thechamp2633

i have a 1994 d16z6 in my 1994 sedan recently took it to the track with some friends and ran horrible times of 17.2 and 17.3 all day i didnt take out any of my interior and i still had a kicker l5 15inch subwoofer and amp with a capacitor in the back i kno if i take these out my car will be about 100 pounds lighter and im wondering if anyone out there has the same motor and what you are running i have 205/40/16 toyo proxes4 on my car and they werent gettin good grip on the track when a kid came up to me and said i was doin notin but spinning through 1st and 2nd gear like i didnt kno that already should i go with a different wheel and tire when i go or no?i also have dc headers and air intake on my car if that makes a difference

MJ0LNIR

That was two sentences.

Nobody can tell you the quarter time of your car in any configuration.

Take out the weight, get the better tires, go back to the track, and find out for yourself.

DIY16KID

i just put a z6 p28 in my eg, full interior, an 17's. im runnin all the stock parts\tune for now plus cx tranny. im workin my intake manifold an distributor(Si\msd) now an addin d16a1 pistons later down the road. MAYBE ls rods when i get it right. ill post up some numbers when im done without the pistons\rods. i still gotta geta different tranny, an ill be runnin vx rims for runs.

what are you launchin at?

thechamp2633

i was launchin at about 3500 to 4000

thechamp2633

yea i was

SoHc94

like it was said. but yur driving a sedan with subs in it.. why r u tryin to race it? so if ur racing it. strip it. and ask around about Tire pressures and stuff. and do u have a timeslip so we kan see how fast yur gettin out of the hole and stuff.

92ehatch

probably all that weight in the back causing you to lose traction.

that and you are in a sedan.

and d series arent that powerful to begin with

ventturei27

a d series isnt powerfull to being with but u should have been in the high 16s with all that weight....lower your tire pressure a bit and work on your 60 foot times and your reaction times- i bet thats whats killing you. my z6 in my hatch pulled a 15.4 with light mods so u should be able to get around there even with an extra 600 pounds

DIY16KID

go find you a good, long, flat road to practice on. launch at different points and find out what would be the best. idk how you drive but just cause theres a redline dont mean thats where you shift. pay attintion to your motor an where it quits really pullin, an that'll be where you want to shift. youd rather have more pull then waiting on it to redline. you needa be shiftin at exactly the right point before you stop pullin hard. go with there lower tire pressure to, then regular.


ive seen a z6 beat plenty or respected b18's\hybrids an v8's around here. you get more out of trickin your computer with its sensors on the single heads than you would just throwin on a couple bolt ons an haven at it. i hear to many people puttin single heads down. im fixen to start my c1 but the Z6 is stout, its a go get'r for budget.

92hatch_cx-t

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A 92 stock Civic Sedan weighs 2275lbs(for the DX) and 2319lbs(for the LX) which is less than an 92 Stock Si Civic Hatchback weighs in at 2326lbs....

So its not as heavy as it looks

thechamp2633

yea well im goin back to the track on wed. i took everything out this time since i actually knew my friends were going up there this time. Another reason i might have run slow is because i didnt kno where the track was and filled up before we left and then again about 5 miles from the track since i wasnt sure on how far we were from the track

Syndacate

Sedans are the heaviest chassis - I think.

For a bad/new driver - that's pretty normal. You probably got owned on the start, what was your 60' time?

t0p_sh0tta

Sedans are not the heaviest, EX excluded. A DX sedan (and possiblty LX) is lighter than and EX coupe and SI hatch IIRC.

Libertariat

typical civic time.

nothing wrong with it. except it;s 14 years old maybe.

Syndacate

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At the weight differences it depends on the options (such as power windows). If he's got the stock Z6 in there than it's an EX - heaviest as far as I know. So you're right, the LX 4 door is lighter than the Si and EX, but if he's got the stock motor in than it's an EX and it's heavier as far as I know.

Either way - the weight differences are damn near negligible.

For a new driver, that's fine.

Bejita

Does the engine have a lot of miles on it??

smileycvc

my buddies girl friend ran a 16.9 in here eg with full interior. O yeah that was also with a d15 non vtec. I think you need more practice and dont launch so high.

thechamp2633

a 16.9 in a 1.5 non vtec thats a lil bit on the wild side there was 1.6 non vtecs there this week at the track runnin 18s and high 17s last week i actually won the sport compact and import bracket racingup to mt.morris new york running consistent 16.9s in the civic