We're having an RX-7 meet in a couple of weeks and I was wondering what kind of times I should expect to run. My car right now is just a Stock 86 Base model. I am putting a race pipe on monday though, but aside from that it's still stock.

Not really sure what times our cars run, but I'm kind of wondering what a stock S4 5speed with the race pipe would run Anyone with agood guess or a solid answer from like having run xx.xx or know a guy who has run xx.xx would be good

Thanks

 

I would guess 16.0 if you drive well and don't burn out those 185's too long on the launch.

 

Anything I should try to get for the car before the races to gimme a little more boost in power? Intake kit or catback? Kind of digging for stuff now hehe

 

...a turbo!

 

I'm trying to be realistic here I'm not going to have funds to drop a TII transplant in the car in 2 weeks

 

One of those cheap Ebay cone filters helps and is worth getting. Do a tune-up and catch up on all maintenance . . . lower rear tire pressure to about 22-25psi, keep the engine cool at all costs. Get some practice launching. Driver skill is pretty important.

 

If you get a near perfect run Id think you could run in the high 15s (15.7 or so) But like 88IntegraLS said, shoot for a 16.0. The car is 17 years old and is probably not running at 100%. And yes, practice launcing, that is the most important part

 

A race pipe meaning header?... make sure your ports are opening too and not frozen shut, mine were frozen shut, i taped them open with a hammer and wired them open and it made a HUGE difference.

 

Taped them open? i mean wired them open.

 

Okay, nevermind i was right the first time... too much caffine.

 

Having a conversation with yourself, I see?

 

They are wired open right now. Mainly because once I install the race pipe on monday they won't open up so rather than have no power above 4000 rpm, I'll go with leaving them open and losing a little low end power so I can take advantage of the gains of the race pipe and catback ( if it arrives before race day )

 

well my first time at the track; I had racing beat full exhaust, and a k&n filter on a stock air box. everything else was stock my ports were stuck shut! I ran a 16.3 with a 1.06 reaction time!! Doh! hey like I said it was my first time Don' t fry me!! haha but I beat my buddies 98 integra vtec!! now everything is working, I'd expect my times to drop now!! I'm shooting for low 15's now after all that work!! I was told the closed ports will lose almost 30 horses on the top end? is that right? my car pulls a lot harder now, so we'll see!!

 

actually I beat that integra twice!! in the same night. but he couldn't drive!! he wrecked it before the end of three months!! Doh! he should have listened to me cause I had one before the Rx7!!

 

the first time my buddy took his stock 87 se to the track he hit a 15.86. Now he hits 14.8's with just intake, exhaust and headers.

another buddy of mine in an 88 se hit a 15.79 with a cone filter, wired open ports, and a bad exhaust leak.

 

If your aux ports werent opening at all, Id expect to see about a 1 sec improvement in 1/4 time.. Itd be like a VTEC honda with no VTEC...

 

yea that's what I figure. those ports work flawlessly now!! ha! had to make sure of that. now I got a electric fan, lsd off an 89/88 (? I forget) pineapple sleeves a new clutch, just about everything except porting the motor and manifold. I want to see what it will do without porting. oh and some real crappy tires!! haha j/k. the tires r ok. I'm hoping with a realistic reaction time and skipping the burnout box I should get the times down real nice like. ha ha. actually I hope to break into the 14's cause the lsd is a higher ratio so I figure the lsd alone would remove a couple tenths. we'll see.

 

Why is your LSD a different ratio?? All M/T coupe LSDs were 4.1, unless it was from a 89-90 GTUs, then it is a 4.3 (like I have ). Also, R/T has nothing to do with your E/T. You can sit there all day if you want to , the clock doesnt start moving until you start moving.

 

Yo,


16.5!


Kevin
1989 GTUs "Sorry!"

 

oh.. um... uh.... well I don't drag race. I just wanted to see what times I could get. so I don't know what e.t. is I always thought he phoned home. ha (sorry dumb joke). so R u saying I should take my R/t off my et? I don't know. I like road racing more so I don't know about drag so much. oh! my diff is off a 89 and it is higher (4.3) so I guess it's off a gtu? my car is quicker. that's the only thing wrong with these cars is that the gear ratios are crap (to me) I liked the close ratios of my old (95) integra better. much easier to wind those gears out.

 

and also I didn't have a lsd before that's new. my tires would one wheel spin like no other!!! hahaha

 

If its a 4.3 its from a GTUs (the "s" is important..) Your reaction time is the time from when the light turns green to the moment you start moving (basically..) Your E/T is the time from when you "go" to when you cross the finish line. The reaction time has nothing to do with this time.

 

You could sit at the light for 20 seconds and still run a 16@85mph. Although the track workers will probably yell at you

As for the original poster, Im going to predict you run 16.5.

 

ok makes sense. like I said I'm not sure of the model but it is higher so it must be a GTUs. sorry I really don't know about the models and specs too much. still learning. but I could tell you all sorts of **** about the 95 integra gsr! that's a great car too!! The at the limit handling is much better (none of that weird backend crap where it act like it's stepping out) I could drift my integra better than my Rx... not talking power oversteer!! more along feint motion.

 

If you think the handling of an integra is better than a fc, you must have some really shitty tires and suspension problems. AND a car that has been beaten on through out its life. Since you are talking about drifting, I imagine it fits all of the above.