It's not the car. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by akina
I pulled only 15.8 as my best time at WSID. Disappointing.... Slower than a stock Euro tested by Wheels magazine?
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It's not the car. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by akina
I pulled only 15.8 as my best time at WSID. Disappointing.... Slower than a stock Euro tested by Wheels magazine?
You don't have DC sports? What do you have?! I thought you had toda LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Nope, i have shitty headers. From china i thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by euromandeluxe
You had so much shit in the boot and you went really easy on the car, mid to low 15s were on the table!Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Nah, I had a good 60ft time for a noob but above 100km/h, my car was slow to gain speed. I don't have top end. That's the downside of cheap headers.Quote:
Originally Posted by integral90
i've a toda 421 header + toda hi flow cat.
100% worth it, no regret. Trust me, it will be the best money you ever spend on your car and you won't go back to stock header after driven the one with toda.
ME me me!! haha i'm aimming for 1:17s next time with the help of bucket seat ahaha :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by akina
the euro is never going to be too fast in a straight line in naturally aspirated form... it's a 1400kg car with a 4cyl engine after all. The gear-change from 3rd to 4th in the quarter mile also really hurts the time.
For those that haven't been down the 1/4 you basically hit the end of third about 100 metres from the line so there's about 0.5 seconds of wasted time. The car needs a higher redline, different gear ratios or significantly more power (so that you can actually have time to accelerate once in 4th gear) to do better times. With basic bolt-ons mid 15's is hard to beat for the inexperienced 1/4 mile driver.
Exactly right, it's like Honda specifically designed it to suck at the quarter mile. I've lined up against the user Nepolian (he runs high 13's) at the strip and actually got the exact same 60ft time, and then because 2nd gear is so stupidly long he's like 1 second ahead at the 1/8th!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_F
Then the whole going into 4th right before the line... last time I went I tried to see if I could just rev out 3rd and make it, started bouncing off the rev limiter about 50m before the line. Later on in the night I was actually getting into 4th and pulling alright, trapped 145km/h on my 15.4 (further testament to my car only having any power from 5500-7200rpm)
^^ See, you guys are fast. I hit 4th AT the finish line.... that's how slow my car is.
Sounds like my car should be capable of a similar time to that, I was trapping 91mph (145km/h) aswell.Quote:
Originally Posted by integral90
I didn't bother to drop my tyres pressures (I run 38psi) or take interior/spare tyre out... I wanted to know what my car would do with it's day-to-day setup.
If I ever go again I'll try for a best case scenario with lower tyre pressures and a bit of weight reduction... it's really boring compared to a proper track day though.
haha, I won't be happy untill I'm changing into 4th much sooner... I think Liam's guess of 50m from the line is much closer. When I'm changing gears I'm ALMOST at the line (only just before it)Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
But still, 1/4 mile racing in an accord euro is a recipe for dissapointment lol
No one on 5Zigen?
Just got some headers installed today... 1st thing off the ranks in terms of mods. Awesome! Now the VSA light turns on when I hit 6K ... SWEET!
Get headers + High flow cat worth it! First time I'm grinning in the CL9 since the MX5.
Next off the ranks intake!
just my 2c.
Thanks fatfish.