Vicary Day this Sunday! Options

[AWD DSM 1]

I'm sure most of you have already left, but good luck guys!! I look forward to some really small numbers posted when you all get back!

[akamiami]

Well, I didn't make it. A 'quick' timing belt and front case seal job ended up taking far longer than expected and turning into more serious work.

For the second time in a row, I had surpises in my oil pan. Large ones.

Sooo, how did it go at the track, fellas?

[KOU In3]

For the second time in a row, I had surpises in my oil pan. Large ones.

Uh oh, what happened? Hope she's all right.

Wait second time in a row? When was the first? Wow I'm out of the loop.

[eclipgst]

Well kris ya did not miss much but i have an interesting video of my fan breaking off my car when i went down the track. You guys let me know if you want to see it and i will put it on here. I ran twice. The first time i launched thinking that the tires would spin easy but that did not happen and the car boged down so i got a 14.7 at a 102 mph and to top it all off they paired me up with daryll. He kicked my ass bad!! The second time i ran I took off to fast and spun the tires and i also missed second gear. I ran a 15.0 at a 101.46 mph this is also when the fan decided that it did not want to be with the car any more, anyway I have to say thanx to the guys who helped me get my car back to morton so thanx guys, u know who u r! Also one more log to the fire my buddy dan who drives a cavalier blew up his motor on the way home so we had to stop again. I guess ill have to hope for better luck next time .

[natedogg]

Well, I didn't make it. A 'quick' timing belt and front case seal job ended up taking far longer than expected and turning into more serious work.

For the second time in a row, I had surpises in my oil pan. Large ones.

Sooo, how did it go at the track, fellas?

Oil squirters, Kris? Sometimes I wonder about mine because it seems like my oil pressure is lower than it was before 'the wreck'.

[natedogg]

I had a great time at the track. Started out untuned on 100 octane running a couple 13.2 second passes at 110-111 mph on 23 psi. Leaned her out a little bit with the translator and lined up next to Image. On the launch he had me by about 2 carlengths because I bogged, but I'm happy to say I pulled past him somewhere near the 1/8 mile mark and beat him...my 12.8 to his 13.6. Good race, buddy, you know I have to give you a little crap after all the talking you do.

Next few runs, I kept improving as the ECU stopped fighting the translator. I brought my best run down to a 12.5 at 115 mph but I kept on screwing up the launch. Damn sticky tires! Finally I launched her at a higher RPM that I'm usually comfortable with (somewhere around 7K). She hooked and left. 12.1 at 115 mph. Sweet! Time for 11's. Lets turn up the boost. So I turned her up to 25 psi, clicked her one richer on the WOT translator knob and had trouble launching her again. Ran a couple of 12.4's but this time at 119 mph. So I know she has those 11's in her. I just need to practice launching some more and play around with the suspension a bit to get her to launch good.

Overall, I'm very happy with how the car is running.

BTW, it was awesome to see Darryl run consistent mid 9's!!! Damn, that's fast!

[akamiami]

From the sound of it, a big congrats are in order to Nate and Darryl. Fantastic times, guys. Now what did the rest of the DSM's do? Marcus, Dan, Tommy?

I did find oil squirters in the pan, 2 of them. They were accompanied by a valve spring retainer, but I knew that was there, since I dropped it a while back when doing the springs and retainers. I ended up blocking the holes for the squirters since this is the second time it has happened. I'm not happy with having hotter pistons, but the other options seemed even less appealing. I think it's the combination of stiff motor mounts and balance shaft removal that has caused this problem.

Garner, way to blaze the track with those honda scorching times. Very impressive for a de-tuning wizard such as yourself. Maybe someday you'll graduate from the Ranta Academy for De-Tuning Specialism and actually run something that approaches fast. You should have just let someone else drive your car who wasn't so skilled in the art of sucking. I think I've got some fans you can have, since those ones you've got keep falling off at "INAPPROPRIATE!!!!" times.

Speaking of Species, what kind of times was his race-only hatch pulling?

[natedogg]

I think Tom got his down to the low 13's. I'll let Dan and Marcus tell you about their cars.

Mike's hatch was damn loud, thats for sure. The best I saw him run was a 14 flat, but he may have done better as the day went on. He definitely seemed to be improving the tune considering his first run was a 16.

[AWD DSM 1]

Darryl... MID 9's?!?!? Hell yeah!!!!

Sounds like you did alright for yourself there too, Nate! 12.1 in a steet driven car... I wish mine was even close to that fast!!

[wortdog]

Darryl's car was very impressive this weekend, running mid 9s like clockwork by the end of the day, or at least that's the way it looked from the stands. It sounded mean as hell going down the track.

I was fighting a problem with bogging off of the line with the Buick. I started out running mid 13's on my standard street gas tune, but on my last run I got it to launch somewhat hard to the tune of a 1.73 60ft time and a 12.33 @ 109.96, and managed to beat Nate by cutting an .050 light I didn't get to push the boost up like I wanted to, as I didn't really have enough octane to run it and I don't have a trailer to throw it on if I break it. My Talon made it to and from the track without issue, despite the high speed caravanning action on the way there.

Jbone and Spy were there running the red FWDs, not sure what their fastest times were. I don't know the guy with the ultra-clean looking dark green AWD, but it was running some consistent mid-13s.

[natedogg]

on my last run I got it to launch somewhat hard to the tune of a 1.73 60ft time and a 12.33 @ 109.96, and managed to beat Nate by cutting an .050 light

Yeah, you got me on that run.

[akamiami]

The Dsm central day was way more fun.

Yeah!!! That's what I wanted to hear! I was really debating driving up for this one in the Evo, glad I chose to stay and try to fix the GSX.

[awdnot2]

Our car ran a best time of 10.17@139 no nitrous and 9.654@145.14 with the nitrous. I didn't have to turn a wrench the whole weekend. The 3 9 sec passes were something else. The best 60' was a 1.445. The car left the line hard and that was all she wrote. I think there should be some video footage showing up soon.

Congrats to Nate. I'd look out for him with a little work he'll be running low 11's in no time.


Darryl

[KOU In3]

Wow, some impressive times. Nice work guys! Did Marcus make it out? I haven't seen any posts from him yet here.

And holy sh!t Daryl, 9.65!!! With a 1.44 60ft. What was that launch like?

[eclipgst]

Kris, oh yeh rip on me huh well isnt u that ran a 12.9 on that huge ass turbo for your best time at the track? Yeh i thought so talk shit to some one else next time. J/K But you are right to make fun of me i did not run good at all but ill do better next time. I NEED TRACTION!! this is what i get for having a detuned car. OH WELL!! Good times nate! I have you on video, if you want to see it let me know and i will send it your way.

[akamiami]

12.8, not 12.9

[natedogg]

The downside of the day was A. too long of a wait. and B. The GS-T ran a best of 15.00 @ 98mph... Nearly a second off the last time it was at Cordova. Granted now I have a true exhaust and no drag radials, and of course the turbo recently went on a rubber eating binge... But it was a waste in my book. The Dsm central day was way more fun.

I think it all depends on how you did. I found Vicary Day more fun, but that's probably because my car was running good. You should have stuck around longer, Dan. After 2 or so, the staging lanes got so short they were as short as the DSMcentral Day.

Kris, you should have brought the Evo. There was another guy there running a stock Evo. I almost brought mine til the translator got over its little code throwing tantrum.

Garner (first name? Kris always calls you Garner.), I'd like to check that video out sometime. Thanks for the offer. I think Jbone was doing some taping too. Hopefully between the 2 of you we got some tape of some good DSM times.

I was impressed with Tommy's times as well (the clean, mean, green, AWD machine). He was running those mid to low 13's on the stock 14b. Not sure what kind of boost or gas he was was running.

[hammar]

Did anyone get a vid of the tan RX-7 making a run? We got a bunch of pictures, but I sure would like a movie!

Hammar

[eclipgst]

Nate the first name is chris last name garner but u can call me garner so no one gets confused. Hammer i have video on the rx7 as well so i will try and get it to you.

[JBone]

I just got the photos back from Sunday. I think I got everybody I know. I took most of the shots when the cars were hit with a green light. My shots beat everybody out of the hole. It was a fun filled day.

Oh yeah, I got some pics of the hottie in the 'busa.
I'm in love.