Drag racing (for the 2nd time)

[rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)]

Well, for one, you need to improve those 60' times.  I've been doing 2.3 second 60' with crappy tires.  But that might be a side effect of the problem, not the source of it.

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> From: "koabi" <koabi@seeohdee.com>
> Date: 2003/05/10 Sat PM 03:30:52 EDT
> To: "'Ryan H'" <rhock99@epix.net>
> Subject: RE: Drag racing (for the 2nd time)
> 
> Ok here are the full specs of my car:
> 
> 9A with 1.8 16v head, digifant, neuspeed 268 cams (this has not been
> verified though), 2.25 mandrel bent exhaust of some sort, vr6 muffler,
> lightened flywheel, ABA headgasket (supposedly bumps up compression a
> bit).
> 
> 2.572 and 2.651 60 foot times.  I was somewhere between 3.5k and 4k rpm
> and just dumped the clutch.
> 
> I heard this motor was abused before I ended up with it... so maybe a
> compression check is needed.
> 
> The most depressing thing of that evening was:
> The same year/model of Accord that my girlfriend has ran a faster time
> than my car did.  SO DEPRESSING!
> 
> Thanks for the tips,
> koabi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan H [mailto:rhock99@epix.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:05 PM
> To: koabi
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Drag racing (for the 2nd time)
> 
> No, you should definitely be faster.  In my heavy 16V, with nothing more
> than an exhaust and fuel module, I run consistent 15.9x @ 86.  And
> that's a 1.8L.  Check your timing settings, check your compression, and
> also play with the DPR setting (wait, Digifant, nevermind).  And how's
> your launch technique?  60 foot times?  My best launches were dumping
> the clutch at 4000rpm.  Fun!
> 
> > 
> > From: "koabi" <koabi@seeohdee.com>
> > Date: 2003/05/10 Sat PM 02:41:25 EDT
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Subject: Drag racing (for the 2nd time)
> > 
> > I was talked into drag racing my car yesterday... here is a before and
> > after comparison
> > 
> > Before: 2.0 16v w/CIS-E
> > 17.077 @ ??
> > 18.004 @ 77.94
> > 
> > After: 2.0 16v w/Digifant I
> > 17.007 @ 81.31
> > 17.217 @ 80.83
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure this is not where the car should be, but at least the
> > digifant didn't take anything away ...
> > 
> > koabi
> > 
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