There are enough of you that have experience with this engine to ask this here:

Ive got the rest of the car built for 1/8 mile drag and have run out of budget for now. I want to get the biggest bang for the buck with mods for the engine to begin with, w/o tearing it down. (want to be able to run it the rest of the summer) This winter I will tear it down, rebuild and upgradge with H/C/I.

This is a speed density car btw.

7/5/2009 1:19:48 PM

First step would be some 4.11-4.56 gears and a good locker. 5 speed or auto? If it is an auto, do a C4 conversion. A good converter and gears will pick up more than any nickle and dime bolt on stuff.

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM. Reason : .]

7/5/2009 1:27:36 PM

BOOST

7/5/2009 1:43:00 PM

Quote :

"First step would be some 4.11-4.56 gears and a good locker. 5 speed or auto? If it is an auto, do a C4 conversion. A good converter and gears will pick up more than any nickle and dime bolt on stuff. "

One step ahead of ya there. Completed thus far (or about to be) =
-spool
-4.30 gears
-upper and lower rear control arms
-drag springs, generic shocks
- MT ET street drags

And its a T5 tranny, recently rebuilt with what I expect is a nearly stock clutch (prob wont last long).

7/5/2009 2:00:44 PM

i got some shorty tube headers that you can have... little be of paint and they'd be great

7/5/2009 2:18:41 PM

^ how much?

7/5/2009 2:42:37 PM

do you have the motor now or are you looking to do it soon.

7/5/2009 2:51:23 PM

original motor that was in the car. about 130k miles

7/5/2009 3:13:07 PM

i thought you wanted this car to be a bracket racer? Why would you use a manual transmission for that?

7/5/2009 3:26:58 PM

i might eventually change it to an automatic depending on how much I end up getting into it. the stock automatic tranny wouldnt have been sufficient anyway.

7/5/2009 4:29:13 PM

I dont think a 130K 5.0 with H/C/I would be good either, for a serious bracket car.

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 6:01 PM. Reason : n/m]

7/5/2009 6:01:27 PM

^will be rebuilt this winter.

As far as the base engine, all just depends on how fast you want to go. Decently built 5.0 that sticks with the right gearing can be very quick.

7/5/2009 7:24:41 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TARnz6MHp30

first run with this car a couple months back. completely stock with burned out clutches in the diff, hopefully should make it back next week, if i can get the rear end in this weekend.

red one

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 7:32 PM. Reason : ....]

7/5/2009 7:31:05 PM

has anyone who ran a bad time ever NOT had clutch problems?

7/5/2009 8:08:31 PM

seriously though, throw all you money at the front and rear suspension, loose or relocate weight and get an auto

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 9:00 PM. Reason : blown car was at piedmont saturday, 5.19@143 spinning/lifting]

7/5/2009 8:58:07 PM

This makes me miss my former life

7/5/2009 9:47:32 PM

For a bracket car an auto trans is a must. 5 speed with 4.30s would have to be a good time though.

7/5/2009 10:20:28 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rYQZAGyGJM&NR=1

Did you get beat by a civic?

7/5/2009 10:23:37 PM

7/5/2009 10:42:34 PM

^^lol yup, nitrous'ed civic. was the same day as the other vid, stock car with a screwed up diff and bad tires. vowed to never ever ever ever let that happen again.

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 10:46 PM. Reason : ....]

7/5/2009 10:45:11 PM

7/6/2009 8:08:04 AM

on the plus side the civic was cheaper, wrong wheel drive, and 1.6L.


hahahahah

7/6/2009 8:14:18 AM

It's been a long long time since I've been at the track, but don't stock LS1s on sticky tires run in the high 9s?

7/6/2009 8:19:44 AM

^^ dont know about cheaper

^ I would expect high 8's out of a stock ls / fbody

7/6/2009 9:10:55 AM

So, how much money are you going to spend to get your ride into the same range as a stock LS1?

7/6/2009 9:13:26 AM

what i have into it now will prob get it close. figure a lil less that $5000 including vehicle cost, and thats without any engine mods (so lots of room to grow). i considered an fbody originally, they are just a pita to work on by comparison.

[Edited on July 6, 2009 at 12:02 PM. Reason : ...]

7/6/2009 12:01:16 PM

jesus christ that civic had no traction.

7/6/2009 12:55:22 PM

which is why its good that ryncsu is starting with a mustang.

i can lose traction in the middle of 3rd gear >60mph with azenis on the highway and i dont make dick for power.

7/6/2009 1:20:13 PM

under throttle only or a clutch dump? epic wheel-hop?




anti-spin, fool.


[Edited on July 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM. Reason : -]

7/6/2009 1:33:57 PM

under throttle. i shift like a freaking baby or I wont move.

non LSD 11lb rims

7/6/2009 1:38:36 PM

dude, those 185/65's dont count.

7/6/2009 1:40:10 PM

new tires that are going back on as soon as i get the diff back



[Edited on July 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM. Reason : fix pic]

7/6/2009 4:09:47 PM

what size

7/6/2009 5:45:49 PM

205/50/r15's i believe in the front 275/60/r15 in the back

7/6/2009 5:55:47 PM

noob question here but why the 1/8th?

7/6/2009 5:56:44 PM

closest track to me, only about 30 min away.

7/6/2009 7:11:02 PM

i thought it was so you could beat the FWD's

7/6/2009 7:13:27 PM

Mooresville?


We gun hav too line um up

7/7/2009 8:03:28 AM

^wilkesboro, but I have been to mooresville too.

that would be great, have to work something out next time i go down there

7/7/2009 9:54:26 AM

shit im even closer to wilkes (hamptonville holla...well till i move to west statesville this weekend).

my SOTP accelerometer says a mid 10 sec 1/8th

7/7/2009 10:00:39 AM

soooooooooooooooooooo slow

7/7/2009 6:12:44 PM

2slow2ragged

7/14/2009 7:04:57 PM

got it to the track tonight. was disappointed with the first couple runs, 9.6's at 72 or so. But.. last two runs were 9.3 and 9.4 at 75 so thats better. Best run was a 2.0 60 ft. Can probably get another 1/10 or two out of it as I get used to it. Considering before gears and tires it was running 10.1 - 10.5.

For comparisons sake I played around with an r/t challenger a couple times who managed about a 9.3 - 9.5. Best I managed in my G8GT stock at this particular track was 9.5.

Sooo... im happy for now but let the fun continue Headers and the removal of the remaining bits of the emissions system coming in the next couple weeks.

7/23/2009 9:34:43 PM

too slow, time to throw on some laughing gas

7/23/2009 9:46:41 PM

looks like you're making good improvements!

you cut a solid second out so far.

7/23/2009 10:03:35 PM

improvements yes, but my old modded non turbo Rx-7 ran a 9.7 @ 71 in the 1/8th and those cars are really slow by today's standards

7/23/2009 11:26:10 PM

well come on its a mustake he is building not an rx7

7/23/2009 11:35:11 PM

lol quinn

7/24/2009 12:06:54 AM

lol faggot

7/27/2009 6:49:25 PM

set em up fatty

[Edited on July 28, 2009 at 11:16 PM. Reason : lol]

7/28/2009 11:15:24 PM