ETA 0-60 stock or modded, post up.

[86espowa]

so wait...9 seconds isn't slow? :stupid:

Not for a 21 year old car.

[JGood]

http://www.strictlyeta.net/articles/325is_3.jpg

Box at the bottom. The only way a 325e can keep up is with software AND a cam. Without it, not a chance.

Jay

hahaha, that 325e was slower WITH a chip. Ask anyone who chipped an eta with a good chip (myself included) and the improvement is HUGE. it's not slower, or equally quick, it's faster, by a lot (20+whp across a decent chunk of the powerband). Which voids the rest of the chart.

However, if you'd like to still use the chart to assume the other data is correct, as you can see, the 325e is faster with the 3.73, chip and cam. With a PROPER (MarkD) chip, you should knock a good .5+ sec off 0-60, and the cam is good for .4 according to that chart. So, you are looking at a faster 0-60 time for an eta with 3.73 and MarkD chip. (I was talking about a chipped eta in my other posts... hope you realize that. an eta without a chip sucks).

I'm not trying to defend the eta as a performance machine. But I own both, have put a LOT of miles on them (under actual racing conditions), and realize each of their abilities.


edit: proof of chip gains: http://www.strictlyeta.net/pictures/...dyno_sheet.jpg

[Mystikal]

So you have experience that shows otherwise?

http://www.strictlyeta.net/articles/325is_3.jpg

Box at the bottom. The only way a 325e can keep up is with software AND a cam. Without it, not a chance.

Jay

[JGood]

My ETA with 4.10 LSD and 300,000 miles did 0-60 in about 9 seconds. it wasnt slow at all.

were you using a watch to time yourself? And were you doing it during a blizzard?

[asubimmer]

My ETA with 4.10 LSD and 300,000 miles did 0-60 in about 9 seconds. it wasnt slow at all.

so wait...9 seconds isn't slow? :stupid:

[86espowa]

My ETA with 4.10 LSD and 300,000 miles did 0-60 in about 9 seconds. it wasnt slow at all.

[JGood]

not a witches tit chance in hell.

So you have experience that shows otherwise?

[german g]

With equal gearing, it's even probably faster to 50-60mph.

not a witches tit chance in hell.

[JGood]

I swear that compared to my S52B32 car the eta still wasnt horribly slow, but I know that cant be right. My brain is trying to convince itself that the eta wasnt terrible.. giving me a damn headache too.

It's not, below 60-70 mph. After that, the cars that create tons of power above 4k rpm's can stay in their power band and pull like hell.

I put a chipped eta and my chipped 325is dynos together, and it became obvious why it's not much slower. With equal gearing, it's even probably faster to 50-60mph.

[JGood]

My 85 eta with a 3.25 LSD and a chip feels faster to 60 then my 325is, which also has a chip. I did 15.4 in the 325is and 16.3 in the eta. I enjoy driving the eta a lot more around town then the 325is. You don't have to redline it to go somewhere. But I'm a muscle car guy at heart...

[rThor432]

I swear that my old eta wasnt that slow. It got to 60 pretty quick. Everyone always says that etas are super slow, but honestly I never had a problem with mine..

But I probably cant remember right. It's been a while. I swear that compared to my S52B32 car the eta still wasnt horribly slow, but I know that cant be right. My brain is trying to convince itself that the eta wasnt terrible.. giving me a damn headache too.

[TopOfTheLine89]

My 86 eta runs the quarter in 15.4 at 89mph. This was w/ 4.10 gears. It's prolly quicker now w/ 3.73's.

what else was done to your car?

[TopOfTheLine89]

Does your car still have the 4.10's in it?

LOL, it was a huge newbtastic misunderstanding,lol. I swapped the 7k tach in but didn't swap the code plug, so i though i was shifting at 4500rpm but really i was shifting at around 3000rpm because the tach was reading wrong.

[moatilliatta]

Thats what i was thinking, tommorow ill try it with a hard launch, then do a tune up and test again, also does old diff fluid take much away from performance?

It can if it is a lsd.

[e30_325es]

My 86 eta runs the quarter in 15.4 at 89mph. This was w/ 4.10 gears. It's prolly quicker now w/ 3.73's.