xbladr

Hey i took my car out tonight and i used my friends gtech and got it all set up. I have thermal cat back exhaust, MSD distributor caps, msd blaster coils, fpr, and i have advanced my timing. But for some reason i ran a 17.79 with my 96 civic dx coupe and it has no backseats. Is this normal to run that or is something wrong because its not like im a shitty shifter im pretty decent but that seems awfully slow even if it was a stock dx. Please any info would be great

IM ALL BOB

a g-tech is not the best posible measuring tool.. though some have had good results with it .. others have been off as much as 1/2 a sec to a full second..at least it was 18sec =P

Civic242

Yeah that's about the extend of what your stock motor is going to do. So far you've done nothing to increase the engines HP/TQ out put. All that MSD crap isn't doing **** on a non FI DX motor. To be faster in your DX you need an intake, CAI would be better and most of all you need headers, which also means your going to have to remove your cat converter. Since you live in Mass, I did in Ipswich for 18 years, you have to worry about emission testing every year so you could look at getting and EX or high flow cat to keep your car so it will pass emission testing. But check the laws on what you can do to a car's emissions that's less then 10 years old.

Okay that being said I also have a 96 DX and was running low 17s with the stock motor. Post losing cat and adding headers on I was able to pull off a 16.220 at 83.51 mph at a track in Orlando. A DX (106hp) with 4-2-1 headers and CAI and a freer flowing exhaust can be bumped upwards of 12hp to 16hp at the wheels.



Final total after all above mods.



With some weight reductions and better tires I think I could have gotten very close to the upper 15s in a semi-stock DX.


I'm not the fastest car out there but for a DX I'm smokin!!! Did you also know a stock 99 Civic Si runs the 1/4 in about 15.8xx??

hoya_10fintec

my friend ran 16.9 sec with intake, exhaust, B&M FPR... and full interior...
it is a '00 DX coupe...

99DXcoupe

i got a 99 dx w/ i/h/e and full interior ran 16.8 i think is u man not the car

Civic242

He doesn't have an Intake or header, just an axel back exhaust??? It's the car bro.

J T*

my buddy ran a 16.8 with his 98 dx coupe. full interior, system, 18" "sinko" wheels with cheap *** tires and only an intake and exhaust....

suprised the hell out of me but considering he rand that, I think theres something definatley wrong with your time.

drkblue_civic

i have a 95 dx automatic i know this is off topic but I am goin down to the track next week for the first time my friend bet me 5 bucks i wouldnt break 20sec i think i'll get it prob. barely

I Like Boost

good luck, that 20 sec. barrier is pretty hard to break!!!!!!

2k1 GSR

lol

barto

i got 16.975 in my DX hatch. all i got is intake & exhaust.

drkblue_civic

i know 20 is a joke but it is a 4 door automatic it feels so damn slow

sshaikh01

don't rely on g-tec.
that is not accurate at all

Mikey

gtech said i had 488 horsepower!

that's when i decided to sell that piece of junk

twitchm80

Well the G-Tech is very accurate when used correctly!!! It must be set-up perfect and then its right, I used it and 10 runs gtech and 5 runs track and no greater than .4 sec difference.

NeedMOPower

I find gtec very close to my actual track times. the MPH is a always a little off but other than that the times are close. It is all about setup and the area that you choose to run.

The times for the DX should be about a 17.0 with only minor modifications. A friend of mine ran a 17.1 at the track with only an intake. It all depends on the driver as well. A god driver will make a big difference. Shift hard and make sure you have a very controled launch..no excessive wheel spin.

keep trying you will get it

keep trying your times are far off for your setup

novtec96hatch

wow....i ran 16.309 in my 96 dx non-vtec hatch, no mods, so i think you should be doing a LITTLE better then that

SpooN Man

Why drag an almost stock dx ?

NeedMOPower

why drag period.

why ask dumb questions???

ok let me think. I donno ummmm

1. To have fun with friends and cars
2. To see what your car can do before you start to mod

those are the two easiest

That had to have been one of the dumbest things i have seen on this board..lol

FifthGearOnline

hey be nice to him...i have the exact same motor!!

98coupe

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BackSideSA

i dont know guys....but my 2000 civic dx coupe with stock engine but lowered on skunk2 coilovers ran a best of 16.5 at 91mph. My 93 civic dx hatch ran 16.7 on the pizza cutter 13's. that was also at stock height with full interior and NO engine mods. dont know about the numbers but i wasnt disappointd, i thought they would be a lot worse......

civic23g

I have a 96 dx 4-door with intake,full exhaust,header,racing cat and no tar in the entire car and no spare and the g-tech II(new model) said i ran a 16.03 at about 91. That seems about right since i can stay perfectly alongside my friends 96 integra LS and he ran a 15.9 at the actual drag strip.

Jokr112

I saw a girl in orlando with a supra TT and in GTEC she ran high 12's to low 13's on track she ran 13.5's GTEC's aren't that reliable man but get some good minor boltons and you'll drop some

xbladr

Well i weigh about 170 and my friend was in the car with me setting up the gtech and he weighs like 210 he is a big boy. Also i have a wings west aggresor fiberglass front bumper and i have 16" enkei rims with bf goodrich low pros at 35 psi. Would this have effected the time alot?