Went to Rockfalls for the first time in 4yrs & ran a 10.56@139.75

vassil · 10-16-2010

After being out of the DSM scene for about 4 years, I bought a 91 TSI shell and spend quite a bit of time turning it into a car. The idea was to make it a street car with some power but somehow that evolved kind of a track vehicle with a functioning heater.

I built a nicely tucked in 10pt cage, freshened up the old engine from my red car that sat for 4 years and started buying parts. The shell stayed outside for 4 years and it had a fair amount of rusty parts. The lesson I learned is to never ever buy a shell. Everything got replaced and it got spendy.

The mods are a built 2.0L (ross/eagle), 1mm oversize valves, FP2 cams, Felpro Permatorque, A-1s, old school spearco FMIC, 3" piping, Tial BOV, Magnus Race SMIM, Magnus fuel rail, 2150s, twin Walbros in a full blown housing, -10an feed, -8 return. DSMLink, GT35R, tubular header from punishment racing, tial 44 and Steve Hill's 3.5 exhaust, Shep Stage 4, a quartermaster twin, and just about everything else to support it.

Shane @DB Performance tuned the car and it made 568WHP at 30psi. So decided that that was enough. It knocked quite a bit so the timing is very conservative at about 11-14 degrees on E85.

My first pass I ran a 12.4x@133, the second one was a 10.97@137, the next pass the car got out of control and the final one was a 10.56@139.75. I lifted on all the gears and had a slow .5 second 1-2 shift and kind of a choppy 2-3 shift. I got yelled at pretty bad for having expired belts and for cracking 135mph twice in a roll without a license.

So, overall I am very happy with the car. The car is out of alignment in a very bad way, one of the front Koni is blown and it needs a new driveshaft. So those are mods for next year. The pass was made on regular summer Yokohama tires. So, I will definitely will be buying slicks for next year.

Special thanks to Shane for the tune and all the time he spend perfecting it on the Dyno and to Jake Vogel for spending many endless nights helping with wiring, fabbing and engine refresh work.

awd-drifter · 10-16-2010

damn. congrats! mighty damn fast 1g you got there!

turbotalon1g · 10-17-2010

Glad to hear you guys are still at it, I've seen your little posts here and there on the link forums.

Congrats on the 10s again, how does it feel being over 10mph faster?

vassil · 10-17-2010

It felt really good. This car makes way more power than my old red car and when combined with a total lack of alignment makes for a pretty violent ride. Stopping with the stock 2-piston brakes gets a bit dicey at Rockfalls. I need to re-learn how to drive a car for sure.

DSM_brother2 · 10-17-2010

congrats on the numbers and welcome back!

vassil · 10-17-2010

Here are a couple of videos, one is of the pass at the track and the other one is on the dyno. I have both the actual numbers 568whp and the shootout number, which was 657 whp (that one just makes me feel better).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9xQVAhgai0&hd=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQFKfv69H78&hd=1

BTW what would you guys recommend for suspension, I have Koni's & H&R springs, but the front is blown and is wobbles like a caddilac. I would love to get DG's setup, but I am shit out of luck since I have a 1G.

123abc · 10-17-2010

I might sound like a broken record but bushings go a long way. Great job on the car, I love the sound...

**Goat Blower** · 10-17-2010

Good work Vassil, can't believe you got that thing together so quickly.

twack · 10-18-2010

great job

**scheides** · 10-18-2010

LOL that is awesome! Good work, nice seeing a 1G buildup! Post pics of the car/progress when you get a chance!

turbotalon1g · 10-18-2010

I'd say do some bushings also, rear toe elim., yellows use to be the bomb but they discontinued the rears so now I have to re-research some good susp.

From your last comment, it sounds like even if you don't change too much we will get to see this car go a bit quicker/faster next year.