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Wow. That is going to look awesome.
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about???
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Great job, glad to see you posting again. That is a helluva lot of mph for a 10 flat, I am sure the 60 ft times are slow with that mph.
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thank you for the comments. haha, yes, 1.68 60 ft. and we had smoke coming off the slicks in 3rd gear. was not a pretty site at all.
still working on getting the finished pictures uploaded. i actually finally got the nerve to use a rotary...figured why not, its just the engine bay.....and i didnt want to see how long it would take a pc and sip to bring back the shine after wetsanding, haha.
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Looks great. That MPH is good for low 9's. Bigger slicks and suspension?
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thank you! we run 24.5x9x13 mt slicks with some drag race specific suspension, along with traction bars. i actually rolled the front fenders a couple weeks ago hoping to drop the front of the car a bit more than before to keep the weight up front. plan to add some preload to the front coilovers and traction bars as well, see what it does.
the car was lifting the front pretty bad. these hondas are weird because they have the backwards rotating engine which makes it difficult to design a torsion bar setup, so i gotta settle for my traction bars for now.
we can run a 26" slick, but its a little rough on the drivetrain and i think we can do some great things with the smaller slick.
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I laughed a bit when you said it was 'only' running 30psi. That sounds like a pretty incredible machine, what kind of times and trap speeds are you looking to get into next season?
Nice job on the engine bay btw, no one could ever tell that was a garage job.
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thank you for the compliments! haha yeah only 30 psi. we are running a 72mm turbo so 30 psi isnt really....efficient for this turbo i guess you can say, it needs more air to push through the motor. the 24.5 slick is our hold up, hoping to get to mid 9's with roughly the same boost once we get the new cams in the motor.
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sullysdetailing ~ 150 MPH is good for mid 8's easily but your right he does need some bigger slicks like a pair of 26".
RedBoost10 ~ It looks good. I did the exact same thing to my track car also. I stripped the bay, removed the seam fillers repainted everything(was gonna shave but got lazy.) Are you running a 42r? if so you need to get that baby into the upper 40s, lower 50s psi. Best Ive ran was a 10.8@125 35R@32psi.
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