lot of difficulty going into gear. I know there is a few tenths in my car if i can get that figured out. I think what i will do if I don't end up getting an evo in the fall is going with a cam and a new clutch / shifter combo. Who knows ??

 

Once I decide if I am going to tune the car myself or have it dyno tuned we'll see what happens. I'm torn between getting a wideband and tuning myself instead of the $150 dyno/tuning session that I was going to undertake.

I might be the fastest at this point who posts and who's car is still running but you all know that Petey Pab is the fastest NA to date at 16.218.

I'm going to hit the track tomorrow with these new tires I have but I fear that after resetting the ECU to install and AFC device that the car will not run at it's best untuned state.

I hope you run well Eboy. I want to know what all that tuning is capable of.

WADAD

 

You might as well just buy a WBO2- I had the same "problem" and then thought "wait! That's retarded. I can spend $300 on a WBO2 and get unlimited runs OR pay $300 for 2.5 hours of tuning with a WB on a dyno" It was an easy choice after that If the UPS tracking system is accurate, I have the zeitronix zt-2 waiting at home right now. It'll only take me about an hour to do the wiring and welding. Total for that was $309 with an extra O2 bung and 2 day air shipping.

And really, I don't care about the 1/4 mile- it's the AX course that I spend my time on. It'll be nice to see times around 16 sec, though.

good luck WADAD and let us know how you do

 

well - good luck you guys. I was hoping to be the first into the 15's but if not..... maybe we can have our own "15 second club" Besides if someone goes down there - it gives me something else to shoot for. Hell, if all else fails... i'll get a RPW crate motor. So there

BTW - Eboy... didn't know you had a cam. Thought wad and U9v were the only ones running a cammer. Good luck regardless.

 

There's
Firechicken
Hardcoretuner and
KansasLancer.. that also have cams out there.

I have a tuning question eboy. I going to type in an already existing thread.
Also did you get the ZT-2 with out the gauge? Are you doing to datalog with your palm pilot? Is that what you have? I don't have a laptop.

Anyway look for the SAFC thread I need something answered.

WADAD

 

eboy are you gonna data log your zeitronix w/ your emanage? i was plannin on getting the plx m300 and log with the emanage... but if the zeitronix can do it and for a few bucks cheaper i think i would go with that.

 

drop about 2.5 sec. Stock...

 

If you dont have a laptop you'll have to get a digital display meaning more $. The zeitronix can datalog. I have one myself just need a data logger before I start doing anything with it or the emanage. I hate waiting.

 

yeah the plx comes with a display and all for 315... and its out put is linear so you can data log and pick out your afr... guys on the emanage groups data log with it, once i get everything in im gonna find out exactly how to hook it all up.

 

DAMNIT!!! at least SOMEONE remembers me! come on kids, i aint dead yet.

 

the PLX has the display, but doesn't log at the $315 price (you have to buy the $500 model to get the logger)- it's as useless as a 4 assed monkey! I was just looking over the zeitronix instructions and I think I'm gonna try to log in conjunction with the eManage.

 

OMFG ROFFLE!>?!?!! I would do that.. except put a fiberglass shell over it. hahahaha.