Driving myself crazy; got a G-Tech!!! :(
12-06-09, 07:53 AM
#16
Next time try with your traction control on...it may just surprise you!
12-06-09, 08:06 AM
#17
I thought that those cars were rated as 5.5 second 0-60 cars in stock form. So you had more than 50 hp added to your car and were only able to click off .1-.2 seconds faster to 60 mph? Perhaps your shifting is good but perhaps (due to the fact that it is a '99) it wasn't in optimal running condition (i.e. old MAF, old spark plugs, old O2 sensors...etc etc. ALL electronics that deals with A/F ratios is brand new in my car. You could have VERY well negated a lot of that added power (from modding) from wear and tear. For example, I KNOW before I started modding my car WAS NOT making 300 HP (crank) as once rated from the factory; it was probably more like 280 hp IF that! So in essence I added even more than 50 hp (crank) to my car by modding because now it is at a TRUE 350 hp (crank) range as per dyno and tuning.
When dealing with older vehicle's there is A LOT more room for error in modding and guesstimating power output...the car is OLD and could or could NOT be properly maintained. It's not like you have an '07 or '08 car that if you do X amount of modding now it is at X+1 power. It is totally different with an older car. The X that you may THINK you are STARTING with may actually be X-1 so with modding you're basically either back to JUST X or X+.5 lol. Make sense?
12-06-09, 02:10 PM
#19
Lexus Test Driver
I thought that those cars were rated as 5.5 second 0-60 cars in stock form. So you had more than 50 hp added to your car and were only able to click off .1-.2 seconds faster to 60 mph? Perhaps your shifting is good but perhaps (due to the fact that it is a '99) it wasn't in optimal running condition (i.e. old MAF, old spark plugs, old O2 sensors...etc etc. ALL electronics that deals with A/F ratios is brand new in my car. You could have VERY well negated a lot of that added power (from modding) from wear and tear. For example, I KNOW before I started modding my car WAS NOT making 300 HP (crank) as once rated from the factory; it was probably more like 280 hp IF that! So in essence I added even more than 50 hp (crank) to my car by modding because now it is at a TRUE 350 hp (crank) range as per dyno and tuning.
When dealing with older vehicle's there is A LOT more room for error in modding and guesstimating power output...the car is OLD and could or could NOT be properly maintained. It's not like you have an '07 or '08 car that if you do X amount of modding now it is at X+1 power. It is totally different with an older car. The X that you may THINK you are STARTING with may actually be X-1 so with modding you're basically either back to JUST X or X+.5 lol. Make sense?
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