BauleyCivic

Well, this weekend I finally got a chance to take my working mini-me to the track, with the goal of breaking into the 15's...and did it. The first time I went to the track, I ran my stock D15B7 with I/E and ran a 16.9 @ 81 with a shitty 2.4 60ft. I did my mini-me swap, and went to Englishtown and ran a 17.3 @ 78 best with a horrid 2.5 60ft...I didn't get lower than that at all that day. I didn't know what the hell was wrong. I then discovered that I forgot to pull an oil jet in the block that makes VTEC activate. I did that, and didn't have a chance to get to the track until now. I was running consistent 16.1' with 2.3 60fts, and I got the 60ft down to 2.2 for the last run and was rewarded with a 15 second timeslip. I'm very pleased with the results, and I have an EX tranny waiting to be installed (as soon as I get a new clutch). After that, i'm going to upgrade my header and exhaust system, and slap a cam in there. I want to have 14's before I start modifying the bottom end.

Current Setup:
1993 Honda Civic LX Sedan (Weighed in at 2320 lbs without driver)
D15B7 Block and Tranny
D16Z6 Head / Intake Manifold / Exhaust Manifold
Full Interior with Spare Tire, Tools
Short Ram Intake w/ removed headlight
Welded-on straight through eBay muffler
Stock Cat/Exhaust Piping
Original Clutch w/ 160,000 miles
No PS belt
175/50/13 All-Season tires on 13" VX Wheels @ 23psi

Timeslip:



Modified by BauleyCivic at 10:42 AM 11/4/2003

Evs-One

wow, not bad at all

throw the tranny in there and get consistant mid 15's

singlecam screamer

congrats on the times

EG(6)SR

I never knew about the oil jets....but hell i've never down a mini me or lsvtec....

Glad to hear you got everything running right. Times look good. You doing this with a dx tranny? keep us informed with your d series buildup.

Redline130

That's pretty impressive, especially the fact that you ran it in a 4 door with a DX tranny and original clutch. I just put together a mini-me using a B2 bottom, and I'm a little curious to see what it will run. It's in a 88 hatch, so I'd be happy with mid to high 15's on street tires. Good luck with the further enhancements to the motor.

drevinder

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throw the tranny in there and get consistant mid 15's</TD></TR></TABLE>


lol that goes for u too evan

BauleyCivic

Yeah...DX tranny is a big 's. However, if you read my VX wheel thread ( https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=629535 ) you'll see that having the 175/50/13 tires helps a lot in terms of gearing. I'm really looking forward to a new clutch and EX tranny...

Rowdy

Looks like the driving got better too.

JV

Good time.

What tire pressure were you running?

BauleyCivic

oh yeah...forgot to mention that...23 PSI

the tires are really ******* small so I didn't want to run the pressure TOO low, I started with 25 and moved down to 23...it seemed to be a good balance

The tires:

T4eg

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nice

EGinNY

OT: When is englishtown gonna get past feb,2000........my slip says same thing and i went in oct. 03

BauleyCivic

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LOL when hell freezes over...Englishtown sucks i'm never going back there

1320ForLife

good job Dustin.

Tomek

congrats

BauleyCivic

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Thanks...whoever you are

JV

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LOL when hell freezes over...Englishtown sucks i'm never going back there </TD></TR></TABLE>

Where is Capitol raceway at? Come on down to Atco bro...

jeremyEG

nice time. a new clutch, better tranny, cam, header, test pipe and some weight reduction and you just might have a shot at high 14's. its gonna be tough but who knows. good luck

Eee Pee

Have you done a tire size comparison yet?

Stock sive vs. 175/50/13s?

I know how losing almost three inches in diameter feels.
But numbers would be good.

BauleyCivic

Look at the end of the VX wheel thread...

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I thought it did...I only ran once with the 15" pirellis (16.4 w/ 2.4 60ft)...with the 13" sumis, I immediately dropped 3 tenths (16.1 w/ 2.3 60ft) and eventually got my best run in with them (15.9 w/ 2.2 60ft). They are actually pretty damn sticky, I had to cook em before each run though...it was awesome!

Here is an interesting comparo of the sumi's vs the pirelli's with similar 60fts-

195/50/15 Pirelli P700-Z on Integra LS wheels:
60ft: 2.400
1/8: 10.531
MPH: 68.00
1/4: 16.407
MPH: 84.08

175/50/13 Sumitomo HTR200 on Civic VX Wheels:
60ft: 2.451
1/8: 10.594
MPH: 66.53
1/4: 16.406
MPH: 85.09

You can see the difference...with the civic VX wheels at the 1/8 mile I was .06 seconds behind and 1.5 MPH behind my other run, and at the 1/4 mile I was .01 seconds ahead and 1 MPH ahead of my original run. So, in the second half of the run, I only gained a tenth of a second, but on the other hand I did gain a whopping 2.5 MPH with the VX wheels, and I had an overall better run with a worse 60ft...not bad at all </TD></TR></TABLE>


Modified by BauleyCivic at 2:41 PM 11/10/2003

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iTrader: (2)

damn dude that's pretty damn good... congrats

RyanEJ8

Good run Bauley.

Get that EX tranny in there and let's see you drop a few tenths off your time!

SOHCwarrior

congrats on the improvements
I would suggest doing a little weight reduction
I've ran 9.8s in the 1/8th with a d15b7, mostly just boltons. I think dropping some weight should really help, and no doubt the ex trans is gonna bring you down probably 3 tenths at least. You have a good platform to build on though.

S13Sean

Congrats! It's a great feeling when you can see an improvement in performance. Wait till you start running 14s you'll have a fun street car.

KS-R

Practice makes perfect. Nto sure about the power difference between a mini me and a DOHC ZC motor, but my buddy pulled a 15.5 with his ZC Civic WAGON.