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What happened? a story of my 1/4 times

Old Aug 3, 2002 | 11:56 AM
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What happened? a story of my 1/4 times

Ok well I went to ennis last night to run my car to get some times, well I had gone before this with my car totally stock and I ran a 16.5. Well now that I have intake and a midpipe put on, I run a 16.8! Whats the deal here? Any ideas?
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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More power, slower times... I'm thinking clutch slippage.
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 12:15 PM
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Could be a consistency problem. Are these your only runs? If so, practice and they will improve.

Also, if the air temperature is hotter the second time, this will slow it a few tenths.
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 12:21 PM
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No the first time with the car stock i ran 16.5's 4 times, and this last time i ran a 16.8 3 times. When you put a midpipe on isnt it necesary to wire open your ports? Cause I havent done that and i thought that was the problem, oh by the way i forgot to say im driving an 90 GTU.
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 01:20 PM
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Ok well I did a little searching and I know its not the ports, they are opened by the air pump,im sure you all already knew that but i dont think its clutch slippage. Im really stumped. Oh yeah, my car also seems to be having a hard time getting to red line, like it used to make it up to 7800 easily, now it seems like it struggles to make it up there. Any ideas?
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 02:00 PM
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My car had a similar problem...turned out the car was running nearly a 10-1 air fuel ratio. The s-afc fixed the problem. CJ
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 02:03 PM
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i was thinking of getting one of those but im going to wait until after i get my apexi daul n1's, any one else have any ideas?
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 05:34 PM
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Yeah, did you unhook your airpump? Mine did that until i forced the ports open...
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 07:06 PM
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clean your throttle body. It is possible that the secondary ports are stuck and are not opening all the way.
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 07:15 PM
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Just the ET isn't going to give you much of an answer. You need to tell us the 60 ft time, the mph, 1/8 time, etc.
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Old Aug 3, 2002 | 08:33 PM
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What times of the year did you make these 2 different runs? Could have been the heat you know........
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Old Aug 4, 2002 | 07:40 PM
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I think it might have been the heat, but i think its time again for an all around tune up. Looks like thats what ill spend my 2 days off from work doing. Ill look and see if I can find my time slips from the time that I ran the 16.5's but i dont think ill be able too. Thanks
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