Originally posted by Jafro
I have a civic CX chassis. I put a .020 overbored 0-mile DX motor in my 250lbs-lighter-than-a-DX chassis (because I have NO options or even power steering on my car). It has the 56mm throttle body, DX manifolds, STRAIGHT loud-as-hell exhaust (see my thread from yesterday if you want to hear it), no cat/muffler, cold air intake with K&N, and can't beat a 17.95 at 75mph. I don't have a stereo, speaker box, spare tire or anything else heavy added to it, and ran it with less than an 1/8th of a tank of gas. That was the best of 6 runs, and I was only 1 1/2 car lengths behind a Toyota Celica GT-S when I did it, too.
My stock CX with the muffler chopped off ran a best of 19.98 at 65.52 mph.
Are you sure the 15.9 isn't his 1/8 mile time? A 210 hp Turbo Eclipse runs 15.2's from the factory. There's just no way a DX could do that. A GT mustang runs 15.7's. Many people with turbo'd civics run high 14's.
You should be thrilled if you get on the track for the first time and your civic runs a high 16. When you finally do, it's better for you to worry about getting a good launch and fast/smooth shifts than cutting a good tree. Worry about the tree after you get your car down.
hahaha 15.9 1/8 mile? GEEEZ that's not right, it would be a 20+second 1/4 mile pass. I run a 9.0 @ 81 mph in the 1/8th. Hell my friends V6 F150 with i/e/chip ran a 11.1 @ the 1/8 mile. There are some freak cars out there, i'm not sure about a dx with i/e running high 15's, maybe an EX.
In any case you are probably talking about a pre 99 mustang gt cause the 99+ GT's can dip into the 13's stock and my turbo civic runs low low 14's and possibly 13's
