SPEED_NYC

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this past friday a few local guys had a track rental at island. i drove the car there on the same tired streetport (with dead RA Super seals).

i was ecpecting more 13 second passes from the car as i still have been unable to get the car to go straight even on the street on low boost.

i pull to the line for my first pass and put the car on the 2 step, 8-10 psi and i slip the clutch. my first reaction was "wow, the car didn't bog" as i'm thinking this, i hit the rev limiter. i yell a few profanities and granny shift to second. when i get into second i think to myself, "wow, the car seems to be going straight i wonder if that boost problem has come back?" as i'm thinking that i hit the rev limiter AGAIN in second. **** so i now granny shift to third and decide to look at the boost gauge assuming im only getting like 18 psi because the car is so easy to keep straight. before i could read the gauge, you guessed it rev limiter again! I finally powershift the car into fourth and begin to think "wholy **** the damn car is working!" i hold the pedal to the floor in fourth and cringe as i hit and stayed on the rev limiter for the last 200 feet before the traps. (4.44 rear gears are waaay to tall for this combo)

long story short i felt like i ran a 12.80 pass but am happy that the car went straight imagine my supprise when i get my timeslip and see 11.49 at 127mph!

honestly that was the worst 11 seconds of driving in history. i immediately get excited because i KNOW that I'm finally gonna run a 10 second pass that day. all i need to do is prepare myself for the run and drive the car right. (the first run i was seriously not even thinking about driving because i expected the car to run poorly and abort the run)

after a lil cool down i pull to the line ready to run a 10.80 or something and my stupid *** changes plans partway through the burnout! after the burnout i decide to just dump the clutch instead of slipping. well the result was a broken diff 100 miles from home with no trailer.

just wanted to share with you guys. pics and vids shortly.

yall want to know the funny thing about all of this? the guy that fixed my problem was AnthonyNYC when he lent me his skinnys for the day. i've spent close to $1000 trying to figure why my car wont go straight and once i bolted those skinnys on the front all was cured.

special thanks to my crew chief Marly, tuner enzo, Navin and all the guys that helped out during the day.

new (stock) diff goes in on wednesday 10's before the weekend bitches!!

SPEED_NYC

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too lazy to scan slip right now

60' 1.731
330 4.995
1/8th 7.547
mph 95.79
1000 9.717
1/4 11.491
mph 127.64

AnthonyNYC

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Good stuff Roan, congrats! You were right when you said it was one of the worst 11sec passes, I thought it was a 13sec pass. The next pass would have surely been a mid 10sec pass. Next time at the track you are going mid 10s easily.

Congrats again!

Anthony

SPEED_NYC

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only if you lend me your skinnys again!

thanks

Viking War Hammer

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good to see you back out........ time to toss in those als seals.


are those ra super seals bent?

RX794

Congrats, keep it up, slowly but surely.

crispeed

Roan
What's your rev limit at?
I can't see you rev limiting at only 127mph unless it's way too low. It's deffinately not the gears.

BTW. Congrats on the run!

turboR1

I got a pair of weld racing pro stars with et fronts for you if you want them..

justturbo2

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congrats roan.
to bad about the diff. thou.

KNONFS

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CONGRATS!

So, how did you got home?

showoff

congrads long time comin....skinnies make a world of difference when your making power

SPEED_NYC

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cris the rev limiter was at 7800 we raised it after the first pass to 8500 but i broke before i could get another run in.
thanks for the encouragement guys.

anthony, im definately intrested in those wheels/ tires. wanna work out something for my 300M axles? i think i'm gonna do the cobra conversion

SPEED_NYC

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hmm, i'm checking out this speed calculator (probably the best on the net) from moespeed and it says that i should be able to get 134 mph at 7800 rpm.

http://www.moespeed.net/Moe_speed_calc.html

i wish we were datalogging that first run, but we werent. once i get to see the vid mabye it will make more sense.

AnthonyNYC

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The man and the machine. Look at the size of that ****** in there!




Lightweight fender now available...




Staging his rear tires here...




WOOHOO 10.49@... oops I meant 11.49...





126MPH = normal human speed BUT 127+ = like a rocket ship!!!





Dad and son bonding





This handsome fellow is the one known as "ENZO", he likes pasta.





Roy's Machine!





My sexy Lance! Gosh, he's cute - he hates gay jokes...





Julian from NYCE1s.com - check out that koolaid smile baby!

AnthonyNYC

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For the rest of the pics go here....Thank you Josi Rx794 for the camera action.

http://www.rx7s.com/events/2008/Isla...5.08/index.htm



BTW - Who the hell is this, he kept following us around all day????

crispeed

That's the master guru!

BTW-How did Roy's car do?

AnthonyNYC

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The "ANTI TRAILER QUEEN!" had to borrow someones TRAILER to get home while Roan drove that guy's "REAL STREET" car home....

AnthonyNYC

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Anytime...

turboR1

Thats the Ceo of Thunder Racing

Viking War Hammer

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who are the people on those pictures?

turboR1

Eric, Ant labeled most of the pics and who they are. with the exception of Rodney/ Biaggi from Thunder Racing which is the last pic.

AnthonyNYC

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Roan,

Here's the video...

http://www.rx7s.com/events/2008/Isla..._11.49@127.wmv

From the looks of it you might have still kept accelerating even after the time was displayed.

Anthony

Viking War Hammer

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from the video, sounds like you were coming out of boost between shifts

ErnieT

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Roan, You want a girdle made let me know. You won't need no stinkin Cobra rear!

Indian

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I want one too Ernie!!!!