Does anyone remember the 3 rotor Fd in the Car and Driver's Super Tuner Shootout in 2001. I had just sold my Fd from high school and reading the article made me realize how big a mistake i had just made. Anyway does anybody know what happened to that car? It was owned by a guy in colorado i think his name was Phil Hamlin maybe. Does anyone know him or the car? The Fd came in second to a twin turbo c5 that bearly won. As i remember the Fd had a hole in the fuel map that made it run extremely rich from 120 to 140 and the it lost alot of points in the 0 to 150 time trial. if it weren't for that it would have taken first. So what happened to that car? That car is why i own an Fd today, so thanks.....for the empty check account.

 

I don't know any info about where the car is now or who may own it, but I also remember that article. One of the many reasons why the FD is such a dream car for us.

Good luck!

 

i have the article right here.

0-60 4.0
100mph 8.4
1/4 mile 12.1 @138.3

Total cost $83588 by Peter Farrell

"massive flat spot in calibration..."

"pressure relieft valves blew off intake manifold"

"radiator hose ruptured in spectacular fashion"

Damn thing had a SMIC in there - the engine looks like it was pushed pretty far back in the chassis.

The car placed 2nd behind the Lingenfelter Covervette.

 

12.1 at 138?? This car had a 20B in it?

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/..._test/(page)/1

 

lol That is a 12 second pass with a 9 second trap!

 

138 is damn fast for a pump gas car. I assume it was on pump gas.

-Austin

 

Kumho V700 Victoracer...not sure if they were used on the drag racing portion but I could understand the 12.1 et with those on there.

Still a nice article to read about. Peter seems to have never found an ecu that he was good at tuning when it caem to 3 rotors. The electromotive tec 2 that was in the 20B I rode in back around 2000 that Peter also did had idle problems.
Tim

 

The article says the car had a T-70 turbo and had 600hp @ 15psi, on pump gas.

All of the cars in the article ran "slow" 1/4 runs.

Lingenfelter twin-turbo vette = 12.1 @128mph, 650 hp

RX7 - 20b - 600 hp - 12.1@123mph

Mallet Corvette, 12.7 @116mph, 625 hp

AutoThority 911 Turbo - 12.2 @119mph, 626 hp.

I have a feeling either the tires, track or measurment equipment are to blame for the lower times. I bet all of these would do much, better on a real drag strip and not a Speedway.

 

So Gmonsen do you know what happened to the car or Phil? Is he a member here?

 

thats a pretty good article, i'd never seen it before, very cool, especially since my last name is lingenfelter (no i'm not related to john). it'd be neat to see the outcome if this thing were running properly.

kyle lingenfelter

 

So does anyone know what happened to the car?

 

Seeing how much was spent on this car, it really aggravates me how un-knowledgeable some shops really are on doing custom fab work. Relocating the shiffter to the front access cover was actually one of the easiest fabricated items I fabed for my 20b.

 

WOW for that price ill sell mines for half, but mines is a 20B FC

 

anybody catch the 3000$ wing? lol