damian

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I am working on getting my race car ready for the new 2009 race season, few pics for you:

Housings (new one on left, and old on right):


Housings, stock ports on left, one of my old housings on right:


I had BDC port my housings, here are some pics he took of the porting:


More BDC porting pics:


More BDC porting pics:


More BDC porting pics:


BDC did the short block assembly for me too:


Engine after I put some of the stuffs on it:


Engine after I put some of the stuffs on it:


Me putting more stuffs on it:


Engine after I put some of the stuffs on it:


More to come soon...

nashman69g

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coming together nicely!

Battle Cat

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Wow i love this thread. looks awsome, great work!.

KaiFD3S

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Hey Damian, are you running an OMP?

cabaynes

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I don't know a ton about porting, but shouldn't there be a beveled edge all the way around the port edge to reduce chatter as the seal moves across it? If you look at the OEM ports, you see that they have a beveled edge around 100% of the port rather than just the top.

Otherwise, car looks great, can't wait to see what you do this season! I'm jealous of anyone who gets to track their car regularly!

Smokey The Talon

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looking good! You finalize your schedule yet? Coming to Mid-Ohio at all this year for any regionals? If so I'll try to make it up to watch.

damian

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not on the race car engine, I 100% premix for the race car.

damian

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I do not have all my race dates nailed down yet, but I would really live to hit MID-O again, I have only been there twice, both times for nasa nationals.

I do not think nasa has a crossover event to MId-O this year :-(


Clip from nasa nationals in case you have not seen it yet:

http://blip.tv/file/1607922

gracer7-rx7

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Lotsa stuffs.
Good luck this season.

damian

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thanks :-)

zenofspeed

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that video was the best racing video i have seen in a while.

Thanks for posting! that battle with the vette was epic.

damian

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:-) thanks

GreatShamanGT

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Post more pics Champ!!!

How much power are you putting down?

damian

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hehe, do a search on the forum for me or my car, there is like 80 cobillion pics on the forum of my car in some form or anther lol



I am limited by race class spec (nasa ST1 class), power to weight with modifiers, basically my car is just shy of 400 rwhp at around 2750 weight, if I use full race slicks... DOT tires would put me closer to 450 rwhp at the same weight.

Not sure what changes this year, so those are from last years rules.

Here is a link to a folder list that has a bunch of image galleries and random pics from over the years.

http://www.myrx7.com/trackevents/

zenofspeed

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what BOV? And what does the red indicator light on the far left of your 4-gauge pod mean?

damian

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bov = greddy purple top one, i forget the model number :-)

red light = setup to go off when any of my gauges go over what I want :-)

Barry Bordes

Damian, you look so smooth out there.

And your film is so first class!... dancing at 1.5 Gs through the corners and showing speed and location on the course. Bravo!

Quote: "I am limited by race class spec (nasa ST1 class), power to weight with modifiers, basically my car is just shy of 400 rwhp at around 2750 weight, if I use full race slicks... DOT tires would put me closer to 450 rwhp at the same weight."

Sounds like the lower HP will save the engine. How much faster are slicks? You seem the get the compitition on breaking after the long straight.

Thanks for sharing,
Barry

Tanjo

^ I was gonna say, I love how you out brake the **** out of everyone in that vid. Seems like everyone you passed, you passed in a corner, out braking them. Awesome vid.

RX7LINK

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Damian, you're passion has been/is a great inspiration to us all.

Thanks for sharing.

awsome pics and video

TimeMachine

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Great video! Super driving, and I love the multiple camera angles and telemetry data.

thewird

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Passing with power aint no fun, you gotta pass them by outdriving them

thewird

nrattV7

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I've always been admiring that car since I saw it on the forum. I hope to make it to MAM track days some time for the in class and open track (Never road raced yet, but building my 7 for dual purpose street and track days). My friend Tim in an EVO VIII MR and kept mentioning about you holding these events. Can you give me the list of events you will be holding this year? Great car vid btw.

Tim Benton

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Nice, I've been waiting for some more vids from Damian...although I'm still partial to the lightsabre stuff at weddings. Maybe through one on the roof of the car as you slice your way through the competition.

Tim

damian

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thanks :-)

i cant out HP or out torque them :-) but i can out brake and out turn them :-)

damian

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>>Damian, you look so smooth out there.

Thanks Barry!! Not to shabby for only being my second event on the track. The only other time I ran mid-O was the previous nationals :-)

>>And your film is so first class!... dancing at 1.5 Gs through the corners and showing speed and location on the course. Bravo!

Thanks again :-)

>>Sounds like the lower HP will save the engine. How much faster are slicks? You seem the get the compitition on breaking after the long straight.

Yeah, that is why I run the slicks, I can run lower HP, I do not like running a 2 rotor in road racing above 400ish HP (with my level of resources). Also, the car is really what is out braking them, not the slicks, I would be I do not gain much with the slicks vs a hoosier dot race tire.... I cant afford new slicks, they are used, so not the best to race with, but what I can afford :-)

What I would like to do, is run the dots, like hoosiers, but instead of more HP, take more weight out of the car (if possible).

I need to get back to mid-O, I know I can drop a lot of time with more practice on the track...and mid-O is fun as hell!!! lol