a few 1/4mi estimates?

[Ekliptix]

on a stock
-98 240SX
-latest gen turbo MR2
-latest gen turbo MR2 w/ BPU's
-Talon Tsi
-93 Teg GSR
-300ZX TT
-Cyclone & Typhoon


Thanks.

[T5_X]

syclone, ~13.8 sec, typhoon, 14 sec

check this websit: http://www.car-stats.com/stats/search/choosemake.aspx

[2K255HP]

Just what i've seen of the nissans
the 300zx tt's should usually run consistant low 14's high 13's
and a stock 240sx should be around high 15 low 16's

[finboy]

SYclones and tyhoons are sweet.

with a few cheap mods both can be deep into 13's.

awd too.

[Ekliptix]

And impossible to find for sale too. Kenne Bell

[finboy]

there is one for sale in town. black/black.

but i have only seen it once, and that was in august.

[redline_13000]

shit..i have the 4.3 liter in my jimmy..i wonder if the turbo off the typhoon would fit

[2000impreza]

i seen a typhoon run a 14 flat @ race city. its pretty fast.

[T5_X]

Originally posted by redline_13000
shit..i have the 4.3 liter in my jimmy..i wonder if the turbo off the typhoon would fit

No, the 4.3 at that time was the TBI one. The turbo off of the GN was adapted onto that 4.3 with an upgraded intercooler.
AWD was off of a fullsize safari van.
4speed auto tranny was pulled out of the vette of the time.

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by 2K255HP
Just what i've seen of the nissans
the 300zx tt's should usually run consistant low 14's high 13's
and a stock 240sx should be around high 15 low 16's

In calgary's altitude? Stock 95-98 240s do like mid 16's to low 17's. It's pretty hard to bust your stock 250 into 15's.

[95TsiAWD]

Stock Talon Tsi AWD should run high 14s with a good driver
FWD would probably be around 15.5
I noticed no difference in ETs between Racecity and SIR so I don't think the elevation change matters squat with a turbo-charged car

[Joe Malms]

Yes it does!
it matters a whole lot!
maybe you ran at racecity on a good day and the elevation was relatively low

[95TsiAWD]

can you back that up by saying you've ran at another track and can compare times? I've raced there 3 times this year. Various states of tune each time and the ETs were within a tenth of what I'd run at SIR (sometimes better sometimes worse) at that level of tune. I did notice traction was a little tougher to get at this track since it was cold and late in the year but MPH was exactly where it should have been.
I think the elevation is what a lot of people use as an excuse for piss poor driving and tuning. This probably doesn't apply to NA cars but turbo cars should run the same here as they would in Saskatchewan. I don't doubt that there's a difference between here and Colorado or here and southern California but those are big elevation changes, its only about a 1300 foot difference between here and SIR and I don't think that matters enough.

[Davetronz]

Originally posted by Joe Malms
Yes it does!
it matters a whole lot!
maybe you ran at racecity on a good day and the elevation was relatively low

I didnt realize that elevation could change here in Calgary. We must be one of those new trial "elevator" type cities... Some dude flips a switch and we go up up up and away...

[95TsiAWD]

I'd say less than 50%. Probably closer to 15-20% if that. Atmospheric conditions are pretty much like anything else in drag racing. You can tune around them if you need to and run the same times. Drag racing is 80% tuning and driving and 20% parts. Too many people slap together a setup and can't run fast with it, then the excuse book comes out.

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by szw
Elevation still matters on a turbo car...just not as much as it does on a NA car. Estimates are that turbos are affected about 50% as much as N/A cars are...but it is very hard to generalize a ballpark figure.

For sure it does.

[theken]

typhoon's at sealevel run 12.8 and the syclone runs 12.4 so up here add a second to those times. You can stick the typhoon turbo on a 4.3 you just need to lower the compression in the engine.

[95TsiAWD]

sea level to up here maybe a .5s diff. if that. Saskatoon to calgary, like I said, no difference. But then I could run the advertised stock time for my car back in Sask. (stock) so that leads me back to altitude having very little effect on turbo-charged cards.

[gpomp]

I remember hearing rage2 say that turbo cars are affected more...

[95TsiAWD]