Thread: HOW TO GET A B13 to hook

With a stiff rear it will limit the amount of transfer.

Take your front struts to a machinist and have him cut a bit of the shaft maybe an inch and a half, maybe more depending on your ride heigth, and have him tread the shafts for whatever nut it had.

care to elaborate on this??

Anyone using wheelie bars to limit transfer?

Would it be totally off the wall to weld up your rear struts to keep from any weight transferring? Would have to break something huh? Car would probably be all over the track as well.

I guess to limit the amount of shock travel as the front end tries to lift as you launch, so basically it's kinda like when people use to chain the lower control arm to the frame so that the front end would stay down. I could be wrong, or maybe the valve being farther from the bottom of the frame reduces wheelhops.

I guess. It's a nice idea, and macakin car does take off sexy.

OK guys the car makes 603whp. i can see that i have some camber problems
the other thing is it only trap 132 mph i wonder if i need more rpm.
GIO your car went 11.5 with drag radial tires and the best i got was 11.2 i know with power i should be in the be in the tens at 140 plus so tell me the secret to get this thing to hook.

You should definetly be in the upper 130 to low 140 range with that power. I was roughly at 550whp and my fastest 1/8th mi mph was 108 which was on its way to 138-140mph. Although i dont know how light your car is either.

im doing some things to the rear of my car to get it too hook this spring. along with a new suspension set up.... my b13 is gonna be a little over 2300lbs and and around 450whp on boost alone and she has a 50 shot with it ill be on some 26's yo! but ive been doing alot of research based off the honda guys since there are more of them doing it. alot of factors can take away alot of time. you wanna make sure there is no travel in the ass end for sure....thats gonna kill your 60 ft

Yeah, definitely. The rear needs to be as stiff as possible. The Ground Controls helped a lot over lowering springs. This spring i plan to put some D2 adjustable coilovers on it. Stiffen the dampening up all the way on the rear and preload the springs as well to make it as stiff as i can.

The fronts you dont want to have them soft but somewhere in the middle, You still want to fronts to be planted to the pavement but you still want some absorbment.

26's huh. Thats a big tire for 450-500whp. I found the 24.5 and 25's to work awesome. Especially if your still using a stock trans. On a 24.5" slick your top speed in 4th depending on what your rev limit is, should be in the neighborhood of 140-150mph. I went through the traps at 132 and was only at 7k rpms in 4th. I was using a 99 p11 gearstack in the trans though so it does have a longer 3-5th gear.

I really think 26's is too big for our cars. Especially at that hp. If anything you're just going to start breaking axles and the tranny.

I spoke to miko last night and he said 26's is the way to go so am going to try them next season.the 24.5 that i have i spin them all the way through 3rd gear and som part of 4th.