Phil was from here in Connecticut, and I had the opportunity to watch him run a few times at LVD.
Here is one of his posts from DSM Tuners. It's about the most detailed that I've seen about his car.
quote: The car: 1990 Talon TSi AWD, currently at just over 78,000 miles
Best ET:
[email protected]
Best MPH:
[email protected]
Best 1/8 ET & MPH:
[email protected]
Best 60': 1.65
Race weight: car+me+1/4 tank or so gas= 2850 lbs.
Mods: K&N, XBC, Magnecor wires, BPR7ES plugs, ported '95 mani, ported turbine housing, portedO2 dump, 2.5' DP, test, 3" ATR, DSM performance underdrive crank pulley, Extreme fuel pump. Eibach pro, KYB AGX, Power Slot rotors, stainless lines, Axxix pads, full Energy Bushing kit, Prothane motor mount kit, ACT 2600-full face disc, front and rear strut braces, lower honeycomb removed as well as divider wall in that same lower chamber, TB coolant bypass, EGR block.
Other things: carbon fiber hood, OMP pins, Racing Hart CP035 16X7--9.6 lbs. each, Z-Speed lightweight lugs, Nitto Drag radials.
I launch anywhere from 5000 to 5600 depending on my traction and track conditions. Tire pressure varies from as low as 18psi to street 31 psi, again, depending on track prep and track temp.
I DO NOT power shift the 1-2 or the 2-3. Friends of mine have actually said to me after some of my passes, "Phil, it looks like you are shifting slow from 1-2,"....well, I am. My 2-3 shift is very quick, even quicker than my 3-4 power shift, but, it is not a power shift, I do back off the throttle. I shift the 1-2 before my front wheels hit the 60' in most cases, hence the 1.73 60' on my 12.02. Not exactly a quick 60'. I shift the 2-3 and 3-4 between 6100-6400, yes, that early. I am in 4th gear before I hit the 1/8 mile, probably around 600ft. I have run 4.97 seconds to the 330' mark, 10.0 to the 1000'. Estimated 0-60mph blast of 3.3 seconds.
I have been drag racing the Talon since October of 1996 when it was bone stock......best time was
[email protected], and still the slowest time ever on the car was 14.99@89, this car was never in the 15's. The funny thing is, I couldn't drive it at all back then, I had the car for 20 days at that point, my 60's were 2.0. Had I known a little more about driving it then, I might have run 14.5-6 in bone form.
So, this has been a long road for me....14.85 to 12.02...almost 3 second gain without a turbo swap. My turbo has never been out of the car, it stayed in when I swapped turbine housings. Over 22 mph gain in MPH, on the same turbo.
So, do hold the record? So I thought. So I'm told. I have the quickest 14b time on the list at this point. Yes, I heard of an 11.98 pass, I tried to contact the person and learn more about it with no replies. Just someone that knows him or saw him once or whatever. Not that I doubt the possibility....I saw a list of mods that showed 8.5:1 pistons and balance shaft removal and other mods...so, its possible, but, for some reason, that person, if this is true, does not want to be known.....and being from CT and living in MD, no, I don't surf Carolina DSM's site.
Last, what is still stock...I/C and piping, injectors, intake tube and aircan still there, stock turbo outlet elbow is still there, intake mani and t/b, and engine itself is bone.
AS far as quickest DSM with least mods.....I can honestly say, I hold that title. Next year is coming fast, I am not done with the 14b yet.....I have a few more things I want to try yet......
