Somebody said, even if I get the supercharger or turbocharger, my 0-60 will

not change anything even 1/4 mile.

But I think if I get more HP and torque, it means get better 0-60 and 1/4mile.

I'm really confused.

Am I wrong? or he is wrong?

 

1/4 second? u mean 1/4 mile... the easiest thing is to replace the engine with a faster engine, i have a buddy who can do it for $250

 

I have one that can do it for $200

 

^^ Damn !! can I get his number though?

 

Rev a little higher and feather the clutch... I kind of got it down... and my times have improved...

 

You might try and shove the WRX Sti Turbo boxer engine in there, it might work

 

i was thinking id pick up one of those Viper engines, i bet she would at least lose a 1/2 sec on the 1/4.

 

I have one that can do it in a 1/4 second and for $200.

 

At risk of his question never being answered... yes, in general, more hp and torque gets you faster times. Lowering weight of the car works too, or lighter parts in the car to lower their moment of inertia (IE flywheel). Whoever told you a supercharger or a turbo would not improve your 0-60 or 1/4 is insane. What would be the point of them if that were the case?

 

Yes, a supercharger does give you better 0-60 and 1/4 mile times...my 0-60 before SC was 5.7, after 4.9...1/4 mile before, 14.3, after 13.2...all times mentioned were on street tires (tires listed below in my sig)...welcome to the site.

 

Exacly as Pwoz wrote, better 1/4 times are:
- power (amount and characteristic, SC gives more linear gains vs turbo)
- weight (lighter smaller rims, throw out spare wheel, rear seats etc.)
- grip (slick tires to spare lots of time at launch)

Good launch makes a huge difference - practice, practice, practice....

 

i screw around 0-60 time last saturday (with a stop watch)
pull 6 times the average is 4.1 sec

 

Tinman you are my hero. (but I don't plan on modding)

 

you can get fast times but at what expense? If you want fast track times, you can switch to smaller wheels, maybe 17's because the rotational mass from the wheel adds up big. Each 1 pound of rotational mass equals about 10 lbs of reduction in the vehicles wieght. So if you change your rims and tires from 28lb's each tire to about 20 lbs with some lightwieght wheels, you'll save about 320 lbs of vehicle wieght (8*4*10). And every 100 lbs is about .1 second. Sprung and unsprung wieght are topics talked about all over the net, you can find them and learn about ways to effectively lessen the wieght of your car. You can remove the spare, too.

If you don't want to sacrifice comfort, you can install a clutch stop which will reduce the distance your clutch goes down before you can engage. Other than that, not much else you can do with overhauling the engine, or picking up the "faster engines" for 250 (which IMO is steep, cuz I have a group deal discount for only 150)

Hooman

 

1. get the 3.9 final drive
2. get FI
3. remove as much weight as possible
4. get a slower clock