First Time 1/4 Mile with a Turbo Charged D-series Hints??

Need to change back to my stock Fly wheel as well...

Now that I'm boosted the lightweight one is losing me momentum

Id say not worry about it man. Its giveing you gains at low rpm.. but you just loose out if your "granny shiftin". Practice driving more with your setup as is and getting your shifts as fast as possible. You will loose RPM faster with a light flywheel vs a stock one on shifts.

if you got the guts to be a bit mean on your box give flat shiftin a go!

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Originally Posted by Sexc86

Id say not worry about it man. Its giveing you gains at low rpm.. but you just loose out if your "granny shiftin". Practice driving more with your setup as is and getting your shifts as fast as possible. You will loose RPM faster with a light flywheel vs a stock one on shifts.

if you got the guts to be a bit mean on your box give flat shiftin a go!

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Yeah maybe but the boys on d-series.org change em back quiet often after boosting the D's

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Originally Posted by Weq

Luke, have u looked up FI 1/4 FWD videos on the internet yet? My guess is that this is whats happening.

http://www.civictsi.com/Videos/Civic...sideCarRun.mpg

1st - wheelspin wheelspin shift
2nd - wheelspin wheelspin shift
3rd - bog bog bog bog boost traction on your way
4th traction end 1/4

U gotta modulate throttle, peddle the wheelspin and hookup 3rd in your powerband. Thats the key. Ds produce as much torque as horsepower. Bs are lucky to make half. Peak torque is around 4000-5000rpm. Launching at anything in the range will have the same effect. You got to peddle the wheelspin. It takes alot of practice.

Now go watch a NA FWD 1/4 mile video at the same ET region. Its alot less involved.

Go read:
http://hondaswap.com/general-tech-ar...art-2-a-29058/

Your chinese spec tempe tyre combo is likely adding over 200kgs the the weight of your car. Along with taking longer to get into your powerband, causeing more lag, and less traction due to less sidewall.

Go read turboD16 in regards to 1/4mile pointers.

Oh and lastly, your boost falling off is probably the reason your hitting the MPH you are. At 10psi u should be trapping 100mph. 100mph is the key to 13's. That said, it was ur first time out, i would be happy with improving. Ive seen civics run 14.2@117mph.

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That's exactly what's happening in that MPG just not at those high RPM's

Ok Guys

Setup Changed thus far

Completed:
New Plugs and re-gapped
New Fuel Pump
MBC Installed
Stock Wing Ready for D day install

Yet to do:
Adjust my Coilovers to raise the back up a bit to force the weight to the front wheels.
New Tyres ( Won’t be done till after I get back from Thailand)

with the coil overs get ones with adjustable hardness. u wont have to raise the back up, just make it harder in the rear

when i adjusted my coil overs in 16 adjustable (16 being hardest) i set fronts at 9 and rears at 13. might be wrong but seemed to work well (mind u i never took it to the strip with the adjustable coil overs)

ps ur all a bunch of whingers....

however with my crap as luanch's in my turbo d, my first time i was hitting the same times and hitting 95-96mph.....

that was on 5 psi with 22kw's less??? i never timed it on 10 but it was def alot quicker round town....

hmmm take it out again after u done ur small amount of work, have some more practise and see if u can pull that sucker into the 13 second braket which it should be capable of with that power...

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Originally Posted by 90LAN

lyle u havent driven a b series na car on the track especially willowbank yet have u? i think u are wrong in this point
stickiest track in oz
hard to explain to some one who hasnt
i have own turbo cars b4 so i know the diffence between the two

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btw sorry to bring this back up... his missus had a H22 prelude which he has taken down willowbank a few times. sorry its not an all mighty b series... ur probable right he still wouldnt no the diffence :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Aza

with the coil overs get ones with adjustable hardness. u wont have to raise the back up, just make it harder in the rear

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Thats how I had them set bro :p

The Ling Longs are the real problem I think

well mine were same coil overs on urs with the ride hight set on the lowest setting hehehe

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Originally Posted by Aza

well mine were same coil overs on urs with the ride hight set on the lowest setting hehehe

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Yeah bad tyres and I suck all adds up :o

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Originally Posted by Aza

with the coil overs get ones with adjustable hardness. u wont have to raise the back up, just make it harder in the rear

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I disagree with that

you gotta raise the rear end up and try to run stiffer rear springs and adj the damper to the hardest.

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Originally Posted by EG5

I disagree with that

you gotta raise the rear end up and try to run stiffer rear springs and adj the damper to the hardest.

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That's my plan :thumbsup: