gotime242 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Im debating on if i want to mod my little RX at all. I want to see if its worth it. The only things i would ever do to it would be: -Air intake (cone style/ removal of box) -Open up the exhaust a bit (custom piping) -Air-air intercooler of some sort..top mount. -MBC + boost gauge set to 10psi What (estimate) woudl this run in the 1/4 mile? 15's? 14s maybe? What do these things run stock anyway? And what is the exact weight of them again? Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Depending on your abilities, I would guess that with the mods described you would be in the 16s. Sorry to burts your bubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotime242 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Haha, wow... thats interesting. I would never actually expect it to be a drag car of any sorts, but i was just curious what kind of acceleration i could look forward to with those few mods. Ill probably leave it pretty stock then, as my other car is on the verge or breaking into the 11's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Haha, wow... thats interesting. I would never actually expect it to be a drag car of any sorts, but i was just curious what kind of acceleration i could look forward to with those few mods. Ill probably leave it pretty stock then, as my other car is on the verge or breaking into the 11's. Your other car probably came with more than 115 horsepower from the factory too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotime242 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Your other car probably came with more than 115 horsepower from the factory too. Yup. It came with 200 stock, (turbo i-4) But dont get me wrong, im not dissing the subi, i didnt buy it looking for power. Its a sweet little 4wd car, you dont need gobs of power in this thign to have a ton of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 That is the beauty of soobs, (not needing a whole bunch of power to be fun) but quite often we get 16 and 17 year olds, we were all there once, asking how to get their car to handle better and turn 12's for about 50 bucks, a shoe string and a half used pack of bubble gum. all i can say is that you'll need about 2 feet of bailing wire and a torqued up discriminator valve to turn that kind of power cheap. Welcome to the board, and consider yourself lucky, the RX is a lot of guys, and gals, dream subie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveman09 Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 From my experience it comes down to the weakest link in the older subaru's : The TRANNY! If its an Automatic like mine is (not for long) Heh then dont expect lower than 16's, if its a manual and you can drive then 15's is definitly possible. When my car was stock before the rebuild I had my boost set a 10psi, no intercooler or anything, using 4WD on the launch brake torqueing my best time was 16.1 in the 1/4mile. This was also dealing with fuel cut So if I had a FCD I could of managed a 16.00 but I doubt 15's. I had my exhaust opened up too when I ran it, the airbox was bottomless as well. If you want some advice, spend your money on engine managment upgrades as this is the weakest link with the EA82-T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWX Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 these really weren't meant to be drag cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 I expect 14's from mine. TWE Header TWE downpipe STi TMIC (soon to be air-water setup) EBC set to 13 psi intake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotime242 Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 Thanks all. Yeah i really dont want to get into it as much as engine management or anything. Any mods i do will be simple/ cheap breather mods. NoahDL88 - You know to be honest, i actually do think im lucky to of found this car. I tell people that all the time. I guess when i started this thread i was just wondering what kind of overall acceleration i could expect. Not nessesarily taking it to the track to do runs, but i just wanted to know how it would feel overall. I spend a lot of time at the track in my other car, so when i want to know about how fast something it i just think of it as 1/4 mile time, because i know how fast 13, 14 15 sec cars feel. I really dont ever want to acttually take this to a drag strip though, or actually even run it hard on the streets. Dirt is one thing, but hard 4wd launches on pavement is absolutely horrid for the drivetrain, i really dont want to do that to this nice little subi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 hmmm... i wonder how many launches Ive done. RX's are by no means a WRX. I've done countless hard (really its boarderline on abusive) launches (all 4 spinning or severely gripping) with street tires (205/60/13's) and race tires (real R compund tires, 215/50/13 and 225/45/13) and the thing is so far bullet proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyg41383 Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 I managed to get 14.9 out of my XT last year. My brother's EA82t transplanted '92 Loyale wagon went 15.3, severely slipping clutch. I know i can get a few tenths off the last years time, so it is possible to have a relatively low time with the RX. With 10psi, Id expect it to run high 15/ low 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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