1999 Protege ES .. disappointed
Look, I know the Mazda Protege's are supposed to be blindingly fast or anything. Last Friday I was at Bradenton Motorsports Park where there's club 1320 one friday a month and its only street legal cars allowed to run on the 1/4 mile track. I was on car-stats.com that day and found a 1999 Protege ES that was stick (mine's auto) that ran a 16.5. So I figured about a 17 or 17.3 would be me. Boy was I wrong. I went up against another 2000 Protege ES fully stock and got my butt spanked. SHE ran a 16.7 with auto. I ran an 18.1 (granted I did have a friend with me). Same engines and everything and I have a "sport cat." with a new muffler. Is there something wrong with my car and if you think so, what could it be?
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Re: 1999 Protege ES .. disappointed
There are all sorts of things that could have happened... Like maybe you need a tuneup? Obviously the weight from your friend didn't help, maybe she brake torqued to get a better launch, maybe she took some stuff out of her car, had less gas, engine was cooler. There is a lot of stuff that could have been different, don't sweat it. If you haven't yet, change your plugs and your fuel filter, it couldn't hurt.
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what was your reaction time? no offense.. but it could just be driver error. ;) my 1.6 ran an 18.4 with intake/exhaust in Colorado. and my reaction times were crap half the runs.
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Originally posted by PseudoRealityX Mike, R/Ts dont count into your ET. Youre just that slow;) |
hehe thanks guys. well I do know since i live about 60 miles away I filled up tank before i went so i had at least 3/4 of a tank of gas. And since this girl's plate said Manatee which is where the track is located, she could have been runnin on E and still made it home. But yea it could just be me, or it could be my car.. who knows.. thanks for the reply's though :p I just might to look into a turbo.. anyone know where I can pick one up for a decent price?
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