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04-06-06, 08:40 PM
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Here is the low down. The car ran 10psi or so the frst 3 races, and we turned it up to 12.7 the last one. They didn't believe us so after the race ended and were in our pit, they came over and asked to see the peak hold. I let them see, and their comment was something like...damn that **** is fast for 12lbs.
The hp numbers were made up, because I never gave them that stat for the show. I know at 14lbs it makes 426rwhp on a mustang dyno. We did a pull to 26psi, but the motor chipped a seal, and the computer didn't log the run so I don't know what it makes at 26psi. I rebuilt half the motor (yeah it's ghetto, but with like 5 days before the race, I didn't want to use new stuff and re-break in the motor so I used old parts. plus it was cheap
) and we just ran it lower to see what it would do. Matt had never driven the car down the 1/4 so his first run showed that. By the 4th race, I would say he was getting it down pretty good.
So in reality, yeah we were sandbagging...we had alot more in the car. We just didn't need it
The motor has my race port in it. Internals are stock, and all cryo treated. After the last run, the coolant temp was 295F, and the car wouldn't start because the fuel was so thin. After it cooled down, she fired right up and still starts just fine
The full race guys said during the show that if they won, they would drift it until it blew up, then shove an LS1 into her...she didn't like that. They lost before we begun...
The hp numbers were made up, because I never gave them that stat for the show. I know at 14lbs it makes 426rwhp on a mustang dyno. We did a pull to 26psi, but the motor chipped a seal, and the computer didn't log the run so I don't know what it makes at 26psi. I rebuilt half the motor (yeah it's ghetto, but with like 5 days before the race, I didn't want to use new stuff and re-break in the motor so I used old parts. plus it was cheap
) and we just ran it lower to see what it would do. Matt had never driven the car down the 1/4 so his first run showed that. By the 4th race, I would say he was getting it down pretty good.So in reality, yeah we were sandbagging...we had alot more in the car. We just didn't need it
The motor has my race port in it. Internals are stock, and all cryo treated. After the last run, the coolant temp was 295F, and the car wouldn't start because the fuel was so thin. After it cooled down, she fired right up and still starts just fine
The full race guys said during the show that if they won, they would drift it until it blew up, then shove an LS1 into her...she didn't like that. They lost before we begun...
04-06-06, 08:57 PM
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Ahhhh i see what you mean now by your spare parts comment haha.. You posted just before me. Well thanks for not letting us rotor heads down dude...
Do you remeber the time slip on that 4th run? We are all very curious..
Do you remeber the time slip on that 4th run? We are all very curious..
04-06-06, 09:06 PM
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They don't give times, but we timed it during the unedited dvd that we have, and it looks like it is a low 12 second pass...about 12.2-12.4 is what we all kinda agree to. that's at 12.7lbs too
04-07-06, 01:29 AM
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I am going to sell my drag car. Matt is selling his FC on ebay because he is going to build his FD. I plan to get an old school rotary, deuce or r100 and get crazy with it. Matts FD is going to be retardly fast
Funnt thing is that if they didn't fake the NOS, then I wouldn't have required so many lengths...they kinda screwed themselves. They could have gotten more room without the bottle, but then I would have just run more boost
Funnt thing is that if they didn't fake the NOS, then I wouldn't have required so many lengths...they kinda screwed themselves. They could have gotten more room without the bottle, but then I would have just run more boost
04-07-06, 09:59 AM
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didnt they say one of there lines were cut for boost thats y they werent getting there full boost, if im wrong please correct me, and may i say that fc is tight, i have all motor 90 gtu full drag and i couldnt wait to get home from work and wait till 630 am that morning to watch the rerun of the kick *** performance. and ould u havea 3rd gen manifold for sale by chance im in Canyon lake over by lake elsinore 
keep up the great work
keep up the great work
04-07-06, 01:01 PM
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Gotta love that 89 t2! It had a awesome last run, off the line it took like a split second to hookup the tires then bam.......Its gone. mad props to the fc team showing them how its done!
Honduh! 
nice white fc..wish my white fc was that nice lookin haha.
04-09-06, 04:59 PM
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Yeah the Honda-Tech guys are amazing. They think the FC is a 14 second car. They had an actual drag car driver. Matt is no such thing, and neither am I. He had practice in his car, we didn't. I think Matt did pretty good getting used to the car and track in 4 passes haha. The **** they say is amazing. The reruns start Tuesday, and will replay alot over the next few months.
After the 2nd race, and we saw them run supposedly with and without nitrous, the car did the same thing. Whatever...the end result still remains...we won and they didn't... We are getting a new bender and notcher for the shop with some of the cash off their car to replace our old stuff
After the 2nd race, and we saw them run supposedly with and without nitrous, the car did the same thing. Whatever...the end result still remains...we won and they didn't...
We are getting a new bender and notcher for the shop with some of the cash off their car to replace our old stuff
04-09-06, 05:00 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT
Forgot to let you guys know the link to the FC on ebay if anyone is interested.
Forgot to let you guys know the link to the FC on ebay if anyone is interested.
04-09-06, 05:08 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT
Forgot to let you guys know the link to the FC on ebay if anyone is interested.
Forgot to let you guys know the link to the FC on ebay if anyone is interested.
04-12-06, 02:29 PM
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Woah, they're also selling their Silver Bullit 13B-RE FC.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-RX-7-Speed-Machine-Silver-Bullet-13B-RE-FC3S_W0QQitemZ4630546150QQcategoryZ6327QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-RX-7-Speed-Machine-Silver-Bullet-13B-RE-FC3S_W0QQitemZ4630546150QQcategoryZ6327QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
