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well different car but same engine. see what help or tips i get. like the tittle says i just finish the swap on my 1st gen protege. its a klde with intake, headers. 2.5" piping mendrel bend with a magnaflow muffler. mx3 trans with flywheel. car is complete its no gutted i even raced with the spare and jack.to me this times are kind of emberessing since it is a lighter car i was expecting high 14's but i had no traction. upated also got codes 15 and 17 even though i didnt have a check engine light

r/t ... .493
60'... 2.267
330... 6.356
1/8 ... 9.742
mph .. 72.75
1000 ... 12.694
1/4 ... 15.207
mph .. 89.29

is the car daily drivin ? and do u need the passangers ?... i would loose every thing u can outa the back... my opinion... tires good ? invest in nice tires could help..

Traction kills me, too. A good driver could get my car into the 13s, but my best was 14.7.
If you don't want to spend $$ on tires, I would lower the front psi. to about 27, and raise the rear to 50, just at the track. Try launching at about 2,000rpm, then push it. I spend about .7 seconds spinning the tire, no matter what I do.

fowljesse wrote:Traction kills me, too. A good driver could get my car into the 13s, but my best was 14.7.
If you don't want to spend $$ on tires, I would lower the front psi. to about 27, and raise the rear to 50, just at the track. Try launching at about 2,000rpm, then push it. I spend about .7 seconds spinning the tire, no matter what I do.

13's would be hard with a na ze. 14.5 is around what a healthy ze would run.

now some slicks and a LSD is a different story.

projectzemx3 wrote:

fowljesse wrote:Traction kills me, too. A good driver could get my car into the 13s, but my best was 14.7.
If you don't want to spend $$ on tires, I would lower the front psi. to about 27, and raise the rear to 50, just at the track. Try launching at about 2,000rpm, then push it. I spend about .7 seconds spinning the tire, no matter what I do.

13's would be hard with a na ze. 14.5 is around what a healthy ze would run.

now some slicks and a LSD is a different story.

True...
However, my built DE is about 16WHP more than a strong ZE with intake/ exhaust, etc.. and that's with Ethanol in the gas (FTL), and running very rich. LSD is on the way, though.
I spent about 2 seconds spinning the tire on my 14.7 run with CJthor. It's in this video:
http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... vs.+Cjthor" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have you done a compression test? 89mph is a little low for a healthy KLDE (and modded like yours) in a (throwing a wild guess here) 2600 lb car with you in it.

compression is good. 190 across all 6 cylinder. i went to the track a week ago and the best i got on street tire spining 1st and 2nd 14.5 @ 95mph 60' was 2.245 next week will be going again on drag radials to see what hapeens

Ok, that's better then

How long is a peice of string.

14.5 for a daily driver is not shabby considering the gross weight of a 323/protege is
just over the 1000kg mark.

One low cost feature that will lower your times is travel limit straps on the front suspension.
stops you popping the front of the car up getting out of the hole and transfering all that to the
back of the car removing weight off the front wheels..