deluded
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this weekend is the last scta meet of the year at El Mirage dry lake in the Mojave desert. we attended with our new setup: gt45, full race exhaust mani, and 909 hub hp. the hp number is disappointing until you see the pathetic intercooler we are using (soon to be replaced with a HUGE core inside the passenger compartment). the upgraded ic should realistically be worth 60 or more hp... both because we are super heating the intake charge (200F intake temp) and because of the restriction >5psi pressure drop across the core. our run logged 48 psi at boost ramp tapering down to 43 at top rpm. gearing was f'd with the evo 5th as well: top speed put us at 8400 rpm where we need to be closer to 9800 rpm to play in the sweet area of the hp curve. the evo 5th is really for bonneville where we can run 3 to 5 miles. regardless, we went 212 with change on a TORN the F UP dirt track on our first run (video and pics to be posted/linkded here this week). That's a new record as our old record was 208 in this class. 215 to 220 mph is possible here next year.
the real excitement came with our second run though: the track was so bad that Troy, the driver, was instructed to start on the left side cones and fade over to the right near the mile. exactly what he did except that he was a passenger-the car did it all on its own: at 196mph all four tires began to slip and the car went into a long high speed drift. great (crazy?) driver that he is he never let off the throttle until he cleared the timing balloons with the car at a clear 45 degree angle on the course. pop'd the 'chute to straighten it out and all good... except all four tires were ruined with flat spots from the jerk of the chassis on 'chute deployment. 207 mph with a tire speed of 217 mph and sideways! i guess i'll continue to help for next year's season again though my involvement will decrease due to constraints of building a 260mph Nissan for my wife. at bonneville next year my goal which i truly believe is realistic is to see the galant go 230mph for the title of fastest production mitsubishi auto.
anyone who ever has the opportunity to attend one of these events should, and without a doubt you better look us up and introduce yourself if you do /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Vernon of RaVer Motorsports
the real excitement came with our second run though: the track was so bad that Troy, the driver, was instructed to start on the left side cones and fade over to the right near the mile. exactly what he did except that he was a passenger-the car did it all on its own: at 196mph all four tires began to slip and the car went into a long high speed drift. great (crazy?) driver that he is he never let off the throttle until he cleared the timing balloons with the car at a clear 45 degree angle on the course. pop'd the 'chute to straighten it out and all good... except all four tires were ruined with flat spots from the jerk of the chassis on 'chute deployment. 207 mph with a tire speed of 217 mph and sideways! i guess i'll continue to help for next year's season again though my involvement will decrease due to constraints of building a 260mph Nissan for my wife. at bonneville next year my goal which i truly believe is realistic is to see the galant go 230mph for the title of fastest production mitsubishi auto.
anyone who ever has the opportunity to attend one of these events should, and without a doubt you better look us up and introduce yourself if you do /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Vernon of RaVer Motorsports
