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Short runner manifold too eh Eddie
the factory one is doing ok for now should be good for 1300hp we won't be pushing this combo any further. NOW, the other one we are doing that is a different story
i usually just put 1uz turbo in for a search, never had that one come up
tidied up the tune a little bit and the new springs allowed us couple more psi of boost, made 910rwhp on just over 29psi, going to have some 15-18lb springs made up for it so we can turn up the boost. no pics or video's unfortunately weren't expecting to run it up today. the car sounds alot more crisp. it wasn't an unexpected thing, we actually were talking about it Friday night the box has seen alot of use, at least a couple hundred passes when it was a 302ci Windsor (10.5@127) it was never built to handle the power we are running thru it now, it's just all the standard goodies, maybe good for 800-850hp, not 1000+hp. though did get a good 50+ 1000+hp passes from her, opened the box up Tuesday and as we thought the planetary was gone. this was the first time in 22 years of racing (100's of street meets and ANDRA events) the Capri has never finished an event or couldn't be driven home. that is a pretty damn good record the more power u pump in the more drama's u can usually expect to have. new box has been ordered and hopefully will be back out in the next week or 2. Joe was in good spirits just upset he didn't get to do a run, because he said it left like it was on a mission. alot of cars pulled out because of problems, the track was beautifully prepped, alot of cars were PBing.
new box comes with warranty so that's a good thing.
Certainly left pretty damn hard though. Can't wait to see the full quarter results if it keeps that attitude up. Are you guys planning to run at the Nitro Champs?See what you get for using that nasty GM stuff!!!
On a side note, I finally got my 11 second pass out of the Hilux! Was only just, 11.96 @ 113, but still has those important doubles ones at the front, haha, and is a sign of things to come with some better weather and maybe a couple tweeks
congrats mate, that is great to hear. yeah doesn't matter if it's 11.999 its still an 11
if we get the car sorted, new box in time we will probably take it out. Joe seems to think it left hard that launch, can't wait to see what it does with the new box in. we are hoping 8.1's
Thanks Paulie. Haha, yeh that is the way I am looking at it. That was in full street trim too, so a little bit more time to be found there yet hopefully.
We are bringing our Capri down to race at that meet along with a few other local racers, so it would definitely be awesome to see the Lexus powered rocket strutting its stuff in person. Those numbers can't be too far away now, you's are certainly headed in the right direction.
box should be here at the end of next week. he hasn't mentioned anything about the Nitro Champs not sure if because he doesn't want to race then or he may not even know it's on, but i will see if i can twist his arm and get him to race then
Yes, a nice little quick money making scheme for SD there isn't it...
Well it will be good to see the outcome with the new box, it should definitely be up to the task if recommended by Campo.
Just finished reading through the latest Street Machine. I have to say, what a great feature, amazing shots (even if he didn't clean all the rubber off the trans cooler, haha) with a good read to accompany. Very well deserved pat on the back for everyone envolved.
No doubt if you have seen your brother's feature in the mag, you have also seen the small feature in the back of the Hilux that I mentioned earlier in this thread. I must say, once he gets that all sorted out and tamed down a bit, it should definitely run some big numbers as mentioned in the article. Especially after seeing it out testing at the T'n'T last night. Was a sight to see and hear, near idling off the line then just screaming into life, turbos spooling up and just blowing the tyres off everytime, picking the wheels up on a cpl stabs off the throttle til he made the safe choice and putted down the track. Might turn out to be a bit of healthy competition for your brother, minus the street credibility of course.
It is great to see these little motors starting to really get out there and as you mentioned being rather well received too. Definitely keeping me well motivated to get out there and enjoy my toy and push it just that bit further
we haven't engine dynoed ours but we made 800rwhp@26-27psi to run 8.34@164 3060lbs it's showing 1050hp so he should run similar numbers, it's practically the same setup as we had .63 rears etc we are similar weight also. what times and MPH was he running? was he on street tyres or slicks? we take off on about 15psi on a 28x10.5'' which is pretty much the limit, we are on leaf springs. having a 4-link setup he should be able to setup it well. took us a few runs to work out tyre pressures, boost etc. we are starting all over again now with the bigger housing making 910@29-30psi, it picked up everywhere thru the boost range. nah the main thing is making people realise just how good these lil Jap engines can be. same thing i want to do with my modular, people don't realise just how much power can be made by these small cube DOHC V8's.
