sqrlnts

Took my 100% stock 91 5.0 LX vert to Firebird raceway this weekend. Did this to get a good baseline of the cars performance. Its got the slushbox automatic in it. I ran it four times in a matter of 30 minutes. Nothing was changed from run to run (besides my crappy R/T's :-) No tire spin off the line.

16.302 86.62
16.253 86.53
16.296 86.38
16.208 86.74

I am sorta unsure of the weight but I went with 2960 from Edmunds.com. Add 160lbs, me. 64lbs, 8 gallons of gas. 3184 lbs total. HP estimator is saying this combo yields 147 HP.!? I am guessing that is at the rear wheels. So 147 x .22 drivetrain loss equals................drumroll please..........................179 ****ING HP!!!!!! I just sorta puked in my mouth!! Granted this thing is stock, bone stock. Where the hell are my other 50 ponies?????
The car had a tune up just before I purchased it, new plugs, wires, belts, filters and the such.

Either my car weighs more than I thought.
My transmission is not as efficient as I thought......
Anyone else? Got anything to add? What am I missing here? Thanks.

88BlueGT

Thats pretty high times BUT you are a vert so add a few tenths for that. Were you using your footbrake? or just going off idle.

I ran an est. 15.2 w/ my stock GT (G-Tech- pretty accurate when stock) on cold street tires.

sqrlnts

Yes foot braking after a short burnout.

tl86gt

you should prolly be a mid-low 15 second car. the auto/vert doesnt help but that seems a little weak.

sqrlnts

I still need to check everything out. Who knows maybe they got the wrong plugs installed and gapped bad. Maybe there is a birds nest in the airfilter. Maybe the timing is out to lunch. Won't know until I have everything looked at.

tl86gt, I agree. Whats sad is the first $500-$1000 in mods is only gonna get me to stock numbers.

I want a Miata!!

88BlueGT

Well, given that my car (93 AOD bone stock) only pulled a 15.2 on a G-tech you should be around 15.5-15.6 if you are also 100% bone stock vert. So your not too far off but it seems like something is running right. Also, I have my timing bumped... thats it.

93 LX FiveO

are those corrected times?

shuffle shifting?

how many miles on it?

right of the factory they are 14 second cars auto or stick.. a decade of driving can do alot to a car though

wats ur '60 times and R/Ts?

sqrlnts

93 LX FiveO, I am assuming uncorrected. The times are straight off of the timeslip. Are you talking about correcting for altitude? Shuffle shifting is 1-D-1, right? I was not shifting, I let the car shift itself. 45XXX miles.
60' and R/T's.
2.469 .029
2.439 .185
2.490 .417
2.444 .524

Looking at my ET's you would have thought I was drinkin!!

93 LX FiveO

yes correct the times using 1 of the calculators and get those 60' times down u should see low 15s high 14s

frdmstng1986GT

i had a 2.414 60' time last time i went to the track i still ran a 15.2@92mph in the quarter.... so.. unless you did the tuneup yourself.. change some wires and plugs.... if you did the tune up.. then i dont know man.. something seems a lil off to me.. i know the verts are a lil heavier.. and the aod's arent that good stock.... but a 16.2-.3.. seems pretty slow.. i mean.. you.. have a chance of loseing to a quick civic now... i would check the car over a lil..check fuel pressure... clean your injectors.. clean your maf... try something man.