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Old 08-22-09, 08:21 AM
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IFO: Columbus, OH - Anyone going?

A few of us from Indy are venturing over to Columbus next weekend to run in the Import Face-off event. We are just over 200 miles away so we get our entry fee covered. Should be a good time, who else is in?

http://www.importfaceoff.net/columbus.htm
Old 08-22-09, 10:52 AM
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Good Luck man. Hope it goes well.
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Can't wait to see you run your car, also i will have a booth out there.
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Ryan told me you were going to have a booth. We'll definitely be around.
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Hey Jon,
Are you competing in "forced induction pro" or forced induction sport"?
Do they consider our ET streets as a slick?
It's dot legal...


I'm seriously considering this.
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From what i've heard the ET streets will be able to run in FI sport since they are a dot legal tire. That's the class i'm planning to run. I've got a brand new set sitting in the garage just waiting for the wheels to come back from the powdercoater.
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also next year slicks are allowed in the class. I wonder why?
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It would probably get a lot faster cars in attendance if they allowed slicks. Not too many fast imports run drag radials.
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Maybe thats why they lost the street class quick 8/16 class name. But if its a street class it should not be slicks. Either way I am ordering some welds and slicks to go after a NPB.
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I'm in.
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Originally Posted by Gohan3rdrift
I'm in.
You ready to get drug?

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Originally Posted by zinx
You ready to get drug?

lol..
yeah, I'm used to it:

You vs me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYzib2MRbU
Ryan vs me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htL6ghhPrU8
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I qualified 5th in the Forced Induction Pro class and came in Runner-up. I got beat by a 9 second race car dsm, lexan windows, some drag auto tranny (glide maybe), chute mount, so i wasn't too pissed about taking second.

Here is an in-car vid of my best pass of the day. That S2000 that i was running ended up running back to back 10.20s during eliminations. He is a friend of mine. Its a full street car, A/C, p/s, and running drag radials to boot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz_nloQ1bY8&hd=1

Also, Tony has good news too, but i'll let him post.
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eh...

I got put in "Forced Induction Sport" because I talked the techs into it.
Since I'm the only one that drove my car 3.5 hours there on Mickey Thompsons and skinnys.
I qualified 1st in my class, but lost in the final round against a wrx.

I'm just a bad driver.
My best 60ft. was a 1.71.

It was still a lot of fun.
I got in for free and won $100 for 2nd place, so it was definitely worth it. (I secretly wanted a trophey so bad!!!)
It just costed me gas, food, and a turbo oil seal.


I was really surprised that there were so many FDs there.
Although they didn't race.
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Darren in the DSM is a nice guy but gay for racing a full out drag car in a street class. Seems IFO's new rules only support him more. That car needs to be in the correct class. Congrats to you guys..
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Thanks Mike.
I thought that DSM belonged in the outlaw class, but I'm just a hater.
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Vid of my best pass from the outside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDJuXtIO7Us


Some pics

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so what did the conquest and eclipse run?
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looking good Zinx.. I saw another video of that s2000 run a 10.2 @ 140mph!
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Originally Posted by jamespond24
so what did the conquest and eclipse run?
I saw the white eclipse run a 9.80. He ran a 9.9 against me in the finals. The conquest was running consistent 10.3s. He got knocked out by my friend with the s2k.


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looking good Zinx.. I saw another video of that s2000 run a 10.2 @ 140mph!
Its a bad *** car. He backed it up too.
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[QUOTE=zinx;9468477]I saw the white eclipse run a 9.80. He ran a 9.9 against me in the finals. The conquest was running consistent 10.3s. He got knocked out by my friend with the s2k.


He ran a 9.47 in KCIR and 9.7 in Houston. IFO is coming to KCIR this weekend, will update results.
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Cool racing there Zinx, enjoyed watching those Vids
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Originally Posted by blitzboy
Cool racing there Zinx, enjoyed watching those Vids
Thanks! Racing in competition is so much more fun than just going out for test and tune.
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IFO in KCIR, the eclipse ran a 9.50 and lost to Nelson's rx3 which run 9.29. The blue rx2 broke his tranny on the 1st qualifying so let's hope we have a good turnout in Tulsa like we just did at KCIR.
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Nice run cograts. Looks and sounds like you had fun.


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