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The Red Baron; It's about to get nasty up in here.
Topic Started: Jun 5 2014, 11:26 PM (14,353 Views)
bkelly
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This car is going to be insane... Keep up the nice work!
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dueces
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Lol thanks! It's taking some time, but it will get there. I will be extremely happy to see this thing run 11.0. Which I really don't think will be a problem with the hardware I have now, haha
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ZXTjato
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I'm still shocked you even use the metro body at this point and not a tube frame with metro "skin" it would be real sick to have a tube frame car that looked mostly like any other run of the mill car but under its skin is a monster
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That would have still taken a ton of time, and probably more money. There will need to be some sort of tubular front end reinforcements, But going full tubular frame seems a bit too much.
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dueces
Feb 18 2015, 01:12 AM
Lol thanks! It's taking some time, but it will get there. I will be extremely happy to see this thing run 11.0. Which I really don't think will be a problem with the hardware I have now, haha
With that combo I would expect to see 11s easy.

I'm thinking more in the mid to high 10s as long as it sticks shouldn't be a problem.
Edited by bkelly, Feb 19 2015, 06:13 PM.
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Well even in fwd n/a form I expect to see low 13's, so awd twincharged goodness should being some fun!
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bkelly
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Depending on what tracks you go to, you may want to budget for a roll cage soon and a fire suit... :thumb ^o) :thumb

On some tracks, you hit the 10's and they will require them.
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Yup roll cage at 11.49. I plan to have one
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dueces
Feb 20 2015, 06:34 PM
Yup roll cage at 11.49. I plan to have one
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dueces
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Slowly but surely, I drove her down the alley tonight!!! Brakes are spongy, downpipe is smoking, throttle body needs fixed, vtec needs implimented, but Damnit it drove down the alley!!!!!
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pics or it didnt happen
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Lol, it was loud, it's still trying to Rev at 3800 rpm. I need to fix the bypass in the throttle body. I'll get after it again sometime soon
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Well I worked on the car some more last night. Got the car to idle better, turns out there was a massive leak through the IAC valve. Now I'm running into the issue of the thermostat not opening! Replaced it with a new one and still nothing. I try to bleed the air out but since it won't open it just boils the coolant that is in the engine. Frustrating
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So I am not sure why the thermostat won't open, but I removed it completely and it stays steady at 190 with my fan on. This tells me a few things. Too small of a radiator, there is an issue thermostat related, and I probably need to use my fan as a puller and not a pusher.....
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Ok, got some things accomplished today! It was a little cooler out today, and the car stayed in the 165-170° range while I took it out for a spin. Brakes feel extremely squishy, but they are manual brakes..... I'm starting auto tune, and it's doing ok so far, hopefully I can drive her around some more to get her dialed in real good.

Other than that, I need to get vtec hooked up using the nitrous in and out on the ms, then I can really blow these tires off!
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