2000 civic coupe dx auto, ran 18.1 @75mph

[slowasscivic]

just got back from LACR, help me out, quickest time was 18.1@75mph, it has cold air (from ebay, ?) aem cam gear (changed every run, didnt change time) and 4-2-1 ractive straight-pipe (no cat) header with apex-i N1 exhaust, tried without intake, tried without silencer, 18.1 18.1 18.1 again and again! i want edelbrock turbo kit......help

[IntegraB18LS]

honistly that is a good time for your set up. if I were you id swap in a 5 speed, that will help you out alot with your times. if you want to go turbo you might want to start looking for a better base set up, you already have an 00, IMO thats the best style civic. maybe you should look into a complete JDM swap, that will come with a 5 speed tranny, probably shift linkage and id go with like a B16 if I were you, nice and light that is a much better base and probabbly wont cost much more then the turbo kit. then save up and turbo the B16


thats just my opinion of what i would do first.

nice times though for an auto
Kyle

[slowasscivic]

i will look into that, i went with neighbor 88 crx with b18c1 edelbrock intake, aem ems, 7lb aluminum fronts, blah blah ran 12's all morning....jealous...

[BullShifter]

Damn 18.1, wake me up when your done

[kicker1_solo]

18.1
was this in your car or you running on foot?

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by slowasscivic

just got back from LACR, help me out, quickest time was 18.1@75mph, it has cold air (from ebay, ?) aem cam gear (changed every run, didnt change time) and 4-2-1 ractive straight-pipe (no cat) header with apex-i N1 exhaust, tried without intake, tried without silencer, 18.1 18.1 18.1 again and again! i want edelbrock turbo kit......help

Odd, esp. with those mods that seems kinda slow. I'm wondering if your launch is what's hindering you... Also if you have like "17 wheels or a lot of weight in your car, then that will definitely slow you down as well. I myself have an auto DX and I'm pretty certain (though I have yet to track my car on the ¼th) that it's in the low 17's to high 16's area. Mods I have are short ram intake with A'PEXi filter on the end, A'PEXi World Sport exhaust, and B&M adjustable FPR set to 5psi above stock level (not that it does much of anything). Especially with my current wheel/tire setup, I find that just flooring the accelerator to the floor rather than torque brake launching gets me faster times. Since I have sticky Yokohama ES100 tires they aren't ideal for spinning off the line. So just flooring, letting the tranny take itself to the 6300 RPM shift point in first, then putting the stick in "2" and holding till about 6200 RPM and then shifting into "D3" yields the best times for me. You get the most speed, acceration and performance if you hold it till the max power peak point which is 6300 RPM for our motors (not always redline).

[IntegraB18LS]

his car is a automatic DX last time i went to the track 5 speed EX's with only exhuast and intakes were running 17's some high 16's that time is what he should be running IMO also elevation has alot to do with it.

Kyle

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by IntegraB18LS

his car is a automatic DX last time i went to the track 5 speed EX's with only exhuast and intakes were running 17's some high 16's that time is what he should be running IMO also elevation has alot to do with it.

Kyle

Very true. LA Co. Raceway is at about a 2000 foot elevation level if I remember correctly, out in the high desert of So. Cali.

[got v-tec?]

Originally Posted by SilverY2KCivic

Very true. LA Co. Raceway is at about a 2000 foot elevation level if I remember correctly, out in the high desert of So. Cali.

my brother's car is a 93 civ hatch dx w/ intake and a ractive catback exhaustw/103hp and he runs 17.2 in utah(4750above sea)

[MexSiR]

Well im at 5200 ft above sea level with a b16a2 160 hp engine...civic si 99...supposed to run 15.6 at sea level. I tested mine at sea level and I ran 15.887 and at 5200 ft, 17.027....Altitude fucking sucks!

[slowasscivic]

hey matt, its me ryan, remember? dx club, lol, changed named, same guy hows the car (mines still slow...)

[94tegRS]

I dont really see a DX auto wiht only I/E, FPR hitting 16's. maybe but i just cant see it happening.

[slowasscivic]

anyone know anything about the new edelbrock ball-bearing turbo kit for 6th gen civics??

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by 94tegRS

I dont really see a DX auto wiht only I/E, FPR hitting 16's. maybe but i just cant see it happening.

Lighten up the suspension, super light wheels (heavy rotational mass can KILL times) I have no A/C as well, and get a proper launch and something in the low 17's if not high 16's is possible. I ran an SLK (non Kompressor) against my car once (from a few different lights) and if it could hang even with that (it was in Huntington Beach CA, so as sea level as one can get), then it's definitely not in the 18 second bracket, or even high or mid 17's. Maybe not high 16's but definitely low 17's.

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by slowasscivic

hey matt, its me ryan, remember? dx club, lol, changed named, same guy hows the car (mines still slow...)

LOL, yeah I remember you. I'm not too worried mine can't kill an ITR yet, because I'll probably walk it come the first curve in the road anyways. I'm not all about the straight line. I'm about the entire long haul!

I haven't yet heard bad stuff about the Edelbrock turbo kit. If I go turbo, that's the kit I'd like to get.