Hey whats up guys hopefully u guys can help me out cuz i have no clue what this can be. I havea 04 rsx type-s with comptech full race header and an injen cold air intake. A while back i took my car to get dynoed with just the intake , it made 170 whp the first run after 2nd run it droped to 150 whp thats alot of loss. The guys said that when it gets hot thats where im loosing it he said it might be a cloged cat. So later on i got a comptech full race header which eliminates the cat, we dyno it and it gave out 190whp after a couple runs it droped to 175 whp, so i was kinda lost at this time. I jsut came back from the track in fontana my first 2 runs i ran a 14.7 afer that it was 14.8 then a 14.9 then a 15.0 thing is my 60 foot when up from a 2.3 to a 2.5 and the rest jsut gets worst lol does ne one know what can this be??????? pls help thanks

 

most likly its the heat. your engine will get hotter and your performance will decrease. let the car cool between multiple runs.

 

heat soak.

bring a cooler of ice

 

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I do concure. On the dyno give a minute between runs and like the man said bring ice or a BIG fan. On the track try heat wrapping some stuff like the intake and exhaust manifold. Also it couldn't hurt to put on a new intake gasket like a hondata. And for even more stuff, on the Hondata website they even give pointers on running more consistent dyno numbers.

 

If you plan it out right, you can also run the radiator fans with the engine off to cool it down. Put the key in the ignition, turn it to "on" but don't start the car, and turn on the vent fan & air conditioning.

However, if you plan it out wrong, you could run those fans too long, end up with an almost dead battery, and have to start asking around the pits for a starter battery so that you could jump your own car. Ask me how I know.

 

i ran at fontana too and i only hit a 15.2

 

i saw some people putting dry ice all over their engine bays at the track that day i thought that was pretty cool but man it was really hot that day had to be like 105 at least for the most part my times only got better every run except when my tranny was acting up and i missed second dam K-series what car was yours? mine was a blue 02 with type r wing and type r rims

 

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Did you go saturday or Sunday. Because we went sunday and my bro (5poonhatch) has the yellow hatch. We were under a rec canopy. The rsx went through 5 bags of ice. Before every run the engine was cold. We even skipped a run so it can cool off. They didnt let me run (5poonhatch) because i was too young. Im only 17. Gay **** man.

 

oh i went on sunday i just turned 18 so they let me run all you gotta do tho is just have someone check in your car and then switch bracelets i wanna go back when the weather is better but i think the best track is pomona raceway they open it in october every year and befor like every class races they spray the track down with sticky stuff it smells like gummy bears..... but yeah thats what im really waiting for pomona

 

Oh ****. Dont they check like your I.D's to make sure that the car belongs to you. Like I let me friend drive my car in. Wont they notice the diff last names on the resgistration and stuff?

 

nope my cars registerd under my moms name and they didnt care

 

Yea thats why. Same last name....and my bro is racing his rsx-s so he cant put his name under my car cus he races his already.

 

i don't know if the rsx has twin fans, but on my miata, i wired the AC fan in parallel to the radiator fan for a little extra cooling. the AC fan only comes on in the miata when the AC is on, by wiring them together, they both turn on at the same time, irregardless if the AC is on or not. with the enclosed engine bay the miata has (flip-up headlights and small radiator opening) it helps.

just an idea.

 

just have your bro register both cars they arnt gonna say anything if he pays for both cars trust me my friends have done it before they don't check who you are at the line they just look for the bracelet your never going to see anyone checking anything after youve had the car checked in i dont even think they look at names at all they just look to see if the car is registered if it has insurance and if you have a drivers licences