Anyone planning to go to the strip?

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:32 pm

hey all
was out at the WSID last night... no fto's competing but some of my honda friends were...

my mates dc2r got 14.1 which we were happy with... im pretty sure it was the fastest integra there that night because one of the others was running low compression in one of the cylinders...

anyone planning to drag their fto's? they announce car clubs on the PA ... might be a good cruise location one day...

simon

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:31 pm

well the bloke from Newcastle busted his turbo'd FTO (FNTSY) in his first ever track meeting not long ago.... poor chap

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:37 pm

bugger.... we need a couple of fto's to show these honda boys how its done...

actually that could prove quite hard with b16 civics pulling low 14's ...

i plan to take mine out there after i get my lsd installed, etc

simon

Post by **kazbah** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:39 pm

I go out there quite a bit but not to drag my FTO just to watch my hubby drag his bike. Dont think I want to put my car through the stress but I would love to see the likes of Kaveman and Smorison out there, they could give the Hondas a run for their money I'm sure.....

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:25 pm

Chiangstar wrote:we need a couple of fto's to show these honda boys how its done...

not like this, i hope...

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:39 pm

hahhaha thats hilarious hahahhahaha

"too soon junior"

hahahah ive gotta send that pic to some of my friends...

simon

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:25 pm

Chiangstar wrote: hahahah ive gotta send that pic to some of my friends...

ahhhh so THIS is how the Honda boys do it

*runs & hides*

ROFL...

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:29 pm

Hahahahahaha thats funny sh*t man, hmmm but i like Honda as much as Mitsubishi, ohh & Nissian, Toyota, Subaru..........but not Suziki, Daihatsu......blah blah blah

Black_FTOGPX · Post by **Black_FTOGPX** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:31 pm

I really worry about you sometimes Mikey!

Why the hell do you have a picture like that around anyway?

Post by **Supplanter** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:21 am

I am more worried about the pictures he doesn't show us

FNTSY · Post by **FNTSY** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:08 am

hey guys,,, it would be great to get a crew out at wsid.... wish i could race again. i went down on the feb 9th to the street meet i was the only fto there. i pulled a good time though for it being my first time on the track
60 foot= 2.326
330 foot=6.120
660 foot=9.164
1000 foot= 11.720
inished with 13.886 @103.87 mph
its really good to go to the track and have some fun but not to good when u blow your engine apart like i did. on that one run i filled my oil catch can (1 litre) full with oil from the blow by. so there is a better time still to be had from my car.

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:39 am

ouch...thats not good... what boost were you running?

simon

MrFT000 · Post by **MrFT000** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:43 am

what exactly was the kill factor in blowing your engine?
I really want to get my car on the strip but now im kinda paranoid...

bexie · Post by **bexie** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:57 am

awww... i got all excited!!

I read the title of this thread -

"Is anyone going to strip"

...

then i read on and realised i forgot to read "the" in the question..

However there were photos of half naked men

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:12 pm

MrFT000 wrote:what exactly was the kill factor in blowing your engine?
I really want to get my car on the strip but now im kinda paranoid...

Stock internal with turbo setup, hmmmm from memory FNTSY said he was running 10psi, or was it more?? Can't remember.

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:15 pm

I will be running on the strip on Sunday - however it will not be somewhere as well built as WSID. It will be NZ's only purpose built dragway at Meremere which is nowhere near the facility WSID is, so it will be interesting...

MrFT000 · Post by **MrFT000** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:35 pm

FTO338 wrote:
MrFT000 wrote:what exactly was the kill factor in blowing your engine?
I really want to get my car on the strip but now im kinda paranoid...
Stock internal with turbo setup, hmmmm from memory FNTSY said he was running 10psi, or was it more?? Can't remember.

oooooohhh so it was a turbo setup...

FNTSY · Post by **FNTSY** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:58 pm

hey guys turboing an engine and leaving stock internals in isnt the most reliable way to travel... i was pushin 9 psi through the engine and the timing on the microtech was heavily advnanced there for the engine wasnt able to cope with it..... if i was running less boost and tunned more safly i would have been right.
but these things happen,,,,,, but it is heaps good to get out there and have ago... dosent matter what time u pull just have fun...
but dont get turned off going to the strip because my car fell apart... there was another 150 or so cars there with me and they had no problems.
at WSID u need long pants and long shirt + a helmet.
your car can not be leaking any oil or coolant and has to have the batter straped down properly etc.
it cost around $45 and is a great night.

heaps of stock skylines with simple mods like cooler,exhaust and boost were only running high 14's and low 15's when i was there.
everyone was stoked to see a FWD FTO pull in the 13's.

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:43 am

hey mate, so where are those pics you promised me? hehehe...

turboing the FTO with stock internals can still be reliable - it all depends on how well the car is tuned... running rich may be bad for fuel economy and emissions, but it keeps the engine cooler. running lean (too much ignition advance) may be good for a bit more HP, better fuel economy and less emissions, but you WILL run into reliability problems - even more so with forced induction on 10.0:1 compression ratio!

btw were you there when the car was tuned on the dyno? and also don't you hear the car ping when you boot it? being high on ignition advance you would usually hear it ping its tits off just after MIVEC kicks in... (assuming it's a MIVEC)

FNTSY · Post by **FNTSY** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:03 pm

nahhh thats the thing it never pinged at all......
it me by suprise.....
whats your email address i will fire them across straight away got hold of my digital camera.... but the pics are pretty large in size....