After my couple of runs down the drag strip, it got me thinking of ways to improve the performance of my Z before the turbos kick in. I guess this means reducing lag too, but mainly general responsiveness when driving around town. My 60' time was 2.499. I have a mostly stock Z. The only mods are Apexi pod filter, Magnaflow X-pipe and straight-through mufflers. Boost is set using a Turbotech MBC. Traction was not an issue at the strip. What are the best ways to improve responsiveness and that 60' time? Thanks PS. Yes I searched, but maybe I used the wrong words...
Get some N Power dumps and front pipes dude, I'm gonna. around $300 from ebay. High stall torque converter? Of course if you really want to go silly a 3A pod since they flow the best.
Best thing you can do (apart from upping the power from your zed, eg: more boost), would be working on your launches and reaction times. This takes a lot of practice.
That's why I suggested the dumps and even the 3A pod, improving spool up time is what its all about imo.
Reduce the weight of the car. Lightened flywheel, driveshaft, main pully. Lighter wheels. Smaller wheels. Electronic boost controller. Anti lag controller. Big dumps and full exhaust system. Twin intake. Nos. Tune the timing off boost. Shorter diff ratio. There's a fair bit there you can do.
Yeah but turning up the boost doesn't help when I want more power before boost kicks in lol That's more like it Now I'm not made of money so some things are out of my reach for now, but - Will an EBC reduce lag much? - Dumps, yes I'll be looking for some bigger ones eventually, not N-Power... - It's an auto so no lightened flywheel - I'd prefer to keep the crank pulley stock for safety. - Lightened/smaller accessory pulleys perhaps? - I have stock Z wheels. - No NOS thanks, trying to keep it legal here - Leader gears are waaaaaay outta my league - Single intake should do since I'm not looking for big power anytime in the forseeable future. - What's an anti-lag controller? - Would something like an SAFC be good?
Good. N-Power/Tuneagent/Whateveryouwannacallthem are shit. Good move keeping the harmonic balancer. You can get a lightweight Harmonic Balancer from UAS that weighs 4.57kg but they are not cheap at $570 (slightly less for forum member). Otherwise run race fuel and get silly with advance
-With a turbotech vs ebc I don't really consider it would be a worthwhile upgrade from what I've read. -The dumps would be a good upgrade in either the 2.5 split or 3", not the npower ones. -auto transmission I don't really know. -lighter pully are fine, some people kick up a fuss but it's right. You can get all the pullys lighter as you said. -twin intake might help the spool, hard to say and might not be cheap. -anti lag kits are pretty mean. Not really for non drag cars. Revs out the engine and the like, so during launch so you just hold the foot and push a button to launch. -safc will just do fuel. A real tune in both fuel and timing will help.
Is using a UAS harmonic balancer alone going to give an noticeable improvement or, like most things, does it require supporting mods to make a difference? I am looking for engine longevity too so nothing silly
So a 3" merged or 2.5" split is what I'm after? Or should the 3" be split too? I understand the longer the split the better as well. So something like the Bee*R would be considered an anti-lag controller? Should be fine as long as I don't consider entering a Drag comp since they don't allow them
In all honesty I doubt it.... as part of the big picture I think it is a much better alternative to a UDP (I am using one) but I wouldn't expect a night and day difference.
out of everything a tune will give you the best results you are wanting. they can adjust the timing etc and this will give you more response
Actually the cheap crappy Npower dumps are good "bang for buck" imo. (speaking from 1st hand experience) $150 for the pair off ebay, and gave me an instant ~12-13hp from stock dumps. ...and they seem to be able to handle big power because i've still got the same npower dumps with my new turbos and they're handling 430hp currently. No they're not the best out there by far, but yes they are very good bang for buck on stock turbos if you're not wanting to spend $500+ for another set.
I would put that down to you changing actuator springs between runs. I had the same set (except sold as Tuneagent) and gained all of 1rwkw. Divorced section isn't long enough to make a significant difference to turbulence and they are quite small...
