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built N/A KA 15.842

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went to midnight madness last night and did 5 runs. first 2 i was low 16s. so went out back and let her cool down lowered my tire pressure a bit and went again. pulled a 15.92 and i wasnt satisfied so my next run was the best got a 2.356 60ft and ran a 15.842 but i spun just a little bit off the line so i was talked into running one more and it would have been around 15.6 i was very disappointed i had a decent launch my 60 was 2.31 but about 150ft before the finish i have no idea what happened it sounds like she let go so i left off and coasted the rest of the track......i still ran a 16 flat off that. i took her back and checked her out..I blew an exhaust gasket.
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here was a 16.2 run i spun horribly but its what ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkRaZsTt ... e=youtu.be
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id look for a little better than that

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my best time was a 15.3x with a 2.3x 60ft
i could have def hit 14s if i would have been to get my launching down
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so i have read.... but i agree with supakat all day and like he told me who knows whos telling the truth anymore. i was happy beating turbo cars and i even had beaten a trans am in the 1/8 mile he only had me by .700ths and that was b/c of top end. so im happy with her. also keep in mind my compression is not as good as it should be and my head had 270k on it.
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and to shave off .3xxth is pretty hard just by being driver error.
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def true what supa said. i have crazy trust issues and im the person who believes what i see also. i should have the slip in my car. if i find it ill post it up. at first i could only get it to consecutive 15.5s with a diff in 1-2mph traps. i was shifting at around 7k. i could feel the power drop off at top and knew it was cause of the 4 teeth is horrible na. i decided to try shifting at 6k and was suprised to see a 15.3 at the same mph. good luck if you try again man. my tranny started acting up so i decided to put my car under the knife again til i finish my ka-t.
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My old S13 coupe with just a bruised old S13 KA longblock, stock clutch, vlsd ran a 15.5 at 88

Sounds like you guys need some slicks.

.3s is easy going from street tires to a 10.5 et street. Which in turn would cut over .5 off your et.
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Take your video off of private! I want to see.

There are so many variables between cars and location as well. But if you say the car weighs 2900 and makes 165whp, E/T calc says 15.9. Granted this is not 100% correct but usable as a guide.
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A great driver would have all his runs in a 1/10th second interval and cut 1.8 - 2.0 60's on street tires. I've cut a 1.90 60' on street tires before, and have seen others cut 1.8s. It was luck on my part because I can't do it consistently. However, I'm sure there are some highly skilled drivers that could.

Everyone who tinkers with cars thinks they are a great driver. If we were all so great we would really just be average. I don't think i'm a terrible 1/4 mile pilot, but I know I'm not great. Sorry for the rant, but I get tired of everyone claiming to be an excellent driver.

What did your trap speeds look like? I'd be happy with anything over 88mph on such a setup.
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supakat wrote:Take your video off of private! I want to see.

There are so many variables between cars and location as well. But if you say the car weighs 2900 and makes 165whp, E/T calc says 15.9. Granted this is not 100% correct but usable as a guide.
whoops sorry supakat ment to put it under unlisted link should be fixed
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btw to answer your question i am running right at 87-88 mph on all my slips accept the one i left off. and also my 60ft should be better next MM i didnt have time to change it but im running neg camber in the rear.
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500hpKA240sx wrote:i was very upset to see 16's b/c im a hell of a driver not being conceded its just in my blood
I don't know why I thought that you consider yourself to be an excellent driver :roll:

It is very hard for me to hold my tongue when you call a 2.3 second 60' a perfect launch and say that being a hell of a driver is in your blood. I brought my daily fwd open diff beater to the track and cut a 2.2 60' with 195mm wide junk yard tires, and i'm a mediocre driver at best.

Life is too short to get angry. My comments were meant as constructive criticism; You are more likely to try new things to improve your driving if you realize it can be improved.

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I ran my s14 once for giggles when it was automatic open diff 220k smoky motor with leaky valve seals. 16.5 You have cams but lower compression so its probably about the same power as a normal stock ka. Manuals do like 15.5
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Kfred, we have to deal with these crybaby know-it-all types. Search his threads. Complains about oil prices yet wants a 500hp car.

PS, I did a 16 something second pas in a 4300lb 1965 Chrysler back around 2003 If I remember 2bbl Carb, stock car. Keep practising if you want to get good at something.

and enough with the 'stop picking on me' 'I won't tolerate this' crap. You make a big deal out of everything.



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This thread is serious business. Lol
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NA KA's are no joke!
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Not bad! Nice to see a little NA action out there to level the playing field
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^^^hahaha
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still in the mid 15's cant seem to hook. anyways i have an in car cam of the 2nd run but its like 20 min long ill crop it and post it later. the one on the left is my second run of the 2 videos and the one on the right is from a few weeks ago but these are my best times
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Did I miss what tires you're using? At least DRs I hope but like the others said, go slicks if you can. It's not the same thing but a friend with a '93 Altima 5spd with 3.89 and VLSD, bolt ons and slicks ran 14.6 at 92 and then Racetep cams and 10.5:1 build, ran a 13.9 at 97....best on street tires was nearly .5 worse in each instance...
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theres so many variables as to why and a lot of guy would say weeelllll IF he was a good driver it doesnt matter blah blah blah BUT ill tell you anyways.
-I was draging on a new track that is very hard to hook up
-im on bald street tires.
-and its Midnight Madness and I only had maybe 3 run though the whole night...from 7:30 to 2am so it wasnt like i got to run enough to get my rpm shifts just right.....
also i came to find out that my pull side motor mount was ripped in 2 pieces so drive train loss was more than average.

but im build my car ill smoke v6's all day long and im happy with it and thats all that matter to me.
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Stop making excuses. Go back to the track and practice, practice, practice. I pulled a 2.1 on street tires with 18psi in them. At 30psi, it would not hook and as I dropped psi, it got better. If I can cut a 1.8, I will be happy.
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supakat wrote:Stop making excuses. Go back to the track and practice, practice, practice. I pulled a 2.1 on street tires with 18psi in them. At 30psi, it would not hook and as I dropped psi, it got better. If I can cut a 1.8, I will be happy.
Hahaha that's funny....told ya. W/e I wasn't making excuses its facts "shrug" and if you seen our event you couldn't make no more passes than I could, so practice is hard to do. one night was so crowded they refunded everyone who didnt get to run more than once and i was in line a 8ish and didnt run till 2:30 the next morning.......
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Re: built N/A KA 15.842

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n/a ka's are a joke! there great economical daily driving motors ie. altimas but as far as racing a ka all motor will never compare to the likes of a f20 or k24. 15 sec for a built motor is terrible why would you even build a motor to run half a second faster than stock? put a turbo and feel the beast!!!
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