17.1 quarter mile

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 27th, 2006, 1:02 am

well.. um thats a big improovement since my last miserable 18.4 right? my car HAS a really bad tranny mount actually 2..it hops nasty. rims are 15 but tire is big... a bit bigger than stock. I saw a prev post that a guy shaved time by changing the bushings inj control arms? i KNOW my car needs all of that... any input? the kfze engine is crap by the way. also my tires skidded alot. Fully inflated. Oh anf my idle still surges up and down bohoo.. cant find the culprit.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 28th, 2006, 4:04 pm

oh m city elevation is 3,800 feet above sea leven btw.

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » May 29th, 2006, 12:24 am

Thats a decent time I wouldn't expect much better, My best was a 17.1 at 3600ft with a miled out k8.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 29th, 2006, 5:23 pm

bleh scratch that.. ive spent alot of money..im just going ze.. i mean cmon i got the headers..lightweight flywheel..stage 3 clutch... um???? why am i wasting these nice mods on a stupid slow kf...hardcore overtime here i come!!

my94pgt · Post by **my94pgt** » May 29th, 2006, 10:05 pm

On your cardomain site it shows that you're running the curved neck KF which would be the 170hp version. I am running the exact same engine in my 94 Probe GT. I was running 16.3 best time last week at the track. Thats with stock exhaust, Fidanza FW, CM Stg 1 clutch and stock ECU. I believe the probe is considerably heavier then your car, so i dont see why you are getting such lousy times. I just installed my megasquirt and once i get it completely tuned and vris prgrammed right, i am gonna take it to the track again.

BTW what are you running vacuum at idle? About 11in on the gauge or lower?

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 29th, 2006, 10:18 pm

my cities elevation is 3900 feet above sea level. We lose around a second. Also Its now a straiught neck..that curved neck was k8 manifold. I got really bad mounts and lousy tires. Im sure i can shave some times. Today i went cruising and had forgotten how nice it is to drive a k series engine.

Ill go ze later on. Car seems to have a iac valve issue. ill fix tghat later. I wanna relax and drive.

my94pgt · Post by **my94pgt** » May 29th, 2006, 10:23 pm

Whats your vacuum at idle? Do you know? I am trying to see if mine is normal or off. Everyone over at Probetalk tells me i have a vac leak or timing is off cause my idle vac is at 63kpa, or about 11in on the vac gauge. I have checked both cam timing and crank timing and both are dead on. I dont have any vac leaks either. So i am trying to find someone running the same engine that can tell me what there engine idles at. But my engine runs superb.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 29th, 2006, 10:42 pm

i have never checked my vacuum. Theres no reason for vacuum to be different if you aqre using the curved neck or even siragight neck. Check your hoses and vacuum canister. Also this engine is very delicate... you need to have a good clean fuel filter and ALL vacuums have to be on really tight. I had a loose vacuum at the vacuum pourge control solenoid in the firewall. Also tighten your vanvel cover..i dont know why mine where loose.

my94pgt · Post by **my94pgt** » May 29th, 2006, 10:45 pm

Also tighten your vanvel cover

What is that?

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 29th, 2006, 10:51 pm

um.. sorry..i am NOTORIOUS for typos.. LOL make sure the valve cover is tight

specially the rear one. I dont kinow how mine got loose...

my94pgt · Post by **my94pgt** » May 29th, 2006, 10:56 pm

Got it. If i had a loose cover, wouldnt it leak oil? I have not checked that, but would think a loose cover would leak oil. I have no oil leaks at all, from anywhere.

PWRD_BY_HKS · Post by **PWRD_BY_HKS** » May 30th, 2006, 4:32 am

dump it my k8 time was 16.7 hec and you got more stuff than i have even on my ze now .... so DUMP it and ride with the big dogs on a ze

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » May 30th, 2006, 5:53 pm

yah im putting hardocre overtime got ze

Im not stopping until i get that engine.

1REVVIN3 · Post by **1REVVIN3** » July 18th, 2006, 1:45 pm

I hit 16.00 3 weeks ago, with my k8, stock clutch, intake, and 17's. I'm sure I could do better with smaller rims. I changed my fuel filter since then to could hardly blow through it lol.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » July 18th, 2006, 5:53 pm

old topic.. im sorta like at 16.9 and I am NOT at sea level..im high in the sky 100+ degree weather.. kinda normal to be slow here. Oh and my iac was disconnected.