well i was very surprised to hit a 13.6 tonight at the track. previously my best time was a 13.8 and my stock clutch has 20 bottles on it, so its really barely hangin in there. i figured i would run worse than i did last fall because i have but a lot more wear on the clutch, but somehow i pulled it off. i am happy as hell. laughin2.2 watch out!

peace

 

Damn good time bro.

Whats your mods?

 

naawwzzz

 

You'd better update your signature then.

 

injen short ram intake, dc sports cc 4-2-1 header, greddy sp exhaust, aem underdrive pulleys, zex 75 shot, bottle heater, purge kit, cant really think of anything else. im runnin on street tires, bridgestone s03 pole positions (sooo sticky) STOCK clutch with about 20 bottles on it its slippin like mad, it hates me.

r/t -- .648
60' -- 2.077 (street tires!)
330 -- 5.812
1/8 -- 8.878@81.42
1000 -- 11.488
1/4 -- 13.694@102.62

peace

too lazy to change my sig tonight


[Modified by wutangben, 7:11 AM 7/24/2002]

 

Looks like I need some more tuning. I only hit 98 mph at rock falls. Then again rock falls is horrible.
congrats man.


[Modified by laughinXXX, 11:45 PM 7/23/2002]

 

holy ****.....a 75 shot dry kit providing results? A Zex kit nontheless? IMPOSSIBLE!! Dry kits are for n00b retards arent they? Congrats man, nice time. VERY nice time.

 

wow, forget the time. what about that 60.

with that 60 foot, new clutch and a nx kit, i bet you'd hit low 13's.

that 60 foot is unreal on street tires. very nice.

 

yea, that 60 foot is pretty damn awesome!!!

Corey - who has taken his racecar to the local 1/8 recently and ran 9.2...

 

Nice times.

I recently ran a 9.462 in the 1/8

R/T............798
60 FT.........2.198
594 FT.......8.870
1/8 ET.......9.462
1/8 MPH.....76.04

This was with bolt ons I/H/E/P/VAFC and a 55 shot of ZEX,on Falken AZENIS tires.
Oh yeah at the time the car was a SS too.......not anymore though. So now I'm going for mid 8's in the 1/8.

Oh yeah Accord94DX....the ZEX kit does provide power...and yes I'm a nOOb but I'm not a retard, just looking for the EASIEST,SAFEST hp

 

an nx kit wont do me any better. nitrous is nitrous. an nx kit has noadvantage over my zex kit. the rumors you hear about zex being a "weak" kit are false. i ran a 13.9 with just intake, pulleys (that dont do squat), and a 55 shot of zex. i think pretty much every nitrous kit is great, but i'll be the first to stand up for zex because ive never known preludes to have better times than me with a higher shot, more mods, and different kits. ive talked to to prelude owners running 60 shot's of nx and they run low 14's. the only other preludes that im aware of (that are spraying) that are in the 13's, have 80 shots of NOS. but anyways, i am really happy about that 60 ft time, i've been so pleased with my s03's and now even more. its weird though my trap speeds arent as high as they were last fall. i used to be hitting like ~105mph, maybe more of my power is being put to the ground and thats why its a little lower. i cant wait for the skunk2 intake mani to come out, our stock intake manifolds suck (and i dont mean that literally) with that and a new clutch/flywheel im hoping for low 13's. oh and i'm runnin with my full leather interior.
laughinx.x: what did you run at the track?

peace/ thanks for the comments guys, theyre keeping my good mood going even though i woke up sick this morning.

 

i'm not sure about that. nothing against the zex kit, but in general i've just seeen more people make more hp on the dyno and better times with wet kits. i just personally like the nx kit. however, most people i've seen have run the nos kit.

a guy here has run a best of 13.9, usually hitting 14 flat or 14.1 with a 60shot nos (single fogger)wet on his 5th gen. ss. other then that the car only has intake and exhaust.

also, once saw a 75 nos single fogger wet nos kit run 13.2 here locally.

again, not arguing your kit at all. i've just personally seen much better times with wet kits. and the above are the only two prelude examples i have. most others are all civics and a couple of accords.

 

15.048. I figured I'd do my first run all out and keep it floored as long as possible. I hit the nitrous in 2nd gear and I didn't get traction until the middle of 3rd. That was my only full run of the day, b/c my nitrous solenoid got too hot and the plunger deformed. This effectively cut my nitrous flow in half and made the kit useless. I've relocated the nitrous solenoid and I ran my cousin's Z28 last weekend(4 car lengths win and I had a nitrous leak at the time) without incident, but after the race my purge solenoid decided to crap out on me. I just ran new wiring for my purge kit today and I'll be going to get new parts for the purge tomorrow. I'll be testing the hell out of the kit this weekend, and I should be good to run all day at Rock Falls on the 4th.

 

i know you arent arguing, but how bout postin up some dynos of nos/nx kits, and i'll post up some zex dynos. i too have seen some unbelievable times from cars other than preludes with all kits... i believe i have a dyno of a 65 shot of zex giving a guy 50hp to the wheels and then i have a dyno of a 55 shot of zex giving 40 something to the wheels. with a wet kit the only difference is fuel... the same amount of nitrous is being sprayed, so its not like there is more power to be made. if you arent planning on going above a 75 shot there is no reason to go with a wet kit. dry kits work perfectly fine with our cars, they are perfectly safe. nitrous IS nitrous and a 50 shot is a 50 shot, a 75 shot is a 75 shot. one thing is that people arent 100% perfect drivers, and when it comes to nitrous, there are many different things you have to worry about. plenty of factors play a role in your et: bottle pressure, clutch, purging, when did the driver actually turn the nitrous on, etc. last night at the track my bottle pressure was uner 800psi... some people run with 1100psi of bottle pressure. bottle pressure = power. i dont mean to start an arguement, it's just a lot of us nitrous junkies have been talking about this **** for a while, and we've all come to the conclusion that nitrous is nitrous. there are disputes about nx, and the thing is that no one is running outrageous times with nx kits that claim their power is too the wheels. IF infact they measure their shots at the wheels, then you are getting bigger jets, and in fact their 50 shot, may really be a 65 shot (which can be dangerous) we dont really think this is true though because no one has found that nx kits are noticeably better.

peace

ps ive put 20 dry bottles through my car the first 8 bottles were on stock plugs. the first 10 were with a 55 shot, the other 10 with a 75 shot and no timing retard! im savin for the digital 6 to take care of my timing. my car is still runnin strong, same compression figures as before i was spraying. im just saying this to show that dry kits are perfectly safe.

 

From what i have heard and from what i have read, a WET shot is better. a Dry shot should only be used for 50-75 shot. any thing after that should be a Wet shot. Most people i know wouldn't put a 75 shot of zex in there car. especially for over 20 bottles. But if it work for you, keep it up

 

Nitrous is nitrous, but the method of delivery and the way you compensate for fuel means EVERYTHING to a nitrous setup. Straight "dry" nitrous setups are insane, and only work on cars that are running incredibly rich. The ZEX kit is not a true "dry" kit, as it is rigged to convince the stock FPR to add more fuel by raising the fuel pressure while spraying. Same way that drag turbo kits are rigged to use an boost-dependent regulator to up the fuel pressure based on boost to give it more fuel. "Wet" kits spray nitrous and fuel together, atomizing the mix and making sure you have the additional fuel you need without messing with fuel pressure. Are true "wet" kits better in my opinion? Yes. Does ZEX get the job done? Yes. Is a 13.6 at 102 a killer time on street tires? Yes.
You need to get the car on a wideband dyno and post some runs on the bottle. That'll give us some numbers to work with.
Brian

 

Good job dude!

 

A dry 75 shot is fine. I'd be running one right now and not having to mess with all of the tuning hassles of a direct port kit, if I wasn't planning on running a 100 shot next year. As long as you aren't having nitrous distribution problems you could run a 200 shot. However, honda intake manifolds are biased to particular cylinders making this impossible.

 

i assume you're launching on the nitrous? very nice 60 ft

 

Launching on nitrous makes baby jesus cry.

 

There isnt much of a price gap between the two is there?
O, and Great Times

 

it suuuuure does.

laughin- did you find the leak?

 

Yep, nitrous filter right before the purge solenoid. Damn brass fittings.

 

I'm converting to wet system cause everyone said the same thing. Shouldn't go above 65 on dry. But the zex kit is a cheater kit...But hey it works, Nice times man