Lovely day coming home from the races

[Onefast99gsx]

Was this at Rock Falls yesterday(Sunday) or what? If so, the real race cars must of hated all the street cars there because the street tires tear up the launch pad. Yesterday was the first points race at the Rock.

[123abc]

Was this at Rock Falls yesterday(Sunday) or what? If so, the real race cars must of hated all the street cars there because the street tires tear up the launch pad. Yesterday was the first points race at the Rock.

Yup, it was at rock falls. Beautiful day out for racin though.

[Goat Blower]

Was this at Rock Falls yesterday(Sunday) or what? If so, the real race cars must of hated all the street cars there because the street tires tear up the launch pad. Yesterday was the first points race at the Rock.

There were no real race cars. The fastest car I saw was an EVO running low 12's. Somebody else saw someone run an 11 flat. I started out with a 15.5 and wittled my time down to a 14.3 with the 2G. Stock 7-bolt with 193K miles, stock turbo, and no wideband or fuel control. I just threw a boost controller on it and cranked it up. The clutch and synchros weren't liking a hard launch or shifts so I kinda babied it. My only addition to it before I left was adding an amp and a sub for the ride out there. When it came time to leave I didn't have to do anything, not even air up the tires and all my tools stereo and such was along for the ride on all passes. It was a pretty good time. :spin:

[JET]

So why the hell wasn't the Eclipse out there Steve??

[AJ]

He can't get away from the T25 torque!

[Onefast99gsx]

Hey Steve- Man, 14's is a long way from your normal 11's :) What's with your other car(the fast one)? On jackstands like everyone else? My tranny is just about together. I still have the entire engine to assemble yet.

I'm surprised that no real cars were out on a points race day. Probably just too early yet or people are cutting back this year. Shit, I think Corda is making most his money off the imports and other street cars these days.

[Goat Blower]

So why the hell wasn't the Eclipse out there Steve??

I've been too busy to work on my own car. It just needs a few more little things, the xfer case recall tomorrow, and I gotta get it tuned up on E85. For right now, I'm just having fun taking it to McDonalds for lunch every nice day we get. Plus I think I might subconsciously be a little scared to drive it at full boost with the current setup. It's fast as heck just tooting around on pump.

[123abc]

Got her fixed up tuesday. Was pretty simple, really. I didn't get a new steel braided line, I just cut the plastic one, put a new end on it, and ran it to where the stock signal sender was located. I then put the stock one in the front where the aftermarket one was tapped into.

On a side note, I love driving my car when she's running right. On the trip to the dragstrip, thinking back to it, it was decent as a driver. I didn't get uncomfortable at all, the engine ran perfect, everything just worked.

She has her issues, but it's expected from an abused, redneck hacked 17 year old car. It'll just take some time and money, but the end result will be something I'm proud of.

Nothing puts a bigger smile on my face when I'm cruising in my car with the windows down listening to Rush and my 4g63t. :)

EDIT: Quick question. I put in Valvoline 10w30 for my oil change, and now when I start it up in the morning, I get lifter tick for a little bit. Could that be caused by the incident or is it the oil change?

[92EvilTalon]

If the tick go's away don't worry about it. Its just the lovely Mitsu lifters. If you really want no tick replace them with the new ones.

Sounds great you got your car running again.

[123abc]

If the tick go's away don't worry about it. Its just the lovely Mitsu lifters. If you really want no tick replace them with the new ones.

Sounds great you got your car running again.

The engine is brand new, little over 300 miles on it so far. It still ticks when new?