73mph in a 1/4 mi.?

[87AccordLXsdn]

ok, i just took my car to this road by my house to see how fast i could get in about 1/4 mile...i just set my trip meter and judged it when it was .25...anyways its a perfectly straight road and i sat at the stop light and punched it and it got to about 73...now is this good or bad? i dont know what to think...exept for i was hopin it would be better with header, cat-back, and weber...i dunno, maybe i just thought it would be faster...if you think that my car should be faster please try to tell me what i could do besides for 5-speed swap and FI and all that...just simple stuff...by the way, its auto:rolleyes: thanks in advance

[pimp86LX]

as an eduma-cated guess i would say you ran in the area of mid 16.5's

it takes a lot to get these old 2-litre cars fast. but once you do its a nice feeling.

Remember....tuning is not about bolt ons...its about the synergy of the proper bolt-ons

[AccordEpicenter]

nope id say slower, i was hitting like 82 mph and only running 17

[modu03]

uh... I get up to just under 90 in the quarter mile and am running a 15.5... but 73 isn't too bad for a stock automatic, especially a carb...

you really need a fuel injection swap along with a 5-speed. then you can work on upgrades.

[Cyric_accord]

That's not really bad considering a stock 1988 Honda Accord LXi Coupe did 79.4 mph in the 1/4 by Motor Trend:
www.geocities.com/jdpenttinen/3greview.html

But that was a stick with the fuel-injected A20. SO you've got to take into consideration that yours is carbed, an auto, and has XXX,XXX amount of miles on it.

[87AccordLXsdn]

i need FI and 5-speed...the milage isnt really a factor since my car has 33k on it

[Cyric_accord]

sorry, I didn't know what you had for mileage on your accord, I just added it cause I know mine has slowed with 196K miles on it

[87AccordLXsdn]

so its just gonna keep gettin slower and slower as the years go on...wow that sucks

[Cyric_accord]

not really... When it was completely stock, I ran it with the guys from my local Accord club, it ran a near perfect 18(18.03). But that was with 2 shot injectors, old spark plugs&wires, stock intake and exhaust with a hole in the flex pipe.

We're gonna hit the track again next weekend at the next meeting, with two new injectors, a Weapon-R Short Ram, new NGK Plugs&Wires, and a SS muffler and new 2.5" piping.. so we'll see. But mine is also an automatic, so a little slower than manual

[Kevin]

im running 85-LOL :)

[bobafett]

jesus...

17.293 @ 78.54 MPH here

with intake headers and exhaust

kevin i dont know how u get that time!
as for the 15.5 guy. WTF !!! what mods do u have?

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by bobafett

as for the 15.5 guy. WTF !!! what mods do u have? short ram intake, pacesetter exhaust, heavy duty clutch (ACT), and full of bullshit.



sorry, but it's hard to hit such low times with those mods....

[bobafett]

yeah thats faster than a stock dsm. and i u would have to have some serious mods to get more than 200hp lol

[AccordEpicenter]

i am practically stock, no mods running 17.1 @ 81mph... unless you call weight reduction and no muffler a mod.

[AccordEpicenter]

oh yea and automatic...

[87AccordLXsdn]

thats it, im takin my car to the track, i better have been wrong about my speed

[Kevin]

YA i call bullshit on that 15.5!!! I have alota shit done to run 16.2!! Its all listed at the bottem of my name!!! But the biggest thing lately was advancing my timeing!! I didnt use the gun but i now its almost fully advanced!!!

[Cyric_accord]

well, also it depends on the weather outside too... If it's kind of cold out, you'll have a little better response.. :) I'm gonna make sure when I go, it'll be like 50 degrees, oh yeah!

[87AccordLXsdn]

i heard that warm weather is better for carbs, is that true?

[Kevin]

I live in Florida and its not 50 degreez very often!!! When i went it was at night but still like 75 or so!!!

[ryan88lxi]

h22 injectors?? has anyone else heard of that or talked about it? sounds good tome if it works. i dont know what mine runs in teh quarter, but it does a 10.5 @ 68 in the 1/8. i figure thats about low 15s in the quarter, agree? disagree?

[bobafett]

prolly not that low. i got an 11.104 in the 1/8. so ur prolly someehwere in high 15s or lower 16s. but at least u have the mods that i would belive a low 15~ :D

[AccordEpicenter]

you can use h22 injectors but i think thatd be a little much for this engine... they are 310cc i think

[Cyric_accord]

well, but wouldn't you need to upgrade the fuel pump and regulator to get the extra gas to the injectors?

Tho you might get a boost out of the bigger injectors, I know a friend of mine who stuck 350 injectors onto his 305, got a lil better response

[Justin86]

I tried a little run myself. Marked off a 1/4 mile and ran it. I did it about 83mph. Once I get my new clutch in I will do it again. I know I can top that off since my engine really wasen't all that warm and the clutch was slipping pretty bad.

[ryan88lxi]

i would like low 15s . . . or low 14s too =P

[al010101]

my saab runs 14.6....(sad for a turbo...bleh), but that was about 8 months ago, and it died a week later (blown head gasket), so i think that would factor in to it....but now it's almost done, just need to make an exhaust system and she's ready to kill! oh wait this is the honda forum, my accord would probably run like an 18...it's actaully the slowest car i have ever driven, but i haven't done the timing on it yet, didn't have a chance before it got stolen, should be quicker once i redo the headgasket AGAIN, and time it properly (assuming it doesn't get stolen again first...)

[88floats]

Hey, I'm new here so I'll try to keep the b/s out of this. I have an 88 lxi with 287,000 miles on the origional engine. I have yet to rebuild it but the damn thing is bullet proof. It's never been down the track but in the five years that Iv'e had it Iv'e only lost a handfull of street races. But in my opinion these cars are great on the highway. No b/s I topped out the speedometer between Dallas and Oklahoma City. The needle was between 125 and 130. I don't know how acurate thiat is but it took me a good stretch of road to get there. It drove pretty good and it didn't float around on me but it shure scared the hell out of me. That was back when it was still under 200,000 miles. Guessing now I think it would probably run a high 16 to low 17. I have a short ram intake and cheap made exhaust but it will still do what I want when I want. I hope I'm part of the family here now, and in the future, if my wallet can handel it, I'm going to try that b20 swap.

[modu03]

you know... I'm tired of all you idiots attacking me over my 1/4 mile time... a 15.5 isn't all that fast... that is my fastest time I've gotten, the average is around a 16...

you people that are running slower than that either can't drive worth shit or your cars aren't in very good shape... now I'm not referring to the cars who don't have any upgrades, cause they shouldn't be that fast... but with the few upgrades I've done, I do run under 16 quite often.

also, the automatics and the carbed cars, will not be as fast as my fuel injected 5spd.

if any of you happen to be in my area, feal free to challenge me to a race, that,s the only way I can prove it to you....

also... someone here mentioned the fact that wheather changes the performance of our cars... well... I only usually race at night, and it is usually around 65 degrees, and my car likes that temp.

my car ran beautifully when I got it, it was obviously well taken care of (until the wreck). I also have a new tranny, it's stock, but new is still better. it's also a hatchback... so, it's lighter than all the other models

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by modu03
you know... I'm tired of all you idiots attacking me over my 1/4 mile time... a 15.5 isn't all that fast... that is my fastest time I've gotten, the average is around a 16...

you people that are running slower than that either can't drive worth shit or your cars aren't in very good shape... now I'm not referring to the cars who don't have any upgrades, cause they shouldn't be that fast... but with the few upgrades I've done, I do run under 16 quite often.

if any of you happen to be in my area, feal free to challenge me to a race, that,s the only way I can prove it to you....


Your tired of it, lol:lol Were more tired of you making the claim. Contrary to what you say, the list of people that can run less than 16's on the board is extreamly short. Everyone of them can prove their time's with known mods and time slips. You offer us neither, meaning we'd be idiot's "TO" believe you, not the other way around.

Like I've told you before, I dare you to find a sacramento area member, and their are several here and run your car at the sacramento raceway and prove yourself with that member present as a witness. Think about it, you could proudly post your 15.5 slips and brag and brag. But, you still haven't done that, and I don't think you ever will, till you do, well will never shut up, and the BS flag will forever fly when you make the 15.5 claim.

[Justin86]

I would love to take the 4hr drive down there to see it in person. I'm going to the track this Friday to see how I do. Some people I have raced are saying I should be in the low 16's. hopefuly

[drknow]

hehe.....though Ive never tried for time, I figure mine is over 18 :(.

[pric]

Originally posted by ryan88lxi
h22 injectors?? has anyone else heard of that or talked about it? sounds good tome if it works. i dont know what mine runs in teh quarter, but it does a 10.5 @ 68 in the 1/8. i figure thats about low 15s in the quarter, agree? disagree?

You should be in the low 16's with a 10.5 1/8 mile time. I noticed in racing stories you said your best is a 10.4 that's going to be close to a 16 flat. It's starting to get cooler now you should be getting quicker times, if you can get traction.

[Justin86]

Well I went to the track last night and it sucked. My speedo cable came out of the tranny, then I started to leak antifreeze so they kicked me out. Well my best run even though it sucked was a 16.9 sec with a .98 reaction time. So maybe next week I can get better at driving then I should be seeing some low 16's :)

[Don87LX]

Buy an r1, run sub ten with psycho terminal speeds, and gloat about that! You'll most likely spend less then trying to get the Accord very competetive

[Justin86]

Originally posted by Don87LX
Buy an r1, run sub ten with psycho terminal speeds, and gloat about that! You'll most likely spend less then trying to get the Accord very competetive
Funny that you say that cause I'm actually plainning on buying one as soon as I start my engine swap in the Accord. I have rode an R6 before and eventhose can kick some ass! :)

[1988starter]

Originally posted by modu03

my car ran beautifully when I got it, it was obviously well taken care of (until the wreck). I also have a new tranny, it's stock, but new is still better. it's also a hatchback... so, it's lighter than all the other models

Actually the DX hatch is about 50 lbs heaver than the coupe and the lxi HB is about 100 lbs heaver than the coupe and the LXI coupe is 2551 according to my motertrend artical and www.carpoint.com

[4sillypwr]

Unless you have tuned those h22 injectors you are losing power. You would have to put it on a dyno and at least have a adjustable fuel pressure regulator to make it work right.

Damn I may be kinda newb on this board but Kevin quit yelling man!!!!!!! Don't want to be mean but damn