FWD Domination 2005 Options

[JMoushon]

It seems we all love a good build page, so in light of recent developements, I decided to start my own. This season is sponsored in part by KOU Motorsports, and together we intend to create a respected (feared) vehicle capable of demolishing all local competition, on the track and the street. Lofty goals, but I feel if we are not the fastest, we will be damn close.

The car is well known to most of us. White 1992 GST, ran 13.4 last year on the stock 14b and smic. That was, for all intents and purposes, a completely different car from what will be lurking about this season.

For starters, roughly 600lbs will be stripped from the car in order to arrive at a target race weight of 2300lbs. Induction is as yet undecided, we are currently test-fitting a decent sized T3/T4. If that does not put us where we need to be, the term GT35 has been tossed around as an idea. The intercooler is a custom set-up, originally intended to support all the hp a high-pressured RX7 can throw at it. It is an air/water set-up, with a 3 gallon sump, and is fully capable of dropping intake temps below ambient. I will be handling most fabrication at the current time, with help obviously from the boys at KOU. Traction will obviously be a severe issue, and we believe with the right set-up we can put together some seriously competitive 60' times. As the build unfolds, be sure updates will be many, increasing in frequency as the race season approaches. That's all for now, no point in further speculation, as the car is currently in winter street trim. As soon as we dig in, there will be updates, hopefully with pics and a dyno vid or 2. Wish us luck!

[JMoushon]

For the record, there is no way I could afford the hard parts currently associated in the build, and as such, I do not "own" them. I need not discuss details, but we found ways around the capital issue, on both sides. It is amazing what you can accomplish on very little money, it just takes time, effort, experience, and the mistakes of your predecessors to aid in guidance.

I actually considered shooting for the 11s on a 14b w/n2o, but that is way too much trouble, and would probably end up costing more in blown 14b's.

The biggest issues I'll face are track time/practice and fabrication. I've gotten damn good at launching my fwd, but traction is obviously a problem. Add 150+ hp and things change drastically, I'll basically have to re-learn how to drive/launch. And since everything I'm running is new or custom, I have to make a new downpipe, exhaust, all intercooler piping, etc.