Guys,I tried out the TiAL QRJ BOV and although its really geared toward guys who recirculate it also works great for the road race guys too. I wrote a review which you can read here.click

Remove the front and rear engine mount pins and let the engine sit down on the cross members. If the drivers side engine mount is factory old leave it in place. Otherwise, guys with urethane or window welded drivers engine mounts will want to remove it as well. Next, pry the engine towards...

Looking good! What brakes are on the car and did they hold up?

Leon,I stiffened my mustache brace with some angle iron. I had Curtis's double brace on the car for our first One Lap but sent it back so he could use it on his car.I couldn't find you on Facebook to tag you in these photo's but here are two from the shootout.

I've had a number of clutches in the One Lap VR4. When it was making sub-400whp the ACT with a street disc did the job. It is easy to drive but a little heavy on the leg. When I went to the 2.3L I switched to a ACT 2600/sprung 6-puck. That clutch surprised me in how easy it was to drive. I...

Top timing covers on road race cars melt and take out the timing belt. No matter what Hp you are running if you can't count on the plug wires holding up then you have to make a change. I did and COP has been very reliable.

I've been using a home built coil on plug set up for over 7 years. That's the same COP on two cars. It started its life on my old track Eclipse. I built it because in one year I had to be towed off track twice because failed set of plug wires (NGK). First set burnt, second set got loose and...

Quoting AlainB7: Too bad I feel reject of VR4 club, thats why I park the stray across Sunday,and with DSM Quebec Thusday to saturday, it is not for nothing.I wish you had come over to say hello. You would have been welcome in the group plus, I could have tried out some of really bad French...

I had a great time this year and it was nice to finally be able to meet some of you. Props to Mike for setting up and organizing the VR4 only parking. It showed once again why the GalantVR4.org community is so great. I was very happy with how I did in the autocross. I managed a 31.03 clean...

I'm going to be on the road in a few hours and I hope to get to the Hotel before 6pm. That means I'm going to miss everything at Buschur's shop during the day. I was just planning on grabbing something to eat and cruising around tonight so if you see me be sure to say hi. Is there a plan to...

The sound in the video sounds like the timing belt cover is rubbing the backside of the crank or water pump pulley.

I have, in the past, been able to clip the inductive trigger on the wires leading to COP coil #1. But that was always sketchy and I couldn't get a signal long enough to actually set the timing. So I wired back in the stock coil plug into the COP harness. When I want to set the timing I just...

The One Lap of America Race.click

Do the One Lap of America race. You won't see much of the cities you stop in but you'll see lots of the countries race tracks!

I don't have an answer for you about having or not having a catch can before the turbo but I ended up with the catch can and its totally solved my crankcase issues. Here is what and how I did mine.click

You can't spin the disc fast enough to know how its going to shift. In fact, there is nothing you can do besides opening up the box to determine if its junk or not without installing it and taking it for a drive. The question was "what can I do" without being able to test drive it. Putting a...

Bring an old disc to spin the input shaft and go through the gears.

After we got back from One Lap this year the rear wheel bearings in the VR4 failed hard. The drivers side rear bearing was so bad it made the car wiggle on the expressway. Turns out after inspection that the bearing spun on the stub shaft. So while I was reaplacing the stub shafts and...

All aero stuff is speed dependent. In my opinion street cars only need aero add-on stuff either for fuel economy or style. Put a car on a race track and aero becomes really, really important.For those of you who drag race doing things likr controlling how the air separates from the car and...

Here is the thread where we discussed the wing and some of the aero stuff.click

I have to admit that vortex generators, wings, splitters, and other add-ons for aero always seemed a bit childish to me. Until I started using them. Curtis is correct that the One Lap VR4 has vortex generators. They are the stick type from EBay. I think they were $20. I followed the...

I just finished putting new arms on the One Lap car. The Dorman arms are $80 a side on Amazon with free shipping for Prime members. You're going to need a sawz-all to cut the forward bushing bolt because its most likely frozen to the sleeve in the bushing. You have to cut both sides by...

I would like a set as well.1. curtis (two cam timing tools) 2. LordAthey 3. dsm10o0 4. 14of2000 5. Cutlassjim 6. Racah15 7. GreenGSX

I just went through that with the One Lap car. It wasn't leaking but after 20 years it was time for a preemptive strike and it fit right in with the surge tank I'm building. I used a simple 6 AN 90 degree bulk head fitting and then a short section of AN hose to the pump. The car already had a...

You should consider using ECM link to control the meth injection. That way you can set it to come on based on load, rpm, and throttle position. The link will provide a switched ground to turn your relay on and off. That's how we got around that problem with the One Lap car. It also helps...

When I built the exhaust for the One Lap VR4 we spent some time thinking about how we were going to survive the "drone" for 3000+ miles. What we ended up with is a Magnaflow muffler and two resonators in/near the stock cat location. We used two different length resonators, short/long, to...

Rocking my ThreeSpeed t-shirt!

The bracket broke because they were just prototypes made from aluminum and I didn't leave enough material where it needed to be. The spare bracket was the same design so it broke in the same way. The next set will be made of steel. I tested the prototype at Watkins Glen and they were fine but...

Me too. It only did a quarter lap of the autocross before it blew apart a brake caliper bracket. After I fixed it with a spare bracket I did one parade lap around the course and broke the spare bracket. My weekend was done and I went into spectator mode. The guys who film the shootout...

I saw 4 other VR4's at the shootout this year. The crazy fast one from Florida, one at the autocross, and a pair of white ones. Then there was me. Wonder what I was doing?

the brakes are sold.

Here is what I have.Carlson 41135 rebuild kits 2 new FederalMog 5048A caliper pins 6 newSpectra brake pads SD412 street pads new PFC Z-rated pads 412Z street/strip pads new Hawk HT-10 track pads used 0.560" (new is 0.610") Hawk DTC-60 track pads 2 sets one is 0.560" the second is 0.440" Hawk...

I will post pictures tonight.

Up for sale are the brakes off the One Lap VR4. These are the Baer Track set-up that use 1995 Mustang Cobra calipers and rotors with custom brackets and hardware. This set of brakes have been with me since my old road race Eclipse (hence GreenGSX)and they have been bullet proof. With Hawk...

So I washed the VR4 and filler her up with gas. Guess what?..she broke. The TOB ate itself so this weekend I replaced the clutch. Went with a Exedy stage 2 because we used it in the One Lap Evo X. So far its holding 26psi with no break-in. Hoping to get it closer to 30psi by the shootout...

Quoting VR4_1752: Im thinking about going, the galant should be running by this weekend. Do you think it's going to be hard to find a hotel?Stay in Milan, that's where I'm staying. I know the Quality Inn still has rooms.

I am out of vacation days this year so I have to sneak out of work early on Friday and then make the 330 mile, 5.5hr drive to Norwalk. If I get there before 7pm I'll be lucky. So the Friday events for me will be limited to cruising around Friday night and just hanging out.Action shots would...

I am making plans on bringing the One Lap VR4 this year to compete in the max effort class. The One Lap Evo X, once it gets an engine installed, is also rumored to be coming too. We'll be rolling in Friday evening and then hitting the Econo later that night for some fun and to meet people. I...

I'm sorry I took the picture of the springs and made sure to include the part number on the box in the shot. I just forgot to upload it. I'll fix that tonight but for now here's the photo. I am pretty sure they are the PFC large bore springs. I got them from hrpworld.com. Less then $10 a...

I am developing a simple brake kit for the One Lap VR4 that uses Wilwood Superlites, Evo9 rotors, and custom brackets. All the testing is being done on track and so far its going great. I'm breaking parts and having technical problems that I am working out as I go along. As with the 3000GT...

For reference, I generally shoot for 15 degrees of timing at peak torque. If I can get there great, if not who cares. Its just a number. What matters is the area under the curve and how it drives. For the One Lap VR4 we were at 14 degrees of timing at peak torque and climbing to 17-18 up...

We used to run a hobbs switch to activate the water/meth injection in the One Lap VR4 but once we got ECMlink we started using it to turn on/off the meth based on load. Works great and eliminates some of the wiring. From my memory we were a tick under 370whp at 25psi and 401whp at 28-29psi on...

Before you decide to do anything drop the oil pan and see what's going on. Pull the main bearing caps one at a time and look to see how bad it is. If the crank looks OK just put a new set of stock sized bearings in. You can do it all with engine still in the car. Just pull the caps and spin...

I'm in for two..actually I'm #3 and #4.

Factory VR4 roof rack with keys and a set of black roof rail trim strip filler pieces for sale. $250+shipping OBO.Ksport camber plates $75+shipping OBO. I have to double check for fitment.I have the mother load of turbo Mirage stuff. A full set of Koni yellows with ebay...

Before you go and do a ton of work and spend a lot of money why don't you just put some new bearings in it? For $90 you could get another a lot more life out of it. It only takes an hour or so to drop the pan and the main bearing caps. Then just use a small screw driver to spin the top half...

I have the unique pleasure to have friends with cool cars and I consider myself lucky to have been able to drive them on a race track. This is a great topic for me because I have been going back and forth struggling with the idea of replacing the One Lap VR4 with an Evo. Not an Evo X but an...