Any one have any little secret mods that can be dont to your car last minute b4 a race to help the car run better ?

1) things like resettingthe ECU ,
2) bypassing the throttle body (coolant lines),
3) advancing timing a few degrees
4) octane booster
5) hotter/colder plugs

here are two that ppl say work ( anyone ever tried them )

block off the fuel return line . it increase the fuel in the fuel rail and therefore increase fuel pressure on injectors ( is this true , i have seen guys do it b4 and their car move somewhat better )

also a larger vtec solenoid : - what the hell .......... now i have never seen this b4 but read about it on the net , the guy says it increases power ?

do any of you guys have any secrets ?
turbo guys should have a good set of tricks !

 

i kinda doubt a larger vtec solenoid does anything. Its just an on off switch.

 

yeah ! ........... i kinda figured ! it sounded quite dumb

 

1 Try lowering the pressure on your tires.
2 uncovering a small opening where the air filter meets the turbo intake elbow. (Top side so less chances of sucking up something. Only need about 2-3 inches of opening.) [My little favorite]
3 Try a $1.00 bag of ice on the intake manifold too. (This might be a little more difficult to get though).

 

fill your tires w/ helium

 

take out your seats...
soak your air filter with nitromethane
open you NAWWWWWSSSS bottle
go to the bathroom

 

LOL !!!

nice responces .......... pretty funn thread !

Some can work btw

 

a lot of sugar helps. for you, not the care.

 

Block of ice on intake
Tire pressure
Remove seats
Remove a/c and power steering belts.

 

yea def remove the belts, and ive seen kids cap off the vacum for the fuel rail but the car doesn't idle for sheeet and it just fouls the plugs if you do, :although who ever does it swears they feel a difference:

 

Powersteering belt and uncap that header.

 

take off rear and maybe front bumper brackets
remove spare tire
take out all seats you dont need

 

set boost control to 29lb.

dont tell nobody though. sssshhhhhhhhhhh.

 

<FONT COLOR="gray">change your oil.</FONT>

 

im assuming you are talking about a drag race. if so, have someone ride shotgun in both cars. have the guy riding in the other car fill his pants with rocks, hehe.

Tom

 

-Run on an almost empty gas tank.
-Disconnect your exhaust.
-Replace doors and trunk w/gutted doors and trunk (if you don't care about your car).
-Remove seats.
-Decrease tire pressure.

All this would get my normal 14.8 down to a lowest of 14.2

 

Gas tank + Toluene = fuel loving

 

remove your hood..saves wieght and increases air flow..

 

roll down the windows and stick your arms out and paddle, having a passenger do this helps too

 

jack up the back end of the car so that you are always going downhill....
and then unbolt your exhaust after the header

 

have any of you taken off your hood at the track? im going to the track tommorow and was thinking about doing it

also what lines do you block off to the intake manifold to make it cooler btw, sounds like a good idea

 

run to the dealer and buy a new car

 

before the races, I usually bring a lil water bottle with VHT in it where my partner would put on the road right in front of the two friont tires ... hold down the car as the burn out is done ...

If you have things like AC and PS on your car, pull those belts off ...

If you have a Cat converter, put a testpipe in there temporarily

Change the oil and filter the night before (huge increase)

If you dont have traction bars, use the smaller teflon straps to tie the control arms to the cross member to reduce excessive play.

With that said ... good luck

Greg

 

a little thing i learned from some bay area street racers is to pull of the tubes off of the hood that leads to the windshield squirters and route them to the front fender wells. One on each side. Fill up the reservoir with vht. And before a run, do a burnout while you turn on the windshield squirters.

 

does by capping the coolant line to the throttle really help? i had heard of this before but never tried it. don't you need the coolant to go through to help cool the engine? will this cause any problems to the motor? and should i take all the seats out or just the back one? i was told to leave the passenger seat on cuz it helps to plant your wheels down.