Ran the Camry today

[Kevs Toy]

Ok, I ran the camry at the track today for the first time. My first run was a 15.3 at 90 mph but never could get another one. Rest of the time I was in the low 15.4s. 60 fts were terrible due to track conditions. I had my tires set to 18 psi and still best 60 ft was 2.323. I took the car to redline in every gear, crossing the line in third. What do you all think? I've got a 99 v6 le 5 speed with injen sri, CAI extension, TB spacer, intake tube wrap, JPP y pipe with high flow cat, trd front strut tower bar and trd rear antisway bar, jim's torque rod, and super pro poly. dogbone bushings. I will say the track def. hindered performance since a bonestock new Si I've seen run 14.9 before managed only a best of 15.3 I am at 87k and need to change plugs and wires soon, so figure maybe that can help improve times and I got a megan racing catback coming in this week so that can help open things up some moore. Any advice? Should I have changed my shiffting technique any? Temperate at the track was in the low 80s, very humid (not far from the Ohio river) and track altitude is 400 something feet. Not sure if I'm leaving anything else out here

[Luckynumber5]

Sounds about right, you might try shifting a little lower than redline since the power will start tapering off with the stock cams.

[bigbird]

nice sir...sounds about right. ive always wanted to run mine but the amount of gas id use wouldnt be worth the dissapointing time id recieve.

[nuchieboy]

bigbird urs is supercharged! it cant be that dissapointing

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by bigbird

nice sir...sounds about right. ive always wanted to run mine but the amount of gas id use wouldnt be worth the dissapointing time id recieve.

that has sarcasm written all over it

[DarkMastyr]

2.3 60ft is about par for the course on a FWD vehicle. Sounds like you did alright.

[bigbird]

Originally Posted by PhatRoyale

that has sarcasm written all over it

one word....slowmatic.

[Venom_5]

Originally Posted by DarkMastyr

2.3 60ft is about par for the course on a FWD vehicle. Sounds like you did alright.

^ exactly ... no tricks are going to get your 60ft time a lot lower, but it might vary a fraction of a second if the track was better

Originally Posted by Luckynumber5

Sounds about right, you might try shifting a little lower than redline since the power will start tapering off with the stock cams.

^ yup ... you should probably shift 500rpm-1000rpm before redline, just watch what rpm it falls to after you shift, and if its falling way below the power band then shift later

Originally Posted by bigbird

nice sir...sounds about right. ive always wanted to run mine but the amount of gas id use wouldnt be worth the dissapointing time id recieve.

it might be disappointing because even with the s/c, its not a HUGE power boost unfortunately - gotta go turbo, or really build it up, for that

[Kevs Toy]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I thought about shifting lower and should have, given the fact I had plenty of runs to mess around. I guess I'll try at 6000 rpms next time. I'm gonna be making some grounding wires here, and ordering my tune up stuff. Denso iridiums and prob. jsut gonna go with nkg wires since I'm still NA, unless anyone has better suggestions?

[bigbird]

Originally Posted by Venom_5

it might be disappointing because even with the s/c, its not a HUGE power boost unfortunately - gotta go turbo, or really build it up, for that

well its not really the engine or supercharger thats the issue...its the tranny in this case. the differance between the 5 speed and auto is night and day. my car would get raped by the same car and mods but with a 5 speed.

[Eye8Pussies]

^ he found this out after riding in my car


but back on topic, for sure when NA- shifting at redline will take you far out of the powerband. shifting before 6K should still drop you back into the powerband since the e153 is geared fairly well