specifically for gsi drivers

[dc4t]

wat do u guys launch at wen ur at the track? the 60ft times i see can improve heaaps more.. i did a 60ft time of 2.290 with 185 tyres that are almost bald.. i kno i can improve it by at least .1 if i put better tyres on.

[locote]

2.496 is my best i only had 4 runs with my new tyres,
i no i can do better just dont have the runs i need to practice

[dc4t]

oh ok cool.. wat do u launch at tho? :P

[locote]

under 3000rpm.
im still getting used to a fwd and having less power i no it can be launched at prob 5000.
but its a mental thing for me more than anything else.
what u launch at???

[dc4t]

ohh truu.. i launch at about 4800rpm.. n ride the clutch... probly the best idea yeh?? i kno its hard on my clutch but im gettin a new engine soon anyway so it doesnt bother me that much..

[STOCK]

what did you run with that 2.29 60ft time?

[locote]

he ran a :
Best ET: 15.500
Best MPH: 89.61
WHP: 103.0
Best 60 foot time: 2.298

[locote]

i ran:
Best ET: 15.575
Best MPH: 88.02
WHP: 108.0
Best 60 foot time: 2.496
i have a bigger exhaust and my car is not running the best cause if it.

[dc4t]

heyy i thought u dynod at 118hp? :p

yehhh i short shifted 3rd-4th tho :|.. i changed way to early.. i was racing my friend and just watching him.. im not real good at hearing wen to change.. i just remember lookin at it wen i shifted and the revs were at like 6200 or something :S.. not good since it was just before the finish line and shifting woulda slowed me down that lil bit.. oh wellll im goin again hoping to break a 15.3 with a stripped interior

[locote]

went to another dyno today and got my safc retuned.
last tuner wasnt that good and dyno showed high figures. but the 1 i went to today shows slightly lower figures than most dynos

[sivic]

you didnt go to formaz did you?

[locote]

yeah whats wrong with formaz dyno????

[sivic]

nothings wrong with their dyno.....

[locote]

is that the one you use??

[sivic]

hell no.... well once for a service and once for a dyno run. but never again.
its not the dyno. its the operators. long story short: there are far better workshops who, to start with, dont need to be told by the customer that they've accidently done a dyno run in second gear. and then need it to be explained to them that the speeds on the dyno readout match 2nd gear and not 3rd, which is what gear they claimed to be in. "oh, its a honda. they dont make much power". on the scale of things, what with turbos and such, this is true but an Si with I/H/E doesnt make 42hp @ 90km/h....
funny thing is, prior to I/H/E they stuck it on the dyno after the service just out of interest and it made 90whp, which is not bad on this dyno as locote mentioned earlier it does give more conservative readings than other dynos in perth, and i can say for sure my car has not lost over 50% of its power:rolleyes:

xspeed is very close by and also have a dyno. they have a much better idea of whats going on

[locote]

well i used the dyno, but i went to cypher, so it was the bloke from cypher that operated the dyno and tuned my car.
as for xspeed they left my car running way to lean!!!!!
and they lied to me about it!!!!!!

[locote]

ran a 15.4 @87.63 mph today
60foot 2.343

[dc4t]

ah nice. 15.4 wat?

is it worth gettin an safc?.. i get my engine tuned n dyno'd

[locote]

i wanna turn my safc2 off ant try to c how it goes with out it,
to be honest the car felt quiker when i drove it to get the safc2 put on a tuned.
if i was to go back id save more money and by something bit more tunable:)
and just reset ur ecu everytime u do a mod.
i read up on another forum it makes the ecu learn and adjust to the new mods.

[locote]

if i was to get a 60foot like your id be looking at real low 15s.
2 15.4s in 1 night aint bad.
lsd is im the books for me i need 1 its strating to get hard to get tration.
the crower cams will make a big diffrerence too as they make pwer all the way to the redline.

[dc4t]

truu.. wat mods hav u got done? like everything u've added to the car from stock form?? ur gettin pretty good times. i wanna kno if my driving sucks lol.. all i hav done from stock: simota short ram cai with an apexi pod, 4-2-1 hurricaine headers, 2.25" exhaust system with 5" cannon. no ecu work or tuning or any internal work... i ran my time with 15" wheels with 185/55 tyres so i'm pretty impressed with my 60ft time but mayb my shifting isnt quick enuf..

[locote]

ive taken my safc2 off and im seling it. im goin all out management!!!
i have stock 4-2-1 typeR header, CAI with stock box stok rubber pipe, k&n pob(in box)
2.5inch zorst(i wanna go to 2.25).im shifting at 6400 6500. the safc's tacho is very accurate for shifting!!
ill miss that!!!!
ran 2 15.4s
mainly mid 15s all day.
ran 2 16s
one was a 16.9. i realy messed up.
i was loosing traction goin into 3rd sometimes it was very slippery towards end of day.

[locote]

am my suspencion is SH@#^&*!
chopped springs all 4 corners are diffrernt height.
once i get that fixed i should get bit more traction.
getting a new header tomorow 4-2-1 ssteel 1 piece header edelbrock.
and gona dyno it to see what hp i pick up and what rev range

[dc4t]

hahaha y chop the springs!!.. get ebay coilover sleeves lol.. theyre crappy but they do the job safer than cut springs. shit i shift at 7000rpm.. mayb ill try shiftin a bit earlier since max power of a stock gsi is like at 6500rpm right?? u should strip out ur interior.. u'll do pretty good i reckon

[locote]

they were already chopped when i bought it.
i cant be stuffed taking interior out. most i do is take spare out.
have u got the coil over sleeves???
are they ok.
can they be adjusted???

[sivic]

coil over sleeves can be dodgey. they often are made from poor grade of metal.
a good setup are eibach springs(prokits) and koni yellows or KYB AGX shocks. they are both adjustable for damper. when you go down the strip have your fronts softish and your back as hard as posible. that way your back end wont squat and you'll get less wheelspin.

ah, so you got someone from cypher to tune it ay? woud have been zack or gav. they know what they're doing so your car should be ok.
what management are you thinking of going with? we're a bit hard struck for options for our hondas here in perth if you dont want to spend heaps

[Civic Type R]

yeah whats wrong with formaz dyno????

Formaz dyno gave me weird figures ...
I went there several months ago and watched as the same car got 105HP then 119HP then 130HP in consecutive runs. It was a FTO. It took some time for the operator to correctly set the parameters.

[locote]

yes that happene to my yesterday i got new header installed, the dyno was showing different figures every run with minor adjustments!!
i think zack should find another place to tune his cars.
but yeah CYPHER is awsome!!!
gav told me to take car to plex and if i wasnt happy with the new header that they would take them off and put my old one bak on.
ill go for KYB!!!
Gav is looking into managements for me, he showed me the AEM plugin for Hondas his gona find out if they make it for nonvtecs.
hondata s100 looks tempting too but whos gona install and tune in WA???
im happy how my car runs now with the new header and safc2, i was thinking of selling the safc2 but i changed my mind.
99% sure ill be at plex tomorow trying to break my 15.410 time.

[sivic]

cool. keep us posted on your results at the plex. should be a good night for it. will be nice cool, dry air.

[locote]

15.2 boys!!!!
ill update my timesheet tomorow

[dc4t]

nice work dude.. :thumbsup:

[locote]

timesheet updated.
15.296@143.97kph

[sivic]

got to be happy with that

[dc4t]

coil over sleeves can be dodgey. they often are made from poor grade of metal.
a good setup are eibach springs(prokits) and koni yellows or KYB AGX shocks. they are both adjustable for damper. when you go down the strip have your fronts softish and your back as hard as posible. that way your back end wont squat and you'll get less wheelspin.



ebay sleeves are definately unsafe for track use... but for daily driving theres no harm in having them. id rather them than lowered springs.. a good setup is koni shocks with coilover sleeves.. u can get ur car loooooww.. i've never heard of problems with coilover sleeves unless u buy the ones with plastic top hats.. they get pushed up into where the strut is bolted in when ur shocks bottom out but then again they are alot more comfortable and better sounding than alluminium. but yehh nowhere near as safe.. it only bottoms out wen u hav urs set real low.. i got mine an inch off the lowest point

[locote]

ill go the KYB shocks, ill get a price soon.
atm im more focused on getting my car to run 14s. on current suspesion even though getting a new set of shocks would prob help even more

[dc4t]

[QUOTE=dc4t]ebay sleeves are definately unsafe for track use...


by that i mean.. a race track.. not a drag strip.. drag strips fine

[wynode]

This is going off topic. Original post was RE how to launch your GSi and what RPM etc. If the next few posts are off topic also we will have to lock this thread.

[locote]

might go for another sting at hitting the 14 sec mark tonight.
cooler tonight to!!

[sivic]

where you gonna do that? its friday dude!

[locote]

FAST FRIDAYS at motorplex.
i didnt end up goin i went on a car cruise instead