I ran a 15.72 with my KL-ZE MX-3 last night

[curtklze]

I was at ST.Thomas dragstrip last night and I raced anothe MX-3 gsr, he ran a 14.48 with a cold air intake and straight through exhaust on street tires, I ran a best of 15.72 with my MX-3 gsr with Kumho 712 tires, stock exhaust and stock air intake.<P>My worst time was 16.054, it seems like I got my best times by doing a massive burnout then launching off the start at high rps and getting lots of wheel hop and tire spin. [img]shrug.gif"%20border="0[/img]

[Custommx3]

paul added my old cone filter to his ZE, he said the performace diff was like night and day on his ZE.

[Stevech_2001]

seems like you car is choking.....put a cone filter on...it's cheap...exhaust is cheap to....and those times aren't to good man......no affense....but once you get used to it and get all the bugs out you will do better...try launching at 6-7000 rpm...but you probobly were already doing that...try getting some stiffer engine mounts....

[David Coleman]

~2k dump should net the best launches. Just a smidge of spin, then off you go. What were your other figures? 60ft? 1/8mile? MPH?

[ProtegeSTS]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Coleman:<BR><STRONG>~2k dump should net the best launches. Just a smidge of spin, then off you go. What were your other figures? 60ft? 1/8mile? MPH?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Keep in mind that some people may have better tires than you David...<P>Today, 3000 rpm with a quick drop of the clutch netted a slight spin and then BOG....i like Falkens a lot.

[David Coleman]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS:<BR><STRONG><P>Keep in mind that some people may have better tires than you David...<P>Today, 3000 rpm with a quick drop of the clutch netted a slight spin and then BOG....i like Falkens a lot.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Nobody can touch my 540 treadwear road huggies!

[torpedan]

I dunno could get some good ol 13's and dump at 4k and let the sidewall eat it =]

[curtklze]

here are my time slips from the track. I'm 007 on all but the last run that I made by myself.<P> <p>[ August 11, 2002: Message edited by: curtklze ]

[white fish]

No offence but thats not good I got 15.482 @ 92.02 at Cayuga a KL 03 with the stock exhaust a cool air intake and a clutch that slips in second and thrid on 215/40/17 tires wide but TSW's weigh alot<p>[ August 12, 2002: Message edited by: white fish ]

[lazzyie]

your reaction times arent too bad, I say ditch that stock exhaust!!! 60's are going to suck, anyone ever had good sixtys in this car? I better gain more than 3 seconds on my old time with a ze swap or I will cry. Try launching lower less spin is good! ditch the centerforce clutch too

[Guest]

getting 2.3 60foots is good fro street tires.<P>with a good launch u should be able to hit 2.2 foots then your time will drop to like 15.4 15.5.<P><BR>p.s. get an exhaust!

[Stevech_2001]

your reaction times are bad......work on that ...

[93mxrgs]

umm i pulled 2.12's all day long on street tires... consistent 1.9's now on BFG drag radials

[curtklze]

Thanks for all the suggestions. <P>Just so you know, Im a mechanic and I know what needs to be done to make my car faster, and what to do to get better times, and I will be doing it as money permits.

[CanadianMx-3]

Not being rude, just ignorant. Are normal MX times high 15's with the ZE? What are the stock times? Anyone dragged stock?