First Drag track experience...
#1
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First Drag track experience...
Just sharing my first experience at the drag strip. The car is not setup for drag, but for street.
SETUP
Car: 2000 Civic DX Hatchback (No weight reduction at all even with spare)
Suspension: Koni Yellow (softest setting) w/ H&R Street Springs (softest springs H&R offers ~240lbs F/R)
Tires: 15in LS Mesh w/ BFGoodrich Comp2 195/55 (PSI was out of wack left tire was @35psi right was @29PSI not intentional)
Engine: JDM B18C Type R
Gas Tank: 1/3 of petrol/gas in the tank
Mods:
Mugen Twin Loop,
Test Pipe,
Toda Header,
Comptech Ice box with OEM replacement filter
No AC
Honda S300
Refresh head work
HP: 186 TQ: 130
SETUP
Car: 2000 Civic DX Hatchback (No weight reduction at all even with spare)
Suspension: Koni Yellow (softest setting) w/ H&R Street Springs (softest springs H&R offers ~240lbs F/R)
Tires: 15in LS Mesh w/ BFGoodrich Comp2 195/55 (PSI was out of wack left tire was @35psi right was @29PSI not intentional)
Engine: JDM B18C Type R
Gas Tank: 1/3 of petrol/gas in the tank
Mods:
Mugen Twin Loop,
Test Pipe,
Toda Header,
Comptech Ice box with OEM replacement filter
No AC
Honda S300
Refresh head work
HP: 186 TQ: 130
#2
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Re: First Drag track experience...
Once you get used to everything and run some slicks you'll should be able to break in the 13's no problem.
Back in the day I had a Stock JDM GSR, intake, headers, exhaust with CTR cams and ported GSR manifold and made 179whp and was running 13.6's with 20 inch slicks on steel wheels. This was before Hondata, I was on a chipped P28 with a vtec controller.
Back in the day I had a Stock JDM GSR, intake, headers, exhaust with CTR cams and ported GSR manifold and made 179whp and was running 13.6's with 20 inch slicks on steel wheels. This was before Hondata, I was on a chipped P28 with a vtec controller.
#3
Honda-Tech Member
Re: First Drag track experience...
Once you get used to everything and run some slicks you'll should be able to break in the 13's no problem.
Back in the day I had a Stock JDM GSR, intake, headers, exhaust with CTR cams and ported GSR manifold and made 179whp and was running 13.6's with 20 inch slicks on steel wheels. This was before Hondata, I was on a chipped P28 with a vtec controller.
Back in the day I had a Stock JDM GSR, intake, headers, exhaust with CTR cams and ported GSR manifold and made 179whp and was running 13.6's with 20 inch slicks on steel wheels. This was before Hondata, I was on a chipped P28 with a vtec controller.
#4
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Thread Starter
Re: First Drag track experience...
Thanks for the suggestions. In a couple months I'll be doing new cams, bigger injectors, larger diameter exhaust, new fuel pump, stiffer springs and a tune. Will see how that turns out. Not sure if I'll run slicks, but hitting the drag strip seems like a good way to see the performance gains on my upgraded parts.
#5
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Re: First Drag track experience...
More power doesn’t always mean faster. Especially in a fwd honda battling traction problems. Like others have said, the quickest and cheapest way to make your qtr mile time faster would be better tires
#6
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Re: First Drag track experience...
Yep. My 11 sec car on slicks had a best ever 13.2 on street tires and I had to pedal the crap out of it the whole track. There is a point that slicks or a good track tire is the only way to go
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