is my car slower than it should be

[ryotto]

ok i have a 1989 honda accord lx-i 2dr coupe auto and it only has 85,000 miles on it. its pretty much stock. ok i did like 4 0-60's the other day i averaged 14-15 sec. 0-60. used my cd player to count.
just wanted to know if my car should be quicker.
another thing is i can stick the peddle to the floor on dry pavement and it wont burnout or squeel.

[AccordAddict]

is it an auto? anyways i think theer supposed to be around 10 seconds stock.

[ryotto]

yes its an auto as stated above.

[AccordAddict]

oops, didnt see that, sorry, heh. well... maybe you should get a tune up.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

I don't know if accordaddict made a typo or a funny.... Oh well our cars are like 17 sec 1/4 mile cars. Autos are slow as heck.

But since your FI you should be a little quicker. And you should know that just counting isn't very accurate you could be off by 1 to 3 seconds and not know it.

-mike

[ryotto]

well the way i timed it i used my cd player.
i would repeat a song and when the display shows 00:01 i would floor it from a stop, and when im at 55 mph or so look down and it would sey 00:16 so subtracked a second and my 0-60 is about 15 seconds.

[shepherd79]

since you are carbed and you have auto, you car is slow, period.

[bboipinoy112]

use a stop watch maybe? or any watch. your cd player could maybe skip . iono . but try sumthing else becides that. OR!.. tune your car up.

[ryotto]

my car is fuel injected its a lx-i
i also tryed D3 and D4 and both are about the same
it also shifts at about 6000 rpm redline is 6200 i think

[ryotto]

i have a $450 alpine cd player and it never skips and i think its pretty accurat but i could try a stopwatch but i dont think itll make much of a differance

[ryotto]

i just want to know if 15 sec 0-60 is normal for a auto lx-i

[PortugalFocus]

And you should know that just counting isn't very accurate you could be off by 1 to 3 seconds and not know it.

-mike

use a stop watch to be more accurate, and you have an auto, so it's not like you have to shift.

[88accordalltheway]

same thing with me bro, i couldent do a burnout in my car if my life depended on it. Stupid slow auto, i hate it.

[AccordAddict]

if you manually shift the auto its faster than just staying in D4.

[ryotto]

so its normal for my auto to be this slow
another thing is with my AC on its really really slow, i have to uselly turn it off to get into traffic. at a street light eather floor it with the AC on or turn it off to accelerate
so should my AC slow my car down a whole lot is is somthing wrong


i always wanted to put a manual tranny in it but i would probley be better off selling it and buy a differant car thats a manual

[ryotto]

what do you mean by manually shifting it, it does'nt have a first just 2nd, d3 and d4

[accordlxi2.0]

well tuned up stock i know lx-i 4dr's are 10 0-60 and carbed is 12 0-60 auto's.
i say your car may need a tune-up, i mean rellay claen it out.
or just modified it.
i know that once i clean it out, moddfied it, my carb was faster than it was when i first got it.
and the same thing is in plan for my new baby
oh yea that's normal for the car to be slower with the compressor on.

you just really need to treat you car

[k-roy]

Ok im gonna be the first to step up with a real solution.

Ok its running slow period. Auto or Not. Tuneup Time!

1. PCV Valve
2. Change your Oil, use FULL synthetic and a K&N filter
3. Get some NGK spark Plug wires
4. NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
5. Accel or MSD ignition coil
6. Flush, fill and bleed your cooling system
7. Get a 92-95 Civic Short Ram Intake with a K&N cone air filter
8. Replace every last Vacuum line there
9. Change your tranny fluid
10. New Fuel Filter
10. Advance your timing by a few degrees
11. Check the air pressure in your tires.

Yea I know it sounds like a lot but your car will love you for it. If you have any questions use the search buton above, everything I listed has allready been discused several times over.

[AccordAddict]

Is buying a new coil really worth it? i might get one tommorow, Accel super stock.

[k-roy]

Is buying a new coil really worth it? i might get one tommorow, Accel super stock.

Hell yea it is

[ryotto]

thanks k-roy
i dont plan on keeping the car for much more than another year because i want a manual. so what would be the cheapest ways to help the car because i dont want to stick much more money into it

[ryotto]

another thing is i have about 100lbs of sub and box and amps in the trunk so that'll make it heavyer and 100 sq ft of sound deadening mat in the truck too

[DLB]

Yeah tear the sub,amps, and whatever else crap you got back there out and get a intake and a tune up and it maybe a little faster.

[AccordAddict]

hmm so i will see a gain? alright ill invest into buying one soon.

[HondaBoy]

let me give you an idea. i had my friend ride along with me and time my 0-60 with a stop watch. it was right about 9.7 seconds. that was nearly 2 years ago before i'd taken all the plastic outta the trunk and put the prelude seats in. also, i was about 30 lbs heavier. now i'd like to see what i can run.