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Last time I did this with him he had his dad's 97 Grand Prix SE with the 3800 Series II an me in my 93 Olds Eighty Eight with the Series I 3800. He would gain about 3 carlengths off the line and we would stay even.
Now I have my stock, yet tuned 98 Sentra SE and he has his 99 Civic LX (5-speed). From the start all the way to about 80 I slowly pull away from him, and very slowly like he isn't able to get back in my lane until after the 1-2 shift. His Car is rated for 106hp and 103 ft-lbs have really really close hp and tq peaks to my SR20 (within 200RPM) and the same 7100RPM rev limiter. His car weighs 2410 and mine 2617 (so says online info) so my Sentra is 200 lbs piggier than his Civic (dunno how that is, his car looks bigger if anything). Power mods for me are 17 degrees and open airbox with K&N air filter. Does this sound about right? I thought there would be a much bigger difference. It was fun letting launch a second before me and then have me launch and slowly pass by him midway through 2nd, but not nearly the amount of power over him I thought I would. (He is bone stock btw, and the first time he's ever driven his car like that)
Still my car is not transferring enough vibes through the steering wheel and chassis. It's like I've got this noisy ass machine several feet away under my hood but it's like I'm totally disconnected from it. Think it's time for motor mounts.
I know a full bolt on car (cams, ECU, header, CAI, exhaust) is something like 165 wheel hp which is something like 190hp crank, correct? Where does the stage I Hotshot or FMAX turbo kit put you? Close to 200 wheel hp, correct? How much more for stage II (which I believe adds fatter injectors and a Cobra MAF). How much is stage I as opposed to stage II? What are later upgrades to your turbo system?
I really want some more power. The car is "fast enough," but, I mean, I don't want it to be "fast enough." I want it to be "real fast." You guys understand
Now I have my stock, yet tuned 98 Sentra SE and he has his 99 Civic LX (5-speed). From the start all the way to about 80 I slowly pull away from him, and very slowly like he isn't able to get back in my lane until after the 1-2 shift. His Car is rated for 106hp and 103 ft-lbs have really really close hp and tq peaks to my SR20 (within 200RPM) and the same 7100RPM rev limiter. His car weighs 2410 and mine 2617 (so says online info) so my Sentra is 200 lbs piggier than his Civic (dunno how that is, his car looks bigger if anything). Power mods for me are 17 degrees and open airbox with K&N air filter. Does this sound about right? I thought there would be a much bigger difference. It was fun letting launch a second before me and then have me launch and slowly pass by him midway through 2nd, but not nearly the amount of power over him I thought I would. (He is bone stock btw, and the first time he's ever driven his car like that)
Still my car is not transferring enough vibes through the steering wheel and chassis. It's like I've got this noisy ass machine several feet away under my hood but it's like I'm totally disconnected from it. Think it's time for motor mounts.
I know a full bolt on car (cams, ECU, header, CAI, exhaust) is something like 165 wheel hp which is something like 190hp crank, correct? Where does the stage I Hotshot or FMAX turbo kit put you? Close to 200 wheel hp, correct? How much more for stage II (which I believe adds fatter injectors and a Cobra MAF). How much is stage I as opposed to stage II? What are later upgrades to your turbo system?
I really want some more power. The car is "fast enough," but, I mean, I don't want it to be "fast enough." I want it to be "real fast." You guys understand