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Old 01-15-2010, 10:03 PM
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take the doors off
Old 01-15-2010, 10:15 PM
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****, i jus googled for a bit, but thers a site or a thread somewhere where they take a mitsubishi or something, and without spending a dime, they make it run 12s in the quarter, its not a fast car it starts out running like 16 seconds or something, if u can find it its really neat, please PM me with the site if u can
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Originally Posted by seekNdestroy
****, i jus googled for a bit, but thers a site or a thread somewhere where they take a mitsubishi or something, and without spending a dime, they make it run 12s in the quarter, its not a fast car it starts out running like 16 seconds or something, if u can find it its really neat, please PM me with the site if u can
it was actually a nissan sentra base model.

they took the doors off, windows and all interior, they took off the intake and ran open header. they also put the rear tires as donuts.
Old 01-15-2010, 10:23 PM
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Best way to make it faster would be downhill,otherwise your kind of screwed.
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Originally Posted by Stamina
Real-life Story: Raced Tofu (SS/TC) and lost. Found out he had the tire inflator kit instead of a spare tire. Took out my spare and then I beat him. The spare weighs a ton for being such a small item.

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you realize 100lbs = .1 of a second. if you ran him on the street there is no validity to your claim.

go to the track and run your cars. when you beat his best time then you have proof.
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Originally Posted by LS6Rally
you realize 100lbs = .1 of a second. if you ran him on the street there is no validity to your claim.
All I claim is that after I took the spare out, I then beat him. That is my claim. And it happened.

I just thought it was funny the way it unfolded is all. We're always very close.
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Originally Posted by Stamina
Real-life Story: Raced Tofu (SS/TC) and lost. Found out he had the tire inflator kit instead of a spare tire. Took out my spare and then I beat him. The spare weighs a ton for being such a small item.
you sure it wasnt cus u had 1/8 of a tank of gas in ur car and he had a full tank???
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weight reduction if you know what your doing.....but remember this saying. it can be cheap fast and reliable but your only allowed to pick two because those two will not equal the third.
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Originally Posted by thedude411
you sure it wasnt cus u had 1/8 of a tank of gas in ur car and he had a full tank???
Ok, you guys are missing the point...

Seriousness to that degree not intended.

The OP wanted to know about anything to make it quicker for free... so I suggested some simple weight mods that cost nothing and take minutes to do. Drive the car, take the tire out, and then drive it again. Try it out. The car will feel and handle differently enough to notice, similar to when it's low on gas. Gas is ~6.25lbs/gal, so 6.25lbs x 13.2 gallons equals 81.5 lbs, and many people can tell a difference then too.

People notice a definate difference when somebody is in the car with them. Say your 120-130lbs gf is in the car with you. Well... 81.5 gal of gas + spare + rear seats + rear seat bar is going to come pretty close to that. It all adds up. You'll notice a difference.
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