This is my first post. I've had my car for about 4 months now and have been to the drag strip a total of three times. Twice stock and once after I installed the wait4me ECM. I tried to post my time slips but since I'm a new member it wouldn't let me 
. Maybe I can post them later or get more senior member to post them.
My best pass with the new ECM was 11.918 @ 122.05 with a 1.894 60' time
My best time stock was 12.124 @ 116.02 with a 1.863 60' time
So, I picked up a solid .2 sec ET but more impress is the +6 MPH trap speed.
I know most people, like myself, will want to know all the details so I'll try to list everything I can think of.
My car is an automatic. The only other mod besides the w4m ECM is the air box mod which consists of cutting the bottom out of the stock air box.
Drag racing technique:
- Turn the climate control off, of course, to get the AC off and so you're not dripping water
- Stock tire pressure
- Hit TC twice to get into comp mode
- Suspension in "normal"
- Transmission in sport mode (stick to the right) and I did not shift manually, let the trans shift itself
- No burnout - Just dry spun the tires up to the staging line after driving around the water.
- I "rolled into" the gas. I'm guessing I was WOT about 30 ft out but the launch technique varied based on the amount of traction.
You'll notice from the time slips (if I could post them) that the runs were at two different tracks. Track conditions were very similar though - about 70 degrees at both and about the same traction, as noted by the 60' times. Actually the best 60' time I've ever had in this car was that stock pass - This was my very first pass in the car and it was opening day at Atlanta Dragway - I was about the third car to go down the track and traction was great - It didn't spin but the tires made that perfect chirp-chirp-chirp sound for about 30'. My guess with optimal traction (good luck at finding that) on the stock tires the car could run an 11.8 at least.
I know there's been some discussion about "just leave it in drive". Auto owners, in case you didn't realize it, this will case the car to start out in second gear - After the initial shift out of first anyway. So, I wouldn't even attempt a run not in sport mode. I didn't realize that until I was reading the owner's manual. You'll notice it on the street too.
Most runs were with the engine fairly cool and outside temp around 70 degrees. I did make one hot-lap pass with the new ECM and had worse traction but it was only down about 1 MPH trap speed which I was glad to see.
I've only made a total of 6 passes stock and only 3 with the ECM mod, 2 of those were with poor traction, so I'm sure there's more potential.
Dyno results on a DynoJet:
380 HP , 476.6 TQ stock - These stock number were made in January with outside temp in the mid 20s
507.2 HP, 484.4 TQ with w4m ECM - There is a slight "let off" spike at the end of this pull which might account for 5 HP so figure 502 "real" HP
. Maybe I can post them later or get more senior member to post them.My best pass with the new ECM was 11.918 @ 122.05 with a 1.894 60' time
My best time stock was 12.124 @ 116.02 with a 1.863 60' time
So, I picked up a solid .2 sec ET but more impress is the +6 MPH trap speed.
I know most people, like myself, will want to know all the details so I'll try to list everything I can think of.
My car is an automatic. The only other mod besides the w4m ECM is the air box mod which consists of cutting the bottom out of the stock air box.
Drag racing technique:
- Turn the climate control off, of course, to get the AC off and so you're not dripping water
- Stock tire pressure
- Hit TC twice to get into comp mode
- Suspension in "normal"
- Transmission in sport mode (stick to the right) and I did not shift manually, let the trans shift itself
- No burnout - Just dry spun the tires up to the staging line after driving around the water.
- I "rolled into" the gas. I'm guessing I was WOT about 30 ft out but the launch technique varied based on the amount of traction.
You'll notice from the time slips (if I could post them) that the runs were at two different tracks. Track conditions were very similar though - about 70 degrees at both and about the same traction, as noted by the 60' times. Actually the best 60' time I've ever had in this car was that stock pass - This was my very first pass in the car and it was opening day at Atlanta Dragway - I was about the third car to go down the track and traction was great - It didn't spin but the tires made that perfect chirp-chirp-chirp sound for about 30'. My guess with optimal traction (good luck at finding that) on the stock tires the car could run an 11.8 at least.
I know there's been some discussion about "just leave it in drive". Auto owners, in case you didn't realize it, this will case the car to start out in second gear - After the initial shift out of first anyway. So, I wouldn't even attempt a run not in sport mode. I didn't realize that until I was reading the owner's manual. You'll notice it on the street too.
Most runs were with the engine fairly cool and outside temp around 70 degrees. I did make one hot-lap pass with the new ECM and had worse traction but it was only down about 1 MPH trap speed which I was glad to see.
I've only made a total of 6 passes stock and only 3 with the ECM mod, 2 of those were with poor traction, so I'm sure there's more potential.
Dyno results on a DynoJet:
380 HP , 476.6 TQ stock - These stock number were made in January with outside temp in the mid 20s
507.2 HP, 484.4 TQ with w4m ECM - There is a slight "let off" spike at the end of this pull which might account for 5 HP so figure 502 "real" HP
