raced zx2cambo

[potatoman]

my mods are in my sig

his are muffler and intake plus LOTS of weight reductions

the main difference is im atx hes mtx

from about 35 on 3 honks he walked on me hard all the way till maybe 6k rpms then it evened out and i would barely ease forward but as soon as he shifted it was over.

from 25 my car started in 3rd and wouldnt down shift to second for some reason so pretty much the same results as above except that he had like 2-3 cars on me before we got to the same point

from a stop he launched pretty good. i didnt even try to launch and he had about 1 car off the line then walked hard. like 3-4 cars by the end of 1st.

lol. it was bad. and my car doesnt run shitty at all. i get about 34-36 mpg with my normal driving with an atx so it seems like everthing is running good. just a gay atx.

[zxtwou2]

wonder who he learned about some of those weight reduction tricks from? :batnana:

[potatoman]

dude. everything out of the interior was gone except the center console, front seats, dash, and speakers. lol.

[zxtwou2]

i keep my interior in these days...keeps it quieter and i have to have it to be legal to race in my class.

but everything can come out very quickly. i even have the carpet cut so i can take it out without removing the driver seat.

[potatoman]

lol. nice. i need to work on a few reductions here and there.

[zxtwou2]

bring the car up..i have a cutting torch :elephant:

[potatoman]

haha. no thanks. not that much.

[ChillinZX]

Everything from my front seat back is gone, no speakers, no carpet, no spare tire. Maybe I will get rid of my ABS modulator, cruise control, and A/C. Going from my 16" rims to 17" rims will hurt my 1/4 times because of its heavier rotating mass but I can probably still stay in the upper 14's, if not 15 flat. If I went with 16" SSR rims I would probably hit mid 14's (they weigh 10.5 lbs each). But it would cost $1060 to get.

[Spyke-Zee]

bring the car up..i have a cutting torch :elephant:

Hypertherm FTMFW, ;)

im picking up the powermax30 for my needs. i dont think i will ever need to cut anything thicker than one inch.

[Spyke-Zee]

id race him for you, but your too damn far away, lol.

[potatoman]

how much do u have cut of ur car spyke?
and is it a pain driven ur car with all those top end mods? even with what ive got ive notice maybe a slight decrease down low. (could all be in my head tho)

[Spyke-Zee]

how much do u have cut of ur car spyke?
and is it a pain driven ur car with all those top end mods? even with what ive got ive notice maybe a slight decrease down low. (could all be in my head tho)


136.5WHP N/A with an ATX, and currently a 15.9 in the 1/4. i think i can get a little better now that i retarded my exhaust cam 3 degrees.

driving is awsome. no issues. depending on the road surface torque steer is a factor at WOT. ive also got to be carefull of WOT in corners. it downshifts sometimes when i dont want it to. its hard sometimes not go beyond that point where it DS.

i smoked a median real bad a couple summers ago. it will definetly break loose if i have the wheels tuned and go WOT. other than that it fun as hell to drive.

[mountaindew30oz]

do you have a shift kit or did you build up your ATX?

136.5WHP N/A with an ATX, and currently a 15.9 in the 1/4. i think i can get a little better now that i retarded my exhaust cam 3 degrees.

driving is awsome. no issues. depending on the road surface torque steer is a factor at WOT. ive also got to be carefull of WOT in corners. it downshifts sometimes when i dont want it to. its hard sometimes not go beyond that point where it DS.

i smoked a median real bad a couple summers ago. it will definetly break loose if i have the wheels tuned and go WOT. other than that it fun as hell to drive.

[Buster]

dude. everything out of the interior was gone except the center console, front seats, dash, and speakers. lol.

If he was really committed to weight reduction, he'd be sitting on a milk crate with NO seats, no speakers and why would he need a console? For a drink?

:wacko:

[Jaybird]

Potatoman, have you ever 1/4 mile'd the car? Just wondering if you have any numbers to throw out for your ATX.

[potatoman]

Potatoman, have you ever 1/4 mile'd the car? Just wondering if you have any numbers to throw out for your ATX.

i have not. i might be hittin the track this weekend tho.

[zx2cambo]

wonder who he learned about some of those weight reduction tricks from? :batnana:

ya...tim definatly sparked my intrest on the weight reduction......i might even weight less than you TIM!?!?! :biggrin: lol..fun night though..cant wait to get my kami header, full exhust ,and powders udp...then ill really be haulin balls!

[zx2cambo]

If he was really committed to weight reduction, he'd be sitting on a milk crate with NO seats, no speakers and why would he need a console? For a drink?

:wacko: lol...i have thought of the milk crate swap but still kinda iffy...:cyclops:.....and only kept the center console because of the cupholders and because i didnt want the shifter looking all bare...i have a cool little white and black boot that i bought and i like it so im keeping the center console

[zxtwou2]

ya...tim definatly sparked my intrest on the weight reduction......i might even weight less than you TIM!?!?! :biggrin: lol..fun night though..cant wait to get my kami header, full exhust ,and powders udp...then ill really be haulin balls!

when my interior is out...i doubt it. header takes off a good 15-20 lbs, as does the front bumper reinfocement, and the rear discs shed another 20 lbs.

[zx2cambo]

very true....once i get my exhust though we might be kinda close....your gonna have to show me how to take off the front bumber reinforcement cuz now that you mentioned it i have never thought of taking that off.....is that where a cutting torch comes in? lol

[zxtwou2]

no, you don't need to cut anything for that. if you want, i can take it off for you..i happen to need one to stay in my class for racing :(

[zx2cambo]

okay...maybe i might get afew bucks off of my powdercoating for my bumper reinforce?:winkyface:

[ahhhhWHOA]

all this racing and you guys didnt even invite me? come on im only a half hour away!

I have just about the same weight reduction also lol, theres nothing in my car but carpet, front seats, front door panels, dash and center console. Everything behind the front seats is gutted.

[zx2cambo]

you never gave me ur anme or number and maybe i would have lol

[potatoman]

yeah ahhhwooooaaa feel free to PM me urs too. theres quite a few of us that dont live to far apart down here.

i guess it looks like if everyone else in IL is doing ridiculous amount of weight reductions i should probably too. lol.

[zx2cambo]

hehe....well it depends...if you have alot of ppl that ride in ur car and you need the back seats then keep them... also if you dont want ur cab looking like a can then keep ur stuff

[potatoman]

im not really gonna gut it. lol. i might do some small onestho. its not like anyone has been able to sit in my backseat in months anyways.

btw, anyone rem how to take the glove box out?

[zx2cambo]

ya...easy cheese...we can do it at midnight madness if u want.

[potatoman]

is it just the 2 bolts at the bottom that i have to take off?

[zx2cambo]

that and i think you have to squeeze in at one side because the top slides out kinda weird. i think its got a tab that hits but if you pull it in towards the inside of the glovebox it should come out

[potatoman]

i started to try and pull all 6 or 8 screws but i couldnt get to the bottom so i stopped shortly after i started and it was getten dark.

[Spyke-Zee]

i did, but no shift kit now. i have sct x2 and i have all shifts set to 25% increase (max).

[zx2cambo]

^^^^^^??????wrong thread???

[Spyke-Zee]

do you have a shift kit or did you build up your ATX?

oh really? look on page one.

[potatoman]

lol. i think he was prob talkin about like a transgo shift kit. not a home made resistor shitty one.

im runnin one of those shitty ones tho. lol.

[Spyke-Zee]

its not shitty if you build it right.

[potatoman]

ok. well not really shitty. but its nothing fancy. mine actually looks pretty good. just dont have the switches mounted anywhere. but there out of sight for the most part.