seriously? i clocked an 11.8, i have a 2004 stock 4 speed. Now i know its not the quickest thing in the world, but come on? any suggestions on what might be the problem?

 

how did you measure it? Gtech? Stopwatch?
how many miles on your car? Coils / plugs replaced? Cat clogged?

 

my buddy in the passenger seat used a stopwatch. now i know its not as exact, but still.

27k miles. bought it used at like 24k, i think a woman owned it before (frowns) so i seriously doubt anything but oil and tires has been changed.

 

that seems kinda slow. even for the a/t

 

paddles or automatic?

 

its funny that you ask because we did the first run with the paddles, and i couldnt believe it. so i figured id try it in auto, and we got roughly the same time.

 

i would go straight to the dealer, something is def wrong

 

I could see this happening with a passenger and a 4 port.

 

Any idea what a 4 port auto should run 0-60?

 

good question!

 

I was wondering the same thing the other day....i had a long stretch of empty road and my Accessport hooked up so i decided to give it a go.....it felt quik but the final result was 10 point something seconds

 

StevieD561 did you run with 16' or 18' tyre?

 

I would get 7.2 0-60. that was BEFORE FI.
Now it's 6.7 with Fi or somewhere around that area.

 

18inch

 

1 thread about how slow a 4-port is in a straight line isn't enough?

 

no way.

 

mine about 9.0 sec using 18" dark chorm stock wheels, and a borla exhaust
around 8~8.5 after putting in a mazdaspeed intake and 18" Enkei RPF1 rims
but no matter how fast or how slow for straight road,the 8 is born for corners

 

Man that is slow. Mines got 34k and I bought her with 24k and crammed the miles on. Pretty sure I need new plugs and wires. But I definitely do it 2-3 seconds faster then you. I've timed it at 7.5 - 8 seconds, and **** I've already beaten cards that I know their timing is way better then that.

Just tonight I was ****** around with a buddy in his new turbo's wrx 5 speed and goin from a 30 mph roll he didnt have anything on me whatsoever.

I dunno, Im totally not trippin about times. My previous car was a mazda 6i with an auto and it did 0-60 better then that....

 

StevieD561 actually 16' make a difference... anyway is it fully stock or any other mods? cause philipchan run better with his 18' stock+borla exhaust and 18' Enkei+mazdaspeed intake+borla exhaust which really makes a difference too.. hope yours not fully stock..

 

bone stock. for now at least.

 

hmm... then i guess something is wrong with ur 8?

 

i'm glad i'm 6 port

 

You think that time is because it's a 4-port? You're not all that bright are you?

 

some factors to consider

-you had a passenger
-did you launch? (break launch/neutral launch) or was it from a dead stop
-what octane gas were you using?
-what was the amb temp?
-when was your last oil change?
-have you checked your coils/plugs/wires?

i tested mine for the past three days and never got over 10, even from a dead stop. It was about 105 degrees and running on sh1tty arco gas with my heavy *** xxr's (~25lbs each). i say get it checked out.

 

I think a 0-60 video thread would be interesting.

Sure it wouldn't be perfect, but I don't think it'd be "promoting" anything street racing oriented.

But I mean a video of the stretch of road, the location, the temperature, the year / vin of the car, and any mods would be really neat.

I think it'd really show the varying differences.

Maybe it's a bad idea...I dunno lol