[chappy48]

Originally Posted by Rocky918

darin,

my car has 1450 miles on it, and unfortunately my BEST 0-60 time was 5.5, with some times being close to 5.9s (thats v6 territory, not l99) ... i will be changing my oil this week, but im upset about these times. i followed your break in procedure as soon as i saw it (which was at 450 miles) ...

i have not done a computer chip reset yet, but i really dont think that will add a full half second will it?

you said that "to turn it into a real street car, do a tune at 1500-1800 miles" or so... but what exactly does this require? i am no car man so i would have to bring it to a tuning shop and have it done professionally and tell them what to do.... could you let me konw what i would need to have done?

and on a side note... i live in tampa FL, so there is always TONS of humidity and heat (always 80s and 90s) so im assuming this can be taking off a full half second as well in these terrible testing conditions... correct?

sorry for the multiple questions, but i would really like to improve the preformance on my car... please help!

Thanks!
-Frankie

Try the fuse pull first. Your car might be stuck on the low octane tables. One guy went from a 13.9 to a 13.3 in the 1/4 mile after a fuse pull IIRC.