I need some advice from the rotary masters. I have a 86 base model with about 310,000 miles on it. this weekend i am going to take it to the drag strip for one last hoorah. however being a base model it dosent have a whole lot in the way of added performance. and being that this will likley be the last time i drive it i was wondering what tricks or tips i could do to get the maximum power out of it without spending much if any money. yeah yeah i know no such thing as something for nothing... any ideas?

 

Take out as much weight as possible!

 

Borrow someone's dry nitrous kit and throw on a 200shot.

 

Hey a 200 shot works for me lol but i think they will ban me from the track if it takes more then two hours to sweep up whats left of the engine lol

 

200 shot...that would be in interesting "last hoorah"

 

Damn straight it would be.

 

Remove the exhaust from the headers back.
Take out as much weight as possible.
Take out any air filtration if it has it.
Run it slightly low on oil, like .5 qt low.
Inflate the front tires really hard, like 50 PSI. You want the rear tires to be pretty hard too unless you have traction problems which I doubt you do.
Make sure you have plenty of gas, like 1/3 tank.
Practice your launch.

 

I love it when someone actually isn't afraid to run their high mileage car. I bought my GSL-SE with 290,000 miles and immediatley went to autocross it. Good luck.

 

thanks for the advice, i was thinking about using it to drift with but there isnt any where around here that i can do that, (short of walmart parking lots)

 

Oh, and videos please. And if you do break something where the car doesnt drive anymore, can u please grenade the engine by pinning the gas in neutral? and please, get it on video haha.

good luck

 

Not wanting it to happen but not wanting to miss it if it did right? i'll see if i can borrow my friends hd camera. if that dosent work should i use a real grenade?

 

hahahah yes please do.

i hope u have fun with your car though haha