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    • Oct 04, 2006 4:01:08 pm
    I held with a 1.8T Golf, I/E, from 35 roll up to 120 on his back bumper overlapped by a foot. Funny to see his friend's expression when he looked over and saw me hanging with him.
    • Oct 04, 2006 4:04:19 pm
    Try launching tCs at around 2000-2300 rpm to get maximum ground contact without spinning tires. As soon as the needle is at 2000, let off the clutch and stomp the pedal at the same time. This should get you rolling with a nice pull.
    • Oct 04, 2006 4:06:07 pm
    Shifting...

    If equiped with a short shifter, depress the clutch pedal about 3 inches and punch it into the next gear. As the shifter is entering the shift gate, pop the clutch and the shifter will be planted into gear. No grinding. I will try to get some videos up about how to quick shift and launch. If others have them, hook us all up and post them.
    • Oct 04, 2006 4:36:37 pm
    well the first time I raced a evo he had a whole bunch of sickers and sounded like he had cams and a lot of shit so I said fucked lets see what my tc can do, I had the custom s/c I/H/E/P/SPARK PLUGS AND A FEW MORE THINGS LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY LAUNCH WAS BAD ASS I TOOK A 2 CAR DISTANCE AND KEPT IT UNTIL 4TH GEAR AND HE STOPED RACING I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPEND AND SINCE THEN IJUST KEPT ON PUTTING PARTS AND TIME AND I CREATED A MONSTER HAHAHA
    • Oct 04, 2006 4:39:19 pm
    SWWEEETTT.....get some vids up of your car doing drive bys and what not. I want to hear it
    • Oct 04, 2006 4:45:05 pm
    I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS EARLIER BUT I AM GOING TO POST A COUPLE OF VIDEOS ME RACING A MODDED STI WON BY 3 CARS,MODDED EVO WON BY 3 OR 4 CARS, CORVETTE WITH E/H WON BY ALMOST 1/2 A CAR IT WAS A CLOSE ONE
    • Oct 04, 2006 10:25:15 pm
    with my lsd and tires. I drop the clutch at 2,500 and feather the gas... I can't say that worked for me or not though. Because they people I had install my parts didn't tighten the bolts on my transmission mount and I broke the case. I haven't been to a track since.

    But kill stories. I/H/E 240 sx auto, and a "supposedly" internally modded teggie LS (cams and I/H/E)
    I had em by a good 5 lenghts.
    • Oct 05, 2006 2:42:33 am
    tuned_tc wrote:
    I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS EARLIER BUT I AM GOING TO POST A COUPLE OF VIDEOS ME RACING A MODDED STI WON BY 3 CARS,MODDED EVO WON BY 3 OR 4 CARS, CORVETTE WITH E/H WON BY ALMOST 1/2 A CAR IT WAS A CLOSE ONE


    not trying to start shyt or anything, and im well aware that you have extensive mods done, but im going to have to call bs. but post up the vids and prove me wrong.
    • Oct 05, 2006 8:16:49 am
    Well, he's definately got a custom setup when it comes to F/I so I wouldn't put anything past him either.
    • Oct 05, 2006 12:55:17 pm
    not that i know much about racing, but from what i've been reading on the forums

    how do you get all that power effeciently to the ground? you are still in a FWD car

    evo sti are awd.. so i fail to see how you did it. if im wrong, please explain.
    • Oct 05, 2006 1:10:03 pm
    majic27 wrote:
    not that i know much about racing, but from what i've been reading on the forums

    how do you get all that power effeciently to the ground? you are still in a FWD car

    evo sti are awd.. so i fail to see how you did it. if im wrong, please explain.


    your absolutely right...even with his 290 or something whp, thats not significantly higher than evo's and sti's to a point where he'd get the jump off the line line he claims he does (unless theyre brand new drivers and dont know how to launch an awd)
    • Oct 05, 2006 1:12:45 pm
    Web wrote:
    Well, he's definately got a custom setup when it comes to F/I so I wouldn't put anything past him either.


    oh, dont worry, i definitely dont doubt that he has a custom setup, let alone a good one. but unless he's driving around town in dr's all day, and he's that high 12's tc in the vid i posted up, then there's no possible way.
    • Oct 05, 2006 1:12:54 pm
    Launching and shift points are key. If you can get a launch with minimal wheel spin and shift at the point just before it'll peel, you can engage the next gear just at the peak of the last gears torque range giving you a continual pull. Perform this from 1st-3rd, and after that, hit your redline and shift hard. That's what I would assume and think would work the best.
    • Oct 05, 2006 1:26:11 pm
    Upgrade your drive train and tires. Motor mounts do wonders. New tires do wonders. And get a LSD so you aren't a peg leg.
    • Oct 05, 2006 1:27:03 pm
    ^^Agreed
    • Oct 05, 2006 10:30:59 pm
    I know that you guy's are having fun wondering about my setup one of the dynos says 295 that is at 10 psi my s/c goes al the way to 18psi at 15psi I'm running 347hp so imagine at 18 psi I don't like to give to much info just because I like to be unike and not copied so you will see the power when I post the videos thx
    • Oct 05, 2006 10:34:14 pm
    iluvmyTypeS wrote:
    majic27 wrote:
    not that i know much about racing, but from what i've been reading on the forums

    how do you get all that power effeciently to the ground? you are still in a FWD car

    evo sti are awd.. so i fail to see how you did it. if im wrong, please explain.


    your absolutely right...even with his 290 or something whp, thats not significantly higher than evo's and sti's to a point where he'd get the jump off the line line he claims he does (unless theyre brand new drivers and dont know how to launch an awd)


    a evo has 289 to the motor and the sti 300 to the motor not to the wheels !
    • Oct 05, 2006 10:38:29 pm
    easy when I launch my tc I try to do it with the minimal spin 1st to the redline 2nd to redline 3rd redline 4th redline my redline is at 7200 upgraded by laptop program anyway I have a shift light that helps me to throw at redline
    • Oct 06, 2006 12:56:26 am
    tuned_tc wrote:
    iluvmyTypeS wrote:
    majic27 wrote:
    not that i know much about racing, but from what i've been reading on the forums

    how do you get all that power effeciently to the ground? you are still in a FWD car

    evo sti are awd.. so i fail to see how you did it. if im wrong, please explain.


    your absolutely right...even with his 290 or something whp, thats not significantly higher than evo's and sti's to a point where he'd get the jump off the line line he claims he does (unless theyre brand new drivers and dont know how to launch an awd)


    a evo has 289 to the motor and the sti 300 to the motor not to the wheels !


    thank you, i didnt know that

    • Oct 06, 2006 11:00:39 pm
    The only cars on my kill list are Saturn Vue, old Ford Explorer.

    Saturn Vue:

    We pulled up at a light, I wasn't going to race him but was going to pass him (merge lane ahead).

    The light turned green (My reaction time was faster than his by almost a second.)
    , my foot was down on the gas halfway and I noticed he gunned it.

    He couldn't get past me and I passed him by a car lenghth at 60 mph. I slowed down after that. He was real pissed afterwards.

    I knew it wasn't a 4 banger because theres no way he could kept up with me if he was driving one. I also know that I would get smoked if he was driving the 3.5 L

    here are the stats for both cars:

    2004 Toyota Solara SE (2.4L auto):

    0-60: 8.94 sec

    1/4: 16.9

    curb weight: 3230 lbs

    horsepower/torque: 157/162
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    2003 Saturn Vue (V6) FWD:


    horsepower/torque: 181/195

    curb weight: 3,396 lbs

    0-60: 8.4 seconds

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    Ford Explorer:

    On a road merging into a four lane road I was going at moderate speed. A old school Ford Explorer accelerates and gets next to me wouldn't let me go into his lane so I gas it and passed him and let off at 80 mph. He almost ran me off road and into a dang tree.
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