Hey

I have seen that alot of people have cut down the 1/4 mile times by .4 to .8 seconds with the free mods. I am looking to cut some time of my 1/4 mile. Which free mods should I consider doing. Which free mods work the best without screwing somthing up in my car. Which free mods should I say aways from totally.

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Don't Gut your MAF.

 

Cut the bottom of the air filter housings out.

 

I second that. You can remove the screens, at least the one on the engine side (why it's there I could never figure out), with out affecting it. But I always felt that there was a reason that Bosch put those heatsinks in the MAF. And if you slip even once and cut the hot wire you're screwed.

 

1. cut air boxes
2. grind down the casting walls in the plenum.
3. advance timing a bit 10 degrees BTDC
4. remove front sway bar( track only!!!!!)
5. better yourself at the track with your car. being consistant helps. your car might run 14.2 all day long. give it Even Smith and he will run 13.8 with it. its all on how you drive

 

There is also the TB coolant bypass. It cuts off the coolant from running through the TB.. therefore not heating the air. It should be in the tech articles.

 

what does taking the front sway bar off accomplish?

 

It helps with weight transfer. Allowing the front end to rise planting more weight on the rear tires. this should help with traction. Also, it drops about 30 to 40 lbs of weight off the front end.

Also, any other weight removed will help et.s . Drop the spare and jack/ extra stereo equipment. If your A/C doesn't work anymore remove it/Smog pump(if you want to get away with this).
You can drop a good amount of weight. Also, for the track if you can get some light "skinny : front rims slash tires it will help.

 

Taking the front sway bar off allows faster weight transfer to the rear wheels, therefore better traction (plus a little weight reduction at the same time) This is mainly used in drag racing only. I don't recomend taking it of when a draily driver.

 

yeah, thats waht i thought it was for, didnt think the think weighs that much,lol

 

Where the TB meets the plenum, there is a bit of restriction there, you can grind down the restrictions to get better flow, as well as port the plenum, runners, and siamese the base 2 inches in. Make that baby breath

Make a ram air setup, it's not free but it'll only take about 20 bucks out of your pocket.

 

That Evan Smith is a BAD ****.

 

Just be SURE when you cut the bottoms out of your air boxes that you dont cut the lip in which your filters sit. I've seen that done WAY too many times.....

 

what is a good tool to grind down the walls in the plenium? will a dremel do?... aight peace

 

A dremel tool will work fine

just get good tips

 

DP

 

i did the i the air box gut and boy does it help out alot. i picked some power up top(w/K&N's). does that tb bypass really help??? or it helps theorectically? i've been thinking about doing it but i dunno..?

 

Why not do it anyways....it couldnt' hurt anything....if you do it and get some power...great, if you do it and dont gain any power, oh well, you haven't lost anything....the only purpose of the coolant running through the TB is to keep the blades from freezing...and you live in TX, so you dont have to worry about it.