slow imports?
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Originally posted by v4lu3s
thats still not a lot of torque...140-150 ft/lbs is only a lot relative to the weight of the car. it does make up for a lot though!
thats still not a lot of torque...140-150 ft/lbs is only a lot relative to the weight of the car. it does make up for a lot though!
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high HP FWD traction is your enemy. with roughly 260-300whp in my car I went 13.0@109mph on street tires and the best 60ft I have ever gotten is a 2.0(2.1 on the 13.0 run) in comparison I ran a 8.5 in the 1/8 that pass @86mph
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From: Miami, Florida
Originally posted by sphinx054
what are some of the best mods to raise torque significantly? im talking small mods not turbo thats a given. why are imports so lacking in torque? my friends mustang GT has only about 200 hp but over 300ftlbs of torque why is it that in imports that the torque number is so much lower than the hp number. i even know this guy really hes a friend of a friend that has a turbo B16 in a 92 civic hatchback that puts out like 500 hp and only like 300 something in torque thats alot but still doesnt keep with the hp# heres the dyno charts.
http://carolinahondas.com/forums/sho...?threadid=6111
what are some of the best mods to raise torque significantly? im talking small mods not turbo thats a given. why are imports so lacking in torque? my friends mustang GT has only about 200 hp but over 300ftlbs of torque why is it that in imports that the torque number is so much lower than the hp number. i even know this guy really hes a friend of a friend that has a turbo B16 in a 92 civic hatchback that puts out like 500 hp and only like 300 something in torque thats alot but still doesnt keep with the hp# heres the dyno charts.
http://carolinahondas.com/forums/sho...?threadid=6111
and the power to weight ratio and rwd vs fwd makes a difference......and how you setup your car for launching
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From: greensboro nc
i see alot of these people driving sport compacts (and in the begining i refered to the cars that i was talking about as import/sportcompacts) at the track and most of them have horrible launches. for those who race what are some of the launch techniques that you use for getting off of the line as fast as possible? does the type of clutch you use affect and how? what suspension work do you recomend to improve launches? any other info that you can think of? -thanks
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launching a fwd car is a lot harder.
right now on my civic i have done a best of a 2.1 60 ft time, i am running 215/40/17, i know a crappy drag size, but i have done best at 20 or so psi, launching at 3500rpm and spinning off the line.
my suspension is adjustable struts and stiff as hell springs with solid urethane mouonts....i want to add traction bars next.
right now on my civic i have done a best of a 2.1 60 ft time, i am running 215/40/17, i know a crappy drag size, but i have done best at 20 or so psi, launching at 3500rpm and spinning off the line.
my suspension is adjustable struts and stiff as hell springs with solid urethane mouonts....i want to add traction bars next.
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i will blow axles on slicks
right now i have a hodge podge of axle parts runnin, driver side is an integra 90-93 axle, the half shaft is from an accord, and then passenger side is from an 86-89 integra with an accord inner joint.
once i add the traction bars, and stronger axles ill add the slicks.....with that setup i would think sub 1.8 60 fts are possible.
i think it takes moreo work to make a fwd import fast but its fun to me and worth it...
right now i have a hodge podge of axle parts runnin, driver side is an integra 90-93 axle, the half shaft is from an accord, and then passenger side is from an 86-89 integra with an accord inner joint.
once i add the traction bars, and stronger axles ill add the slicks.....with that setup i would think sub 1.8 60 fts are possible.
i think it takes moreo work to make a fwd import fast but its fun to me and worth it...
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Lol..RWD is just better off the line.. They will have better 60 foots...
More torque equals less HP, more HP equals less torque...even though torque is essential for HP...
My friends stock 99 F-150 runs a 15.6 in the 1/4...but the new ones..with boosted torque run in the 16's...
FWD are better from a rolling start, so from a dead stop, as stated in another topic, the weight distribution causes FWD imports to not launch so well.
More torque equals less HP, more HP equals less torque...even though torque is essential for HP...
My friends stock 99 F-150 runs a 15.6 in the 1/4...but the new ones..with boosted torque run in the 16's...
FWD are better from a rolling start, so from a dead stop, as stated in another topic, the weight distribution causes FWD imports to not launch so well.