#4139, "RE: final drive mod = dissapointment" In response to In response to 6 Aug-02-06 02:27 PM by thedawg
Originally posted by bloodyangel1 someone posted his speed difference on here after doing FD and said his 2nd gear got him to 72, how in the hell is he getting 12 mph more than me after doing this and im not???
If you're talking about me, it's because my car was turbo'ed at 5psi for both the before & after. It says so in the link I posted above- "I didn't feel it was fair to get 1/4 mile times since the car is turboed. Since it doesn't spool in 1/8 mile, these results should be repeatable by a modified nonturbo."
My turbo just barely started to spool at the end of the 1/8th mile, which is why I did the runs at an 1/8 mile track. It behaves a lot like a basic bolt-on MTX until the very end of the track where I pick up a couple mph.
Here is a video of my car in the same configuration running a 1/4 mile against a modded but non-turbo 2GNT MTX. You can see I don't pull on him at all until after the 1/8 mile & 3rd gear:
