08 Titan CC vs. 08 Civic Si and 03 Ranger 3.0

[Ric]

(I have a king cab, not a crew cab type-o in the title)

Titan 16.28 @ 88 (2.4 60')
Civic Si 16.23 @ 89
Every race he always nudged me by an itty-bitty bit at the very friggen end of the run. I ran 30psi in the rears, used tow mode, set trans in 3rd gear and did brake stands. I'd rip him out of the hole and stay ahead to the 660 mark or so, but then he'd run me down.

We were both 100% stock. I even had my spare still hangin in the back with only 800 miles on the odometer.

We ran at SIR in Tucson, AZ 2500', 80*@ night, no humidity.

With more experience with the truck to get a harder launch and a better broken in truck, I'm sure high 15's are very possible.


The 3.0 Ranger was a joke.
I showed my *** with him. I did a full brake stand leaning the truck fully over it seemed. I left in smoke and kept smoking the tires a 1/3 or so down the track. I ran an 18.5 or something and still had him beat by 4 lengths. Rubber is still stuck to the fender.

[TitanGreg06]

Your titan's ECU is still in break-in, wont open up till 5K, my 06 was the same way and the 08 I got now is starting to open up.

[Ric]

Originally Posted by TitanGreg06

Your titan's ECU is still in break-in, wont open up till 5K, my 06 was the same way and the 08 I got now is starting to open up.

HOLY ISH !! You mean it's going to get faster!?!

[yourpapi]

yep my 07 stock ran a 14.8 with just 2* timing and no 2nd cats.

[HawaiiTitan]

2500' is gonna be hard to get good times, you can look up the weather for that day and then calc the DA to adjust your time to see what you might run at a lower elevation. Both the Titan's and Si's times can be improved on allot, practice till you can get your 60ft. down to a 2.1, that would put you in the mid 15's. Just leave the truck in D, don't use tow mode, put your rear tires to 26psi, inflate your front tires to it's max rated psi, put your rear seats up, fold your mirrors in, gas at 1/4 tank.

[RagunCajun]

I had an 02 ranger with a 3.0. It had chip, intake exhaust and the big last cat hallowed out. It was a joke. I ran it after i done all of it and it ran a blistering 17.2 in the 1/4. If i would of installed the whipple s/c kit for around $4k, it would of prob ran a high 14/low 15. I got beat by a dodge caravan. Bah. Very slow.

Props on beating the civic! I managed to run a turbo Civic hatch 2 weeks ago. Very fun!

[bigfinderman]

Good kill bro..

[roy365]

Nothing like getting walked down by a civic.............lol.

[Ric]

Civic Si there's about a 50 hp difference.

My Miata would eat that Civic Si alive. Of course, it's far from stock.

[roy365]

Originally Posted by Ric

Civic Si there's about a 50 hp difference.

My Miata would eat that Civic Si alive. Of course, it's far from stock.

my bad......nothing like getting walked down by a Civic Si.

[Nismo4life]

Maybe if you put it in 4-high, it would be like getting an AWD launch? maybe? if so you would F'in fly

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by HawaiiTitan

2500' is gonna be hard to get good times, you can look up the weather for that day and then calc the DA to adjust your time to see what you might run at a lower elevation. Both the Titan's and Si's times can be improved on allot, practice till you can get your 60ft. down to a 2.1, that would put you in the mid 15's. Just leave the truck in D, don't use tow mode, put your rear tires to 26psi, inflate your front tires to it's max rated psi, put your rear seats up, fold your mirrors in, gas at 1/4 tank.

What would putting seats up change?

[HawaiiTitan]

Originally Posted by vilim12

What would putting seats up change?

The theory behind that is the very slight weight distribution closer to the rear tires, things like this don't make a real difference on thier own, but when you add allot of them together they do.