track car suggestions / discussion
#693
good news, bad news, ok news, and $$$ news
good news is I got an alignment
bad news is my front camber bolts are seized
ok news is its still a decent camber setting in the seized position
$$$ news is I might as well buy poly bushings for the lower control arm when I get the camber bolts cut off and replaced by new ones
good news is I got an alignment
bad news is my front camber bolts are seized
ok news is its still a decent camber setting in the seized position
$$$ news is I might as well buy poly bushings for the lower control arm when I get the camber bolts cut off and replaced by new ones
#696
some pics and vids from my track day yesterday
best lap was a 2:06.64. so that puts me 0.65 seconds behind my best time on the RSX. not bad for a car thats 10 mph slower on the front straight and shot synchros... although I never really had any track worthy brake pads on the RSX, I'm thinking with proper pads I'd be able to knock off another .25-.5ish seconds.
Turns out the CSF radiator I bought was a waste of money... I never even got into the 200's at any point on track for coolant temp
did a couple highways pulls against my sister driving the RSX (which has a better tune now then when I was tracking it, about another 20-30whp) and I was really surprised, the Miata pulls on the RSX pretty easily in 3rd gear. I get a full car length by the end of 3rd, and then the Miata is dead in 4th... it barely accelerates at all. but the RSX has a higher VTEC cross over now since its a daily, so it starts the race on the small cam. I'm thinking the results would be a lot closer if it started on the big cam. might have to race again from a speed that puts it on the big cam and see how it goes.
This 458 was insane. he was running on Hoosier R7's, the pace he carries is nuts! I went on a ride along with him and honestly its have for me to even comprehend driving this fast. he's not that far behind the cars in the pic above...
sorry for crap vid quality, this one was snapchat
fastest lap:
bodyroll
best lap was a 2:06.64. so that puts me 0.65 seconds behind my best time on the RSX. not bad for a car thats 10 mph slower on the front straight and shot synchros... although I never really had any track worthy brake pads on the RSX, I'm thinking with proper pads I'd be able to knock off another .25-.5ish seconds.
Turns out the CSF radiator I bought was a waste of money... I never even got into the 200's at any point on track for coolant temp
did a couple highways pulls against my sister driving the RSX (which has a better tune now then when I was tracking it, about another 20-30whp) and I was really surprised, the Miata pulls on the RSX pretty easily in 3rd gear. I get a full car length by the end of 3rd, and then the Miata is dead in 4th... it barely accelerates at all. but the RSX has a higher VTEC cross over now since its a daily, so it starts the race on the small cam. I'm thinking the results would be a lot closer if it started on the big cam. might have to race again from a speed that puts it on the big cam and see how it goes.
This 458 was insane. he was running on Hoosier R7's, the pace he carries is nuts! I went on a ride along with him and honestly its have for me to even comprehend driving this fast. he's not that far behind the cars in the pic above...
sorry for crap vid quality, this one was snapchat
fastest lap:
bodyroll
#701
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Quality placement on that O2 bung
#702
you have to do a bit of ricer math so don't get your panties in a bunch too much
the link below had 2 before/after dyno's. first one shows a stock car before/after tune and the second shows stock before and tune + header/exhuast after. the difference between the 2 is 20 hp. and the header I have is bigger (both same brand though), so I'll have a bit more on top and a bit less on the low end
http://www.tdr-mx5tuning.com/how-doe...lashing-works/
also here's a pic of the stock header
the link below had 2 before/after dyno's. first one shows a stock car before/after tune and the second shows stock before and tune + header/exhuast after. the difference between the 2 is 20 hp. and the header I have is bigger (both same brand though), so I'll have a bit more on top and a bit less on the low end
http://www.tdr-mx5tuning.com/how-doe...lashing-works/
also here's a pic of the stock header
#705
haha, its NA, what do you expect... there isn't much to gain out of a tune out of an NA 4 banger..
I kinda wanna do a before/after dyno, but at the same time don't really wanna waste the money... idk, might do it
edit:
back to the stock header pic, the cat starts right after the runners pinch/merge. so I'm also getting rid of 1 of the cats.