Well, I guess I could be worse.

Yesterday, I attended a Test-N-Tune at Beaver Springs Dragway, and had all intentions of not running my car, as I wished to provide trackside support to our customers more-so than satisfy my own need to beat on my toy.

But, as it always goes, peer pressure was a bitch.

I decided "what the hell," and claimed I was just going to make a street tire pass or two.

Mind you, this is a 400whp turbocharged K20 Civic coupe, weighing in at 2,650lbs with a full interior and my fat *** in the car + whatever a full tank of gas weighs.

Needless to say, the street tire passes were an exercise in throttle modulation the whole way into fourth gear. (The track was super-slick... )

Here's a sweet breakdown of my best of two street tire passes.

60ft --- 2.668
330ft --- 7.101
1/8 ET --- 10.404
1/8 MPH --- 79.96
1000ft --- 12.945
1/4 ET --- 14.947
1/4 MPH --- 115.96

I haven't run a 10-second 1/8th, nor 14-second 1/4 in years, ROFL.

So, at that point, I said "screw it" and bolted on some 24.5x8x13 M&H's, aired to 9psi, and went back at it for one last pass.

Here's a breakdown of that pass.

60ft --- 1.818
330ft --- 5.193
1/8 ET --- 7.904
1/8 MPH --- 91.55
1000ft --- 10.185
1/4 ET --- 12.063
1/4 MPH --- 122.14

I did a weak-*** burnout, followed by a launch without a two-step rev limiter/nor anti-lag set up (again, didn't really plan on racing), and a copious amount of wheelspin in second gear (in which I held on the rev limit for a moment too long to try to gain some speed).

Long-story short, my car needs a few things:

- More boost in the midrange (wastegate opens at 8psi and creeps to 12psi by rev limit, so I'm missing a bunch of torque on each shift)
- Anti-lag/Two-step set up
- A driver who isn't afraid to shift quickly and keep the throttle planted :D

Anyway, here's some pretty pictures and a nice video to go along with them.







IN-CAR VIDEO:
http://vimeo.com/7386896

OUTSIDE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzlzPoaz9s

Just thought I'd share.

- Derek

 

look at that sexy Beast!

 

Looks good man!

btw, what's the name of the track you used in the video?

 

That's gotta be a blast on the street I love EJ coupes!

 

The music?

"Breaking" by Anberlin

:D

- Derek

 

Damn that hatch that your racing looks pretty sexy, too bad you cropped me out in the burnout picture

 

LOOKS GOOD!!

once you get a 2step/anti-lag on the car and get teh 60' down it will look a lott better on paper..

 

I love the outside video, its my new favorite.

 

Nice trap, with practice it's a low-mid 11 car.

**** son, its a street car on pump and traps 122. You should be pretty happy with that. 99.87% of cars that roll up to you on the interstate will get destroyed by ze coupe of death.

 

very nice!

 

More to come from it if you really want to!

As a street car that is frickin awesome

 

I know, there's a sweet dark blue EG in there.

Meh, call me jaded.

Anyway, here's a humorous video of my street tire run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cknGU1bXg

LOL

- Derek

 

Street tires ftl lol.

 

Good Job Man

 

Damn u really took it easy on that street tire run!, but the car definately has more in it if it traps 122 i would say mid 11's at least, i used to run a 280whp b16 in the same body and ran 12.0's but only at like 113mph, so urs definately has more in it..

 

Your title cracks me up. LOL.