georges06evo

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Last week I ran the car bone stock and did a best of 13.0 @ 102mph with a 1.80 60ft.

This week I added a tbe, mbc, drop in filter and had the car tuned by Andy @ Speed Element all for under $900.

Today my best ET was 12.2, my best MPH was 112.2 and my best 60ft was 1.70

I want to add the O2 housing and a lower ic-pipe and see if I can squeeze into the 11's with the stock cams and pump gas.

Good_Enough

Wow, thats really good.
My IX has more mods (BR350), and best I could get was 12.6 @ 110 with the stock clutch not holding the power.

Warrtalon

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Nice driving and good job on going fast for less.

o2 housing and LICP wont' add enough power to drop over 2 tenths, though.

bluebyu36

JohnBradley

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Moderately higher boost and a splash of racegas and you'll have an 11. Weight reduction will probably help more than anything at this stage of the game and the best part is its free.

georges06evo

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yeah I think it's wishfull thinking with trying to make my car go 11's with stock cams and pump gas.

My buddy can go 11's with this setup but he has an RS.

JohnBradley

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You can run 11's with an internally stock IX, it just takes a couple of things. Those parts wont hurt but they by themselves arent going to catapult you into the IX's. Good air, boost in the 25+ range and some 100 octane go a long way to move toward the 11's. Your 60' is decent but there is always room there. Removing the factory clutch restrictor is a worthwhile mod to making the car more responsive on the launch and will help the stock clutch last a little longer. Like I mentioned before weight reduction helps alot.

tmodlin

Very nice. Keep up the good work.

I am jealous to read your posts about going to the track when I am up here in the frozen tundra of Minnesota. I think it is 1 degree F out there right now

1NastyEvo

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Very nice!

georges06evo

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I wanted to run 11's on pump gas.

I'm pretty sure it will go 11's with a fuel pump, injectors and race gas...

I would love to get my 60's down into the low 1.6's. It would probably give me some 12.1 ET's but it's not easy clicking off 1.6 60's at Sac Raceway.

I already removed my spare tire, jack, tools and don't keep any junk in the car. I'm going to remove my windsheild washer container in the trunk this weekend. I do daily drive this car and wouldn't want to strip too much out of the car. What else do you think I should take out to reduce weight?

How much does my wing weigh?

georges06evo

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Thanks.

Holy crap that is cold. I think it's in the 30's or 40's here and I'm crying like a little baby.

tmodlin

Believe me, I am crying about it. The wind chill makes it much worse.

Anyway, good luck on the 11s. You are almost there.

EvoIX_thousand

Removing the washer resivoir wouldn't even make a bicycle faster. The fluid in it weighs more and wouldn't be worth the inconvenience. Removing the wing might actually help a little bit, but due mostly to drag not weight.

Good times B.T.W. Pretty good 60ft. on the stock clutch. With a couple more bolt-ons and good weather I bet you could hit 11's on 93.

Ultimate CC

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love the 9s...

JohnBradley

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Well it sounds like you are there more or less then. Full pipes will help (LICP & UICP) but like Warr pointed out we arent talking 30hp or anything. Other weight that can come out (but makes DD status somewhat questionable) is the passenger seat (40#), the floor mats (5#), wing weighs 7# so its more about aero than weight, bumper beams (if you are crazy like me, 30#), and the strut bars front and rear (7# for the front, obviously stock there is no rear).

More advanced stuff like switching to coilovers (isnt needed but if you are gonna do it anyway) can shave up to 10# or more. Making sure that you are racing with an almost empty fuel tank is important as well. 14 gallons (full) x 6.5 = 91 lbs versus 2 gallons weighing 13, or 78 lb reduction.