Morning everyone.
I've been competing in an 1/8th mile (201m) sprint in Nancy this weekend. Ran a 10.276 yesterday, which isn't bad for a fully loaded stock, auto '98 T5CD with 143k miles on the clock! Certainly suprised a few people here- the French don"t know about T5 performance (or how to use a longbow hahaha)! As a point of reference the fastest time was set by a modded Escort Cossie 8.76.
What's bugging me is the 1st 50 metres...fecking appalling throttle response/ turbo lag! The last 150m the old beast is flying, terminal speed around 75mph; reckon that would equate to a low 15 1/4 mile; hmmm not so good.
I think this car is capable of a mid 9 second 1/8th mile...I can't afford a remap atm which would obviously be an instant result. What about a dump valve/ K+N air filter? Would that help in getting an improvement off the line? Your suggestions most welcome!
Cheers