are these decent times?

[goldsberry1]

well, i think my ignition is set up right. i havent had a chance to try to set the timing. btw what timing is best for our motor? as for tire pressure, i didnt even think of checking it that night. but it stays at 35psi. should i lower it? i was thinking my times were slow, because a friend with a tributon (sp?) was running tens too. and he is almost stock. i was launching at around 2500 or so. if i got on it too hard my tires would spin.

[Mradio]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by goldy1:
well, i think my ignition is set up right. i havent had a chance to try to set the timing. btw what timing is best for our motor? as for tire pressure, i didnt even think of checking it that night. but it stays at 35psi. should i lower it? i was thinking my times were slow, because a friend with a tributon (sp?) was running tens too. and he is almost stock. i was launching at around 2500 or so. if i got on it too hard my tires would spin.<hr></blockquote><p>The timing adjustment would definetely help, I just did it last week it only takes around 15 mins or so. Stock says to set up around 9-11degrees BTDC, but you can go up to 15. I have mine at 12 and it feels great. When the timing was not done, they run like sh*t...
That tire pressure is way too high. The last time I went to the track I couldn't get any traction either (at 3000rpm), checked my tire pressure and it was almost 40 psi. Change it to like 25-30 ( depends if you have good tires). Then you should be in the 15 second flat range, maybe even high 14s.

[goldsberry1]

where is the best place to try and set the timing? i have thought about it many times and im not sure if i could see the marks on the crank pulley from the top. do we pull the tire off?

[Mradio]

Try to look behind the engine mount , closer to the firewall. Or in between the AC lines and engine mount.
I couldn't find it the first time either,and stupid me, I did jack the car up and took off the plastic covers. Still didn't see anything, good thing I had a spare pulley laying around, so I checked it out. It's a little yellow groove on the most inner edge of the pulley.

[lakersfan1]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by goldy1:
well, i think my ignition is set up right. i havent had a chance to try to set the timing. btw what timing is best for our motor? as for tire pressure, i didnt even think of checking it that night. but it stays at 35psi. should i lower it? i was thinking my times were slow, because a friend with a tributon (sp?) was running tens too. and he is almost stock. i was launching at around 2500 or so. if i got on it too hard my tires would spin.<hr></blockquote>
Hell yes you should lower it. It's suposed to be at 28 PSI for the V-6. When I bought mine I noticed the last service reciept the lady gave me showed they filled the tired up to 40 PSI a piece. Upon inspection, they were indeed that high. That explained the headache I got from the car rattling over the California freeways. I got it lowered back to 28 PSI, and it now feels much better, which is a relief. I was beginning to think I was going to need to replace the struts immediately.<p>Anyways, you could probably even stand to let even more air out of your tires at the track jsut as long as you refill them to 28 PSI on the way home. Try maybe a 20 PSI at the track. The funny car drag use something ridiculously low like 7 PSI or something. When you view the launch in slow motion, you can see the tire actually expand in diameter as the wheels spin at the line.

[torpedan]

Lower psi is not always the answer.. the brand of tire will affect the tire presser needed quite a bit.. its just best to tune it off of 60ft times...<p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr> posted July 05, 2003 01:31 PM | | | |
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Originally posted by goldy1:
hey, i just got back from the strip on friday night. it was my first time ever. so are these times any good? on my best run my rt was .659 my 60' was 2.4 my mph was 70.38 and my et was 10.137 i was racing against a 300zx twin turbo. he smoked me. i knew i didnt have a chance when i saw him pull up beside me. i just went "dang!" oh well thanks
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<p>Something is wrong here. I have a kl-03 and with a stock 1.8 clutch I had better times.
Here is my best time with stock tires:
R/T 1.207
60' 2.243
1/8 9.693
mph 73.92
1/4 15.008
mph 92.46<p> <hr></blockquote><p>Yeah but not everyones motor is the same.. some have more miles and have been more ragged on than the other.. hell some even come stronger from the factory and others weaker.. kinda a guessing game

[goldsberry1]

well, i just got back from checking mt timing. it was off the scale past 15 deg btdc. all i could get was 14 deg btdc. should i try to pull the timing belt? 14deg isnt too bad is it? it might help my times a little bit. oh and my vris was tied open. i just untied them to see if that might help too.

[Mradio]

So you couldn't even get the timing within specified 9-11degree range? Something must be wrong with it then. Did you change the timing belt when you dropped in the engine?

[Mradio]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by torpedan:
Lower psi is not always the answer.. the brand of tire will affect the tire presser needed quite a bit.. its just best to tune it off of 60ft times...<p> <p>Yeah but not everyones motor is the same.. some have more miles and have been more ragged on than the other.. hell some even come stronger from the factory and others weaker.. kinda a guessing game<hr></blockquote><p>That might be the explanation too, if the engine is old and it burns oil and such.
Mine came off 97 Mazda 626 with 65k miles. The car was an auto too, so I figured it wasn't beat on as much

[goldsberry1]

i did pull the timing belt off. when i dropped the enigne in. i had too to when i replaced the coolent outlet. i think that could be some of the problem. my engine does'nt burn oil at all. but it does have over 100k i noticed it ran better now, but i think the vris's vacum lines are wrong. it ran better with them tied open. this friday will be my last drag races for six months. so im looking to get all the power i can between here and friday. im running a mix of 93 & 116 octane race gas

[Mradio]

Check your vacuum lines if you can.
You should easily be in high 14s I think. Let us know how you do.

[chazzo]

when i first bought my 1.8 v6 i took it up to the track and posted a 14.9, i bought the car with some mods done to it but the kid was a complete jackass and had basically blown the tranny on it be fore i got my hands on it. it's okay though just gave me an excuse to put in the KL08 soon i will Have a KLZE then comes the turbo and nos

[curtklze]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by hondah8r:
when i first bought my 1.8 v6 i took it up to the track and posted a 14.9, <p>. it's okay though just gave me an excuse to put in the KL08<p>
soon i will Have a KLZE then comes the turbo and nos<hr></blockquote><p>right

[torpedan]

its okay he prolly forgot to say it was on a 1/8th mile..

[Tyler17rose]

I just went to the strip tonight for my first time. My best was 10.814 at 64.7 mph. Is that decent for a 1.8 with intake and exhaust? Oh and ofcoarse this is in the 1/8th.<p>BTW my clutch slipps like a mofo!