.... ok well this is just bugging the living crap out of me. i cna't beat a civic. WTF. it just isn't pulling. at all i have low end just a lil though. and it's a 350. wtf mate i new it was slow but not that slow. shyt. i need help what can i do that will help me out. this is embarassing

 

learn to spell and write in complete sentences, or something resonably close, would be a good start followed by learning to use the search function, and asking direct and specific questions.

 

Which part of MN are you in?
I'm a half hour out of the twin cities.

 

Not all 350s are fast or powerful.

What exactly is yours built out of? In particular, what heads, what pistons, what cam, what exhaust, what gears, what converter?

 

Did your head hurt trying to read that too??

 

try doing a basic tune-up, and up the size of your jets on your carb. If you're still having problems beating a civic from a dead stop then I might suggest looking at replacing some suspension

 

umm in apple valley. about 30 min out of the twin cities. and i'm sorry about the spelling. i had just gotten beat and couldn't accpect the fact yet. but i just had changed the plugs and wires. i have t-5 tranny. so no converter thier. brand new clutch. i used AC delco plugs and bog wanner nascar 8mm wires.my carb is running rich i know but that shouldn't have that big of an effect. should it.?? and did you know any "normal" humman can read a word if the last and first letters are the same. and as long as the word is about the same length also. so i don't see y you have a hard time reading that. and i also don't know what i have in the car. it's all gm parts. the owner 2 owners ago did the swap. and still had all emmsison on thier

 

The AFRs will have a big effect on how much power you can make if theyre way off.

 

well explain your race with the Honda? They dont have much torque at any RPM, but seem to have a pretty flat torque curve judged by my butt-o-meter dyno. So you should have walked him like he was standing still until you hit about 40-45mph, then he probably started gaining, and depending on how fast you guys were going up to it's possible he beat you.

Now if the honda totally walked you from the dead stop, all the way through then you've got something wrong with your car, or the place you raced at was not the best. An example of something similar to your problem.

I was racing a friend's 1997 Honda Accord one night, we didnt think we were going to meet but sorta bumped into each other so it wasnt planned or anything, we drove by each other for about 2 miles until we stopped at a stop light together, well the stop light was on a huge hill, and i floored it as soon as it went green, she gave it 3/4 throttle and w/ as little torque as it put out it only chirped the tires, all the while i was burning rubber till she got to about 35- 40 and shut down b/c she thought my car died or something haha.

Morale of story : dont go WOT on a hill, espescially when your stock suspension sucks

just goes to show yah, you can be beat when the scenario suits it.

 

well it ws on flat ground from a roll at like 15 mph i can see him just kick it down. so i down shift and give her hell. well i gusse hell isn't that bad cause she didn't get up and go and the civic basicly blew by me and i had no chance

 

how do you know it's 350?

 

i have a huge folder of mods done to the car. and just misc. things like paint. tires sway bars. and other stuff. one was a 350 rebuild and it was for a 84 z28 and was in the folder and the guy told me that what the car had in it. and i also check the block. also came up as a 350. i can't rember what the number was

 

think i'd suspect it's not a 350

 

either its not a 350 or there is something seriously wrong with your car or the civic had nitros and a long list of mods you dont have ...or you just dont know how to drive ???????

pick one

 

So, what heads, pistons, cam, & gears does it have? What exhaust is on it, pipe sizes specifically, from the heads to the street? What are we working with here? Kind of hard to tell why it's slow and what you should do, without knowing what it is.

Also, I strongly recommend getting the block casting number, and posting it.

 

ya not all 350s are fast mine isnt very fast at all im in the 15's witha 4bbl



if your not sure its a 350 just goto the bakc of the engien compartment under the window washer pump on the drivers side next to the head you will see the engien block and probally see a big *** GM on it theres numbers right on that plate maybe 8? i forget post them here and somone will tell you what it is

 

f he blew past you from a roll of 15mph then i'd definetly suspect that the other guy has done a bunch of mods or is using "naws".

Civic low end sucks, our low end can keep up with the LT1 and LS1's for a little bit atleast, and you KNOW those engines can pwn a stock civic all day long at half throttle... thus, your car is not working right (at all), your a bad driver (doubt it, but never seen you drive before), or the civic is very much not stock.

If you're sure that your car is running up to par, and if you have an automatic, then I've got a good hunch the Civic you raced was very modded.

Have you raced anything else other than the Civic? That might be a better judge since you're only going on one race, where you dont know what the other fellah is runnin'.

 

It'd be alot more productive to hold the Honda comments, since nobody here cares..... let's concentrate on helping the guy improve his car.

Which would be alot easier if he'd tell us what he has.

The drivel about Honda is monkey spank and a waste of bandwidth.