At least...
Howdy Gang,
Just finished testing my 300A with Lidios Sunoco GT tune. I used GT Plus, which is rated at 104. GT is rated at 100. The price was the same from my supplier, so I used the better stuff.
Doesn't that gas smell fabulous???
It's weird, but when you get any on you, it just evaporates, and no bad gas odors linger.
Anyway, I also J-MOD 'd my tranny, but I really feel that most of the change was from the tune. My personal best one run was a freaky 14.41 @ 99.8. I throw out my best and worst times, and average the rest when making forum reports on my mods.
My previous best (which was thrown out in the last calculation) was 14.67 @ 97.4 . If you subtract one freaky best from the other, then you get a .26 second improvement. Furthermore, previous worst (15.02) minus last night's worst (14.72) gives you .30 .
My point is, that the tune gave me AT LEAST .14, and was probably worth more like 2/10ths, were it not for difficulty in getting consistent results.
As usual, with each mod, my starting line technique had to change. I COULD NOT LEAVE ABOVE IDLE. ALSO, I COULD NOT WOOD THE PEDAL ON GREEN. My best results were obtained by quickly depressing the throttle pedal 1/2 way on green (the tires would still spin too much) then, just when they were about to hook, floor it.
If I could leave against the converter, I bet I could get 2/10ths right off the top, with more consistency.
Anyway, I have long anticipated this report, as it will be my last for the year. I have done all the mods I intended to for this season, and my last test was Lidio's tune, which means I'm all done.
Next year I hope to add a PI 3500 stall and get to 14 flat.
Best time stock to best time modified, I have shaved 1.03 seconds off my ET. Average stock to average modified, I have shaved .86 seconds off.
Here is a quick list. You can search for any of these reports under the keyword 'Progress Report' to get details on each mod, and what I learned/my experience with it.
Progress Report: Bone Stock 15.46 @ 94.2 corrected
#2 Progress Report: K&N FIPK 15.33 @ NA corrected
#3 Progress Report: Lidio's 93 Tune 15.09 @ 95 corrected
#4 Progress Report: 4.10 gearset 14.84 @ 96.5 corrected
#5 Progress Report: Steeda UDs 14.74 @ 97 corrected
#6 Progress Report: Lidio's Race Gas Tune 14.60 @ 98 corrected
Well, that's all for now. I will be travelling to the track in the next couple weeks to race my friend's Acura TL 6 speed. With the right driver they run very low 14s. My testing equipment is normally .1 seconds slower than track equipment, so I may be able to cut consistent 14.50s, I'm hoping (corrected). At least with the mods, I will have a chance against him, or at the very least, not get totally embarrassed
fastcar
P.S. I go here to correct my timeslips: http://www.modulardepot.com/density.php . If you do the same, you will actually be able to compare slips with yourself and others.