that sub ur running is also draining power away from the battery and that definitely doesn't help. Might as well have ur a/c on full blast while trying to race.

 

didnt know that. even when its not on?? isnt their like an equilzer or something i can buy that helps it not take up all the power out of my battery

 

here's what u need to figure out. U are either gonna be a show car or a race car. ha ha there is no in between. If u wanna race then ur not gonna look good for the most part. If u wanna show then ur gonna have to add weight.

I think the rule of thumb is for every 100 lbs u remove u gain like .01th's of a second.

U need to work on getting the power to the ground. Like u said the LSD would help with all the way through the 3rd gear. well here's a secret, the tC is ALL low end torque which means we are better at launches. so u need to take advantage of that and try and create as much distance from the other guy in the start so that he will have to catch u at the end.

I would look into getting atleast a cold air intake and axleback exhaust. it would at least give u a few extra HP and better throttle response. good tires and lighter wheels would help too.

 

lol yeah sorry to say but i kind of am going for the in between look. I like my cars realllyy clean but fast too. I definetly wouldnt trade my system for anything and take it out i get plenty of comments on it.

The reason i was asking about the whole weight reduction thing is because i raced my buddys honda ... accord i think? And lost big time Im stock and i think he was too and he was running an automatic???!! I was like what the f*ck!! Maybe i should cut some weight on this b*tch lol

 

they have higher and faster reving engines. plus his accord is prolly lighter. hell our long doors weigh as much as those whole cars. ha ha

 

Learn one thing quickly. Tc's are slow.

You will get beat by almost EVERYthing. It takes a lot of time and money to make it respectable, not fast, but respectable.

 

yeah that's why most tC's are built for show. ha ha

 

hahaha yeah i know all to well i was just ____ed but hey everyone liked the system more than the accord!

 

spare tire!

 

So does that mean if we removed 2000 lbs of weight, we'd only gain .2 seconds?
I can't imagine that being accurate.

 

These "weight reduction" threads entertain me....silly....just silly.

 

^ lol good one

 

It isn't, well not entirely.

Acceleration deals with the ratio of power to weight over time. The more weight you start to shed the less time it takes to accelerate, but in each specific case the equation reaches a crescendo where the time it takes to accelerate begins to decline exponentially. In the case of the daily driver it is pointless to try and reach that crescendo because to reap the benefits and see any significant decline in time you will have to whittle your car down to something resembling a tin can.

 

Of course there is. The original version of the PTuning tC was a show/race car. They got laughed at on the track for it.

Show and Race is possible, it just takes A LOT of money, and A LOT of custom work.

 

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thats me, just some boltons and took everything from the two front seats back out of the car. I want to see someone run that with just more traction. In truth both WILL HELP. Something you should think about is the more weight you need moved, the more traction it takes to get it going. If I didnot just have my little girl I would still have every thing out of my car, but yes it does get louder in there from the road. I got my car down to 2890 with me in it( 235lbs for me), you will see a lower et from it.

I dont know if you know this or not but your r/t has nothing to do with yor overall e/t, the clock starts when you start to move not when the light turns green. The r/t is how long it takes you to move, once you move thats starts you e/t.
thats just my two cents.