As I am writing this I am one confused, angry, and dissapointed turbo LS owner..

Went to the 1/8 mile track tonight..

Ran 9.8@74mph on 3-4lbs of boost.. 2.560ft

then turned up the boost to 8lbs

Ran 9.9@73mph.. 2.5 60ft(yeup lost mph)

lowered tire pressure to 22psi and turned boost back down to 4psi

Ran 9.7@74mph.. 2.4 60ft

turned boost back up to 8psi

Ran 10.2@71mph.. 2.560ft

This week has been a very bad week for my car, my 3rd gear synchro is gone(grinds third ALMOST every time), I cant seem to get my boost controller to work right as u can see in these two posts https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=117513 and https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=113498 and then tonight I wanted to bring it to the track and see if my car was really as slow as I thought it was.. Well I confirmed that considering stock I was running 10.2@69mph w/ 2.460ft in the 1/8..

I just want to sell the bitch, all it is becoming is a big money pit that dissapoints me everytime i drive it..

also with my boost controller set up the way it is, im not even hitting full boost(8psi) until 5kRPM.. I know this cannot be right

My set up is:
Revhard stage 2 kit
3" thermal exhaust
ACT clutch

I know my car should be alot faster..my compression is good, install looks good, turbo seems like its working.. I have everything neccessary to make it haul *** but for some reason its not.. and that is what I am very angry and confused about.. alright, needed to vent.. I feel better now.. anyone have 2 cents on this?

 

Oh yeh to make the night even worse, there was a guy there with a SC GSR talking sooooooo much trash and I couldnt even talk back cause my car is horribly slow.. on the 10.2 run I lost to a stock civic ex and the worse part about it is my third gear wasnt even pulling hard enough to fetch him.. oh and to top it all off, my friend tells me I should sell the turbo stuff and go LSvtec!!!!! ARGGGGGGGhhhhh If i go LS anything it will be LS1 damnit..




[Modified by DIRep972, 10:04 AM 1/26/2002]

 

Race him on a 1/4 mile day and see who wins
what tires are you using? i would try lower than 20psi
like 16. the walls are strong but i don't know whats the miniunum psi u can use.
gotta get that launch down man.

 

Yes that and repair the synchro, and get the boost controller working properly as well.

 

bring the car next week to ennis feb 2. Ill help you sort things out. I got to get the cage inspected makesure the fuel setup is fine.

 

Chris, dont listen to things with ****.

 

not the way my car is running, my trap speeds represent that of a 160whp car.. his traps were 78-80mph.. the way my car is running he woulda pulled harder and harder had we raced 1/4..

 

ill be there, in the mean time im going to try to figure some things out..

 

...borrow/make a manuel boost controller, and check your fuel tuning... then go from there...

 

Is that on street tires?......b/c you most definately are going to need some slicks

 

I don't think everything is installed right on your car.

 

I agree. If melanie lets me go over, I'll go and check it out.

art

 

Have you considered suicide? come on Chris.. a stock EX!!!. nah for real. I would just look at some naked chicks. .get your mind off of it.. Spend some damn money on a tity bar for once instead of the money pit and go with Stan!!!

 

Ouch.... I ran a 10.1 on my BONE STOCK LS in the 1/8 mile.


I think you have something installed wrong or something is broken.


[Modified by TurboIntegra, 3:05 PM 1/26/2002]

 

please melanie! PLEASE!!

 

that is unbelievably fast for a bone stock LS.. U sure it wasnt 10.1? 9.1's is what I was shooting for with turbo..

 

I agree, or something is broken.. I just need some outside help to figure out what it is..

 

Yeah 9.1 is impossible on a stock ls.

 

LOL Ooops it was a typo. Haha. I ran 10.1 on the 1/8 mile in my stock LS.

 

I got a 9.9@72 when i was stock.

And when i had the JRSC i think i was trapping at 80mph through the 1/8th. And that was with a 14.7@95.5 1320.



[Modified by Strng1dah, 3:36 PM 1/26/2002]

 

You better not...us LS folks need to stick together....you'll get it worked out..Keep your head up man!!