when i use to have my 97 gs i took it to the track. all i did was hollow out the cat, and made and intake out of rv sewer hose. i still had the stock muffler. i lowered my air pressure in my tires a lil and drove out around the water box not even heating my tires(16" gs wheels). it ran 17.1 all night long once i got a 17 flat tho i realy wanted a 16 out of but it wouldnt happen. now i have a 97 neon i took it to the track and it ran 16.1 with 17" low pros and very few mods. I would like to take my fiance's 97 rs to the track to see wut that runs. i ported out and rebuilt the head, it has a pretty fresh shortblock, a header, testpipe, 3" catback, underdrive pulley, throttlebody modified from and automatic neon, short ram intake, msd coil and wires, and i also ported out the intake manifold where the injector humps are. it as 17's on it also so again traction will be an issue im hoping for some 15's out of it tho. slipping the clutch out in first is definatly wut you need to do to get a good launch