0-400m tech for ITR owner

[Javed]

If the fellow wants to drag his car that is his own perogative. Shit, why tell somebody to get a turbo car or whatever. Maybe this guy likes the challenge of getting a NA type R down the 1/4 the quickest he can. Maybe he likes cruising around in the R than any other car? Sheesh!

[tinkerbell]

Id like to see a stock ITR get those times !!!

go to a drag stip and watch someone who can drive run.

14.7 is easy for stock ITR on a proper strip...

(anyone remeber what Charles Kha ran in his yellow ITR at Drag Combat in Feb? i think it was a 14.6? it was pretty stock...)

sounds like the guy doing high 13's has had LOADS of practice.

everytime i ran at EC or WSID i got better and better.

i reckon my LS was capable of mid 13's but only managed 13.7's due to me not being able to crack a sub 2.0 60ft

practice is the key.

[Civic Type R]

tru dat !
I can go out and buy a piece of shit Nissan silvia for $5000 or a VL commie and get 13's all day.
Us Honda drivers will kick their asses on the track and i have proven that with a 400HP Supra and a 400HP R32 GTR - where i came within 2 seconds on a full open track. I beat the supra by a few seconds tho. Not bad considering this GTR pulled a 12.2 1/4mile ...

[bluebird]

I agree with almost all the stuff posted about how to race at the strip, and it was exactly what I did (although I figured it out from my last car, so it wasn't brain science).

However, in my VTiR, the main problem I find is stock clutches handling 6000rpm launches... hence my 2.3 60FT times (although an LSD would be nice too!). Not sure if ITRs have stronger clutches from factory?

[ginganggooly]

tru dat !
I can go out and buy a piece of shit Nissan silvia for $5000 or a VL commie and get 13's all day.
Us Honda drivers will kick their asses on the track and i have proven that with a 400HP Supra and a 400HP R32 GTR - where i came within 2 seconds on a full open track. I beat the supra by a few seconds tho. Not bad considering this GTR pulled a 12.2 1/4mile ...

that tells me that you are a better driver than the blokes you were playing with more than anything

now, if you yourself managed to beat your own gt-r time in a civic i'd really dip 'me lid to the civic, but realistically, unless you run out of nutsack, it's not going to happen.

[vtir22]

edw-R: no not angry at all, just saying the R is not a drag car. A series 1 RX7 with a worked rotary is (all under 20k)! Just seems a waste of a great car to concentrate on 1/4 mile .

[spoondc2]

However, in my VTiR, the main problem I find is stock clutches handling 6000rpm launches... hence my 2.3 60FT times (although an LSD would be nice too!). Not sure if ITRs have stronger clutches from factory?

They have stronger "springs" to give more grip than Vti-R but not much i think....

[Sp3rMz]

Dam it was too long to read. Just wanted to add quick comments. According to Honda, the dc2r was released with the results of high 14s as a 1/4 time. Yet reading alot of other magazines they claim dc2r can only pull 15s. In the end i believe Hondas results, thing is Honda would have like pro drivers to push the car to its limit and spend their life time runnin 1/4. Shrugs. Just take your car down the 1/4 and do time test your self. Just keep on practisin and see if you can break 14 seconds.

[tinkerbell]

tru dat !
I can go out and buy a piece of shit Nissan silvia for $5000 or a VL commie and get 13's all day.

no you cant.

[Civic Type R]

or until the RB or SR block overheats, blows a coil pack, or throws a turbo bearing your correct

[tinkerbell]

a serious comment overheard from a nissan driver at the 'creek in summer 2002...

"geez, lucky i bought my spare coils!"

[euGeR]

Dude, should really include the link - respecting the guy who wrote it (from honda-tech by the way)

but what's more satisfying than gaining tenths in the same car, track or drag? means the driver getting better yeah?