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sitting in my brothers shop this morning. He’s got a LS swap 91 chevy I’m trying to steal 
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A quick reminder of what NASCAR short-track engines in qualifying trim sounded like two decades ago:
I don't know exactly how fast that 358 cid pushrod motor is spinning just before he lets off, but I bet there's five digits in the number.
I don't know exactly how fast that 358 cid pushrod motor is spinning just before he lets off, but I bet there's five digits in the number.
Lol, pretty accurate. I never thought I’d have to worry about my eyeballs shaking out of my head until I got close to a top fuel race
We usually sit somewhere between the starting line and the sixty foot line at Bristol.
I thought the finish line was the most brutal if both cars got there under full power
Honestly, the most brutal place is across the track in the stands facing the sun. Damn hot over there.
At Bristol there's no shade down there.
My wife and kid went to the Gateway Dirt Nationals and had a blast.
Track miata is coming together slowly. Currently getting cage installed. Broke down the motor today to bring it to the machine shop. For how fucking nasty the motor was, internally it looks pretty good. Im pretty sure the front main, rear main, oil pan gasket, etc... leaked oil...for a LONG TIME... NASTY... Non power brakes, non power steering, no ABS, no traction control, etc... Going to run full 9 Lives Racing aero, nylatron control arm bushings(was going to run pillow balls, but they are 2x as expensive), YUGE BRAKES, and a bunch of other odds and ends. Going to be a fun ass car. Should be sub 2k lbs without me in it.
200k+ miles and still has cross hatching
head is in good shape
Running HUGE brakes for a Miata
11.75x1.25 2 piece rotors
non boosted brakes
15x10 wheels. Will likely run 245/40/15 Maxxis RC1 semi-slicks
SuperMiata Xida coilovers. 1200lb springs in front, 600lb rears.
200k+ miles and still has cross hatching
head is in good shape
Running HUGE brakes for a Miata
11.75x1.25 2 piece rotors
non boosted brakes
15x10 wheels. Will likely run 245/40/15 Maxxis RC1 semi-slicks
SuperMiata Xida coilovers. 1200lb springs in front, 600lb rears.
Different kind of brutal but yes, summer heat without shade sucks
I know what you meant. But I like to be at the start for the burn out and sometimes you get to see some starting line fuckery. John Force gets in a tizzy if he doesn't get to stage second.
My 2 gas guzzlers…however the BMW gets way better gas mileage…
Fuckin' passenger pilots and their Miatas - did you get hired at Delta?
That car deserves 1. LS swap and 2. RE71RS or HooHoos
This is one of my all time favorites!
I spent 16 years working on and overhauling these things, nothing pulls quite like them when they are set up right (injectors, turbo, manifold, timing set really particular, and Pittsburg Power on 7…):
I spent 16 years working on and overhauling these things, nothing pulls quite like them when they are set up right (injectors, turbo, manifold, timing set really particular, and Pittsburg Power on 7…):
This is my current power house, all 70hp of it!
Road test with the hammer down (well kinda...)
Road test with the hammer down (well kinda...)
Fuckin' passenger pilots and their Miatas - did you get hired at Delta?
That car deserves 1. LS swap and 2. RE71RS or HooHoos
I look like a fuckin retard in the admirals double breasted jacket and hat those guys wear... I barely wear a jacket and ive never owned a hat. I think my zipper tie and cowboy boots might get me 2 week off at Delta LOL....
Im planning a K24A2 swap which will give me about 220whp which, with all the aero im doing, the car will hang with Porsche GT3's...maybe not down long straights like at COTA but in the twisties it will handle Porsche's all day long. LS swap is cool, but its about 150ish lbs heavier than the K-swap for maybe 60-70whp more in stock form(they are a 310hp motor from the factory). Obviously LS's are able to make a LOT of HP, but then you start to really overwhelm the chassis. I think most guys say ~400whp is a practical limit for what the Miata can do and those guys are running aftermarket traction control/ABS systems with the Mk60 from BMW. LS swap is also A BUNCH OF MONEY to do it right. The trans most guys end up running(Tremec TKO) are like 3k bucks. The rear ends are either a Getrag or most people I think are going to the Ford 8.8 from the Thunderbird because of better LSD options and to do either rear end right is ~3-5k bucks with all the mounts(or V8R's new rear subframe thats tits)... Anyway... to do an LS swap right is a lot of money. Im still going back and forth on what I really want to do, but my plan is the K24A2 mostly because I want to leave the car all manual with only really an LSD for traction aid and with an LS swap I feel I would need to go back down the road of re-adding power steering, adding ABS and traction control, etc... which isnt what I am after.
As far as tires, the Maxxis RC1 is a better tire than the RE71RS. RC1 is slightly slower than the Toyo RR, but lasts a lot longer. Ill give up a second or so to get 2x the life. A buddy of mine ran a used set of RC1's for an entire season(around 10-12 days) and he said they likely had 6-8 days on them prior to him getting them. Hoosiers, for my use, arent needed and I bet with the RC1 im pretty close in lap times to a car on hoosiers. If I was racing the car in W2W(WRL, Champ Car, etc...) I would POSSIBLY run them, but for a predominately HPDE car, no need.
Always thought Mike Moran's custom build had a ton of promise but you dont hear much about them nowadays..?
www.motortrend.com
But a Alan Johnson Hemi + C-rotor screw blower is such a hard combo to beat race after race. Proline Racing Engines has made some serious waves in the past few years though with their previous twin turbo builds and now the Procharger partnership. And I got to root for the home team Georgia boys.. still been meanin to visit their shop just to get a solid glimpse at awesomeness..
If I was rich, Proline would get all my business.. they're as legit as it gets.
How Mike Moran Makes 5,300 HP with His Twin-Turbo Billet Hemi
Mike Moran is pushing the seismic envelope again with his twin-turbo billet Top Alcohol Hemi capable of 5,300 earth-shaking horespower!
But a Alan Johnson Hemi + C-rotor screw blower is such a hard combo to beat race after race. Proline Racing Engines has made some serious waves in the past few years though with their previous twin turbo builds and now the Procharger partnership. And I got to root for the home team Georgia boys.. still been meanin to visit their shop just to get a solid glimpse at awesomeness..
If I was rich, Proline would get all my business.. they're as legit as it gets.
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Lol, 1.3 inches of valve lift. That’s absurdAlways thought Mike Moran's custom build had a ton of promise but you dont hear much about them nowadays..?
How Mike Moran Makes 5,300 HP with His Twin-Turbo Billet Hemi
Mike Moran is pushing the seismic envelope again with his twin-turbo billet Top Alcohol Hemi capable of 5,300 earth-shaking horespower!
Any of the non-poors gone nut up for a Pur Sport?
Andrew Tate grabbed one up few months ago.
What a car.
But Bugatti has some competition
Also the 'Ring has a new king.
Andrew Tate grabbed one up few months ago.
What a car.
But Bugatti has some competition
Also the 'Ring has a new king.
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Highly agree. Even Jeremy Clarkson said a fwd can be a blast but anything over 300hp you get horrible torque steer, making it slow on a race track, and horrible grip making it slow on a drag strip. Mainly pointless. I wouldn't mind a civic or mini for like a cheap track toy, but not a serious contender for anything.
I was thinking the same thing, I'm relatively new here, but I don't think we have any women on this site. The small percentage we might have are probably crazy to put up with all of us.
I will say Kia has come a long way. My first car was a 2000 Kia sephia. Ugly as sin, but my mom being German said" (insert heavy german accent) NO son of mine will not know how to drive a mannnuall".
I'm glad she got me that as my first car, so what my fence, the ditch past my fence, the tree in my back yard (5 acres of land was big into watching world rally cross).
After about 2 years we traded it in for a new at the time 05 Civic Ex special edition, beautiful car inside and out but being an auto took all the fun out of it.
I mean, who could not like 2JZ's??? - Richard@CST
First H-Pattern Stick shift in the 6's and now second quickest at 6.69@221mph
That style has been growing on me lately.
I love 2J's but Garret Mitchell (Cleetus) is a fucking tard. Great outlaw stickshift driver but he destroys everything he touches and TSP keeps sending him motor after motor to blow up (i think he's on TSP motor 9 at this point). It CANT be good for a company like TSP when he is constantly blowing up motors/transmissions. You cant continuously bounce off a rev limiter and do 1-4th gear burnouts and not destroy whatever it is youre doing it in. But.... do it fo the subs, i guess.
I'll bite my new-to-me sporty. Couldn't afford anything bigger at the time of buying, and my Ram Rebel was killing me on gas before I sold my house. Fun little bike my body doesn't start hurting until I've been riding for more than 45 minutes. Good thing for the 2.1 peanut tank that barely gets me 70 miles lol. Stage 1 Arlen Ness monster sucker, Vance and Hines side shots, and Powervision tune.
I've got a MK6 GTI with 220ish hp and I really don't see a need for more. If you're flooring it in a straight line you're using the car wrong. Straight lines are just the boring intermissions between corners.
Going fast in a straight line is only exciting with an absurd amount of power
650-700hp is the most powerful thing I've sat in. Still got bored of going straight real quick.
Yeah, I’d much rather drive a road course or in the mountains. You have to be wired a certain way to be really into drag racing. My dad and uncle have been drag racing for about 40yrs and can’t stop themselves. I can help in the pits and as long as there’s shit to do I’m fine. If I have to sit in the stands and try to watch I’m asleep almost immediately, just like I am at a nascar race
Roll racers are the lowest form of "car guy"
600whp is fun in a straight line...until the G-Locs and Contis do their thing
600whp is fun in a straight line...until the G-Locs and Contis do their thing
If you don't have enough horsepower, maybe. When the straights start with some counter-steering and end with a couple rapid heal-toe downshifts, they are rather entertaining.
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As I have gotten older, I appreciate quiet powerful vehs that don’t require you to be wired to drive them hard. As I posted before, I have had my drum brake big block fix a long time ago and it just doesn’t make me warm and fuzzy anymore.
I’m currently trying to figure out a way to quiet my hooptie down without slowing it down...
because it’s way sneakier and enjoyable if it’s quiet.
I got the exhaust done on my Camaro SS. Thing is dead quiet now. Don’t know or care how much horsepower I lost. Even a 10% loss I’m still over 400 horsepower.
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Put some headers with cutouts on them. Drive with full exhaust everyday, then when some jackass challenges you to a dual, open them shits up on the start line
In your scenario the only interesting part about the straight is exiting one corner then entering another. So the corner is still the star of the show.
I am only 44 and can’t believe I am saying this but I agree with you… but I have been working on very loud engines for a long time now.
Love 2jz's. I always wanted to sneak one into my Falcon but they have just gotten crazy expensive to build.
They make the sweetest sound when boost comes up.
Well, at least my straights go by much more quickly than yours.
Put another spinny muffler on it. Hard to quiet the whistle though.