The Ecotec Is Getting Faster - Page 2

MikeSS · 11-01-2004, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gxryan@Nov 1 2004, 05:09 PM
so what all do you have done to ur car, just CAI and high flow resonator and muffler?

Yup, and the ability to abuse my poor clutch for faster times :unsure:

11-02-2004, 12:26 AM

LOL
i abuse my clutch all the time,

screw it
lol
it's a lease so long as it still shifts come end of lease i'll be happy!

thats definately awesome my buddy at work was shocked when he found out a 4 cyl alero could keep up with a Grand Prix Gt

MikeSS · 11-02-2004, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gxryan@Nov 2 2004, 12:26 AM

thats definately awesome my buddy at work was shocked when he found out a 4 cyl alero could keep up with a Grand Prix Gt

Yeah, honestly, they really aren't that fast. My friends is a 2 door GT with an Intake, exhaust, and DHP, and maybe a few other mods. He is fast now, but before the DHP I could take him.

And my friends stock 4 door GT was not that fast either, I kept taking him till I missed a gear in 2 runs

Now GTP's on the other hand.....

11-02-2004, 04:42 PM

lol ya i don't even waste my time with a GTP I know my role in the food chain

thats good news my buddy is talking about getting a GT so thats good to know i should be able to take him still LOL

yah I just gotta tough out the next 5 months and then I am good to go I can start dumping money into my car but i think i'll stop once i put the WAI headers and exaust on it.

Cause afterall it's just a lease i'm not gonna dump that much money into it to give it back

11-14-2004, 09:12 PM

great times. does anyone know what aleros with ecotec and automatic run stock? i just wanna see what i run with my full cat exhaust and wai and header i'm gonna have by christmas.

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 10:29 AM

I went running again this weekend. I got 3 runs in the 15.2's

My new PB is 15.219.....I'll post up some slips when I get home tonight.

11-15-2004, 11:38 AM

:thumbsup: Thats hot

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gxryan@Nov 15 2004, 11:38 AM
:thumbsup: Thats hot

Actually it was cold.....very cold 5 Degrees Celious, or about 40F.

Traction was an issue as you'll see by my 60's, but there was power. A friend in a 3400 2 Door Grand Am GT with a CAI and Cat Back exhaust did a 14.9

b-spot · 11-15-2004, 02:21 PM

Heheh.. I swear the track you guys go to subtracts half a second off of everyones runs.

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by b-spot@Nov 15 2004, 02:21 PM
Heheh.. I swear the track you guys go to subtracts half a second off of everyones runs.

LOL, yeah there is a joke amongst IHRA drivers from what I hear that they say the tracks run down hill

(and no they don't)

I think the ass-numbing cold and low altitude is the keys to these times.

b-spot · 11-15-2004, 03:30 PM

and nice times at that! :thumbsup:

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 10:03 PM

Ok, I did about 15 runs, here are my 7 runs that made the 15.2's
I am car #599

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 10:04 PM

Here are run 3 and 4

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 10:05 PM

Here is my best!! I am so happy with this time.....and a 1/8 Mile of 9.699

I can't believe it

MikeSS · 11-15-2004, 10:06 PM

last one. This race was a against a Grand Am GT with crappy hood scoops (not the SC/T hood) and a CRAP-LOAD of stickers all over his car......he thought he was soo fast......guess he wasn't :P

-Alero- · 11-15-2004, 11:42 PM

i bet if i tried to race i would be too nervous and get a rt of .9+

Youngblood77 · 11-16-2004, 07:28 AM

All this talk makes me wish I had an Ecotec.

Headers are friggin expensive for the 6. Sounds like it's way cheaper to build an Ecotec.

MikeSS · 11-16-2004, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alero-@Nov 15 2004, 11:42 PM
i bet if i tried to race i would be too nervous and get a rt of .9+

lol, Don't about it, every once and awhile my mind drifts off and next thing I know the light is green and I have a re-action of 1.488 (happened twice :o )

Naich · 11-16-2004, 09:02 AM

great times! I think in the same conditions, the 6 would run similar numbers... but yeah, the eco is a great engine. If I were buying my Alero today, I would definately get the eco.

We were running high 15's and low 16's on 3400 aleros in 90+ degree heat with poor traction. The eco and twin cam guys were running mid to high 16's.

It'd be interetsting to take my car down to englishtown and run it in the cool weather to see what she has

MikeSS · 11-16-2004, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Naich@Nov 16 2004, 09:02 AM
great times! I think in the same conditions, the 6 would run similar numbers... but yeah, the eco is a great engine. If I were buying my Alero today, I would definately get the eco.

We were running high 15's and low 16's on 3400 aleros in 90+ degree heat with poor traction. The eco and twin cam guys were running mid to high 16's.

It'd be interetsting to take my car down to englishtown and run it in the cool weather to see what she has

Yeah, if you could run somewhere low and cold, I am sure you would knock a few more tenth's off that time. But remember low temps = even worse traction.

I run right in the middle of the V6 Alero/Grand Am's here, they all get between 15.2-15.6 usually (and the one guy with a 14.9). A fast V6 Alero should be around 15.10 I figure in those conditions.