The Mista Mike

Car:
98 Civic HX
Stock motor
EX tranny
VAFC-2
Short ram intake
Custom Exhaust 2.25" mandrel with 2.25" oval straight through muffler
Tanabe lowering springs

Slip:


I'm car 33 on the left. The car I raced (160) was a y8 swapped hatch with d15b LSD tranny and similar bolt ons and suspension. I was pretty excited about the 2.356 60 ft., but I'm asking for help in improving these times. I'm tuned lean across the board anywhere from around -6 (at idle to save gas) to -1 up top. This run was after a retune on the VAFC. I was running super rich up top. I tuned it lean as per someone's advice and netted about 1 mph and 3 tenths.

So, anyone have advice as to what to do next? I have some motor mount inserts that need to go in to help out my 3rd gear grind. I'm not looking for "swap it" replies either.

litterbox

What were you launching at?

skip.two

boost?

EgGriff

what kinda tires you runnin that on?

i remember when i ran my d15b (ebay intake and stock exhaust) on steelies, i ran a 16.1

that was also with the tranny that came with a d16y7, so whichever that is, lol.

The Mista Mike

I don't wanna boost really as its still a stock motor. Essentially, I'm looking for some easy mods that won't cost me too much.

I launched at around 4500-5000 rpms on Falken Ziex ZE-512's on my stock HX wheels. They were set at around 20-21 psi. I was surprised it actually hooked up. This was really my first time at the track doing an all-out launch. In recent trips, I always tried feathering, but that never seemed to work well. My quickest 60' by feathering was 2.517 and when I started launching I was at around 3k. Those 3k launches netted me a best 60' of 2.424.