GoodfellaFD3S

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.......besides a skilled drag racer

relevant stuff:

tanabe coilovers
gotham short shifter
Spec sprung 6 puck disc with lightened pressure plate
cryoed PPF
cryoed TII diff
4.3 gears
RP solid diff bushings
RE toe links and trailing arms
MT ET streets in 26x10.5x16 on stock rear wheels.

my axles are stock, and the 300M axles aren't in the budget right now. Anything I'm missing?

LUPE

Flywheel scatter shield.
Driveshaft Loop.
Aftermarket axles.
3 inch studs.
Roll bar.
Battery kill switch.
If you've moved your battery it needs to be in a legally sealed box.
Firejacket
Helmet Snell 2000 and above

You need all of this just to run 11.99-11.00 if you want to be legal.....

gnx7

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The new times are 11.49 and slower need a rollbar since 2005.

Your stock axles should hold up... they eventually fail under hard launches and lots of power.

Jodeny (username) sells them for something like $530 for the 300M units.

LUPE

You're right about the roll bar. He still needs everything else to pass tech.

Swolbynos

if you are doing an event. for test and tune sessions, most strips dont really check anything. not Tulsa or Thunder Valley anyways

GoodfellaFD3S

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Yeah, I should have said up front I mainly want to get some timeslips, the main reason I would want to compete is to get my mazdacomp membership.

Of course, out in OK people driving around without insurance is commonplace, so I'm not surprised they are lax out at the strip. It was the same way in TX back when I was stationed at Fort Hood for five years. Here in the northeast I'll bet the rules and regulations are more stringent.

AnthonyNYC

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In NJ englishtown is very very strict, even for time trials. If you run in the mid 11s, you will need to get a rollbar. They will give you a few chances and then ban you. After a few 11sec passes, they will ask you to come up to the tower for your timeslip before they ban you.

The easiest way to get your mazdacomp membership is to go to an NHRA sanctioned event. You are lucky since the next one is in May, I sent you the link in another post in the NE forum.

You go to the event and simply run on Saturday for qualifying. NHRA then posts the times and your name and car on their website. All you need to do from there is send mazdacomp that link and you are all set, that is how I became a member.

Here is an example of the link I sent them, I ran a 12.1 that day.

http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2005...alifying1order

Anthony

AnthonyNYC

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Where did you get your scatter shield for your FD from?

How much was it?

Thanks,

Anthony

LUPE

It just depends where you live, unfortunately my local track treats every test and tune night like it was a pro modified nhra event. And they wonder why people street race!!!!

LUPE

I had my buddy Ron make me one in return for some lunch

Any fab shop can make you one....... I don't think anyone sells them pre-built for the fd.

GoodfellaFD3S

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thanks for the help anthony, I really appreciate it

If you see my FD at englishtown please come up and say hello!

Bacon

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For everone else wondering....


http://www.theracingstore.com/drv_scatter_shields.html

http://www.paradiseracing.com/browell.htm

Len

pluto

ET Streets??? You better have three hands to drive that car!!! two for the steering wheel and one for shifting! :-)

If I were you, I would switch to drag radials. I personally don't think you're ready for ET streets. but what do I know?? like last time I told you not to drive aggressive in a solo driving school and you ended up in the ditch. :-P

LUPE

GoodfellaFD3S

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not true! there are no ditches in the runoff area of that course . Hell, at least I had a running car there

ErnieT

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Rich,
You may want to give Ray Wilson a call about your scattershield. He's in the process of making mine right now. Im sure it wouldn't be a problem to make two.
As for what else you need......A BIG hairdryer would surely help!

matty

so rich, did you decide to go to the spring nationals? i cant wait to see your car run.

In response to the questions in this thread, i say run the times then worry about what parts u need to upgrade in order to be "legal".

GoodfellaFD3S

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I'm going to try and make it. I am trying to decide if I want to run on slicks, DRs, or street tires.....

lane_change

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A friend of mine only lost .05 seconds switching from ET streets to MT Drag Radials....I have ET Streets on stockers as well, but will be switching over to the MT DR's just to keep the car more civil and streetable for the trip back home. Plus you can say you ran X amount of time on radials which just sounds better to me, kind of like having a pump gas car compared to a race fuel only car.

AnthonyNYC

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I have a set of the MT Drag Radial for sale. I used them 2 or 3 times. I would rather a trade for a set of ET Streets of equal wear if anyone is interested.

Thanks,

Anthony

AnthonyNYC

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Len,

thanks for the PM and the info but still no scatter shield.

Paradise - I left a few messages but no call back yet.

Racingstore - they were very nice on the phone but their guy that made them, no longer does and they cannot get anyone to make it the way they want.

Mothers in Lodi is supposed to have one in there for me tomorrow so we'll see what happens.

Thanks!

Anthony

GoodfellaFD3S

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Didnt you post that you found you're breaking more components with the DRs vs the ET streets (and that's why you're making the switch)?

LUPE

I already tried those two links a few months back with no luck. Paradise never got back with me after numerous calls and the other place doesn't make them anymore. Same as you........

DamonB

Get some pedal extenders to be certain you're depressing the gas pedal fully to the floor

matty

i say u go with ET streets. From what i ahve read 1)you get better 60 times with them and 2) they are easier on the rear. sounds like a no brainer to me.

Anyways....right now who cares about et.....lets see some trap speed.