Ultimate street car update

fluffy · Sep 30, 2003

661 rwhp , 586 ft/lbs of torque. And we reved it to 8700 rpm. 2.6 liters. 254 hp per liter.

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This one always cracks me up, though I normally hear it from 14 and 15 year olds. "I make less power, but it's mAd tyTe JDM powar y0!! HP/L for LyFe!!" Sorry your car broke. Next year maybe the owner should drive it himself, so he can at least have the satisfaction of being there when it happens.

King GTS · Sep 30, 2003

The Skyline blew up . Glad all you guys liked that. When you push cars , you break them. And we broke ours. We arent a "professional shop" . The guys working on the car are just hobbyists.

Maybe you would be interested to find out it ran a 1:20.75 blowing up...

The Viper ran a 1:24 around the road course. The only thing slower than the Viper around the road course was a Supra on 20 inch wheels . The Viper got owned by a 440 wheel horsepower Supra , Owned by a drag prepped Eclipse GSX by 8 seconds , Owned by 325 whp Supercharged 350Z. Owned by the Ultima.

Yes we blew up . We sucked air into the oil pickup and spun #2 bearing , which took out #1 rod , and they both went looking for better places in the outside world.

661 rwhp , 586 ft/lbs of torque. And we reved it to 8700 rpm. 2.6 liters. 254 hp per liter . Make 2032 rwhp and I will be impressed by the Viper.

The Viper made 820 whp. The 850 whp run did not count. There were 2 pulls allowed and that was the 3rd pull. He claimed 890 and it made 850. The number is impressive. The engine is not.

The Viper did well on the Skidpad 1.09 . Good number. Skyline was better than last year but still only 1.06 .

Quarter Mile. What a joke......820 whp and it was slower than Mumford last year. 12.4 and 12.5 . Glad it ran " 150 mph" , but in drag racing - its ET that counts. Of course the Skyline was blown up by then , so I guess I cant say much.

Braking . The Viper pulled 149 feet . The 350Z pulled 103 feet. But the Skyline was broken so we got a 0 there.

I look at that Viper as a joke. When the DVD and magazine come out. All you congratulating the Viper will see how it really was. I think he finished 5th overall.

Yes we blew up , but we went down in a blaze... we were in the lead by a long way

You posted this on the wrong site buddy. PM me and I'll let you know where you can get the proper welcome.

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Torquemonster · Sep 30, 2003

The Skyline blew up . Glad all you guys liked that. When you push cars , you break them.

I look at that Viper as a joke. When the DVD and magazine come out. All you congratulating the Viper will see how it really was. I think he finished 5th overall.

Yes we blew up , but we went down in a blaze... we were in the lead by a long way

Hey mate - I've owned Skylines and driven 100,000's of miles in them. I've been around ones that run 8's. I know what it takes and how reliable they are when you go that fast - and how much you need to spend to make them hold together - enough to buy a house.

If Nick and you didn't make fun of the Viper and were good sports we'd all commiserate with you - but the fact is you've come on here and tried to make the Viper look stupid.

So here's the deal.

Why don't you and Nick stop polishing each others crotch turkey long enough to actually get that Skyline running properly - and then go run Paolo over a standing mile or a roll on from 50mph onto infinity. From a standstill means nothing with 1000hp on a road surface. I'm sure Paolo would be happy to see you. I'm also sure you won't be laughing at the Viper afterwards.

As for the road course - if you read Paolo's account you'll see the engine was running hot - and unklike the Skyline - he didn't want to spread its load all over the track so didn't push it. The time wasn't indicative of what the car could do and you know it.

Mike Brunton · Oct 1, 2003

The Skyline blew up . Glad all you guys liked that. When you push cars , you break them. And we broke ours. We arent a "professional shop" . The guys working on the car are just hobbyists.

Maybe you would be interested to find out it ran a 1:20.75 blowing up...

The Viper ran a 1:24 around the road course. The only thing slower than the Viper around the road course was a Supra on 20 inch wheels . The Viper got owned by a 440 wheel horsepower Supra , Owned by a drag prepped Eclipse GSX by 8 seconds , Owned by 325 whp Supercharged 350Z. Owned by the Ultima.

Yes we blew up . We sucked air into the oil pickup and spun #2 bearing , which took out #1 rod , and they both went looking for better places in the outside world.

661 rwhp , 586 ft/lbs of torque. And we reved it to 8700 rpm. 2.6 liters. 254 hp per liter . Make 2032 rwhp and I will be impressed by the Viper.

The Viper made 820 whp. The 850 whp run did not count. There were 2 pulls allowed and that was the 3rd pull. He claimed 890 and it made 850. The number is impressive. The engine is not.

The Viper did well on the Skidpad 1.09 . Good number. Skyline was better than last year but still only 1.06 .

Quarter Mile. What a joke......820 whp and it was slower than Mumford last year. 12.4 and 12.5 . Glad it ran " 150 mph" , but in drag racing - its ET that counts. Of course the Skyline was blown up by then , so I guess I cant say much.

Braking . The Viper pulled 149 feet . The 350Z pulled 103 feet. But the Skyline was broken so we got a 0 there.

I look at that Viper as a joke. When the DVD and magazine come out. All you congratulating the Viper will see how it really was. I think he finished 5th overall.

Yes we blew up , but we went down in a blaze... we were in the lead by a long way

I haven't heard this much whining since I was in kindergarten. But kudos - you managed to squeeze in ALL the common "ricer excuses" such as "My car was broken but it WOULDA been faster I'm sure!" and "Yeah but how much HP/L did you make?".

They say in racing, to finish first, first you must finish. I'll tell you what is less impressive than Paolo's "measly" >800RWHP, and that is a car that is totally useless because it explodes when you try to run it. 900HP scattered over the road is not as nice as 300hp in a car that runs. Paolos car runs.

As for the track times, the thing is, Paolo ball'ed up and drove his own car. Why didn't you drive yours? I don't think anyone would disagree that it's much more pathetic to talk up your car (that exploded) when you weren't even the one driving it. If you drive your own car, then you earn respect. If you don't drive your own car, then only the car earns respect, not the owner. When the car explodes, then the car doesn't get any respect, and the owner who didn't drive it doesn't get any respect. So you lose on both counts buddy.

Keep telling yourself that you woulda, coulda, shoulda won, but the reality is Paolo drove his car himself, he paid for it himself, he works on it himself, and he isn't some rich SOB that pays the bills and gets someone else to drive. Mumford, as far as I know, is probably the best and most accomplished driver who ever set foot in a Viper. If he had driven, doubtless the Viper would be #1. Paolo knows that too... and he rose to the occasion and put himself in the spotlight knowing he was up against pros. The man earned buckets of respect for doing that.

Maybe next year your skyline will be able to finish. Maybe next year you will drive it yourself? We all hear about the unbeatable, super-powerful skylines. 254hp/L is great. I could put nitroglycerine in my motor and set it off - probably make a few hundred thousand HP for about 1/100th of a second. Anyone can crank boost in and get the big number, but it's not impressive until you know the motor can handle it. Having the skyline blow up is just like the dipshits who crank the boost on their stock turbo cars, talk about how FAAAST they are, then blow up.

Repeat after me... to finish first, first you must finish. Go pick up the parts from the track, toss them back into the motor, and spend some time pondering what you really accomplished. maybe next year you'll have the sack to drive your own car, and the skill to make it hold together (or at least the bankroll to pay someone else who knows their stuff and can keep it together), because so far you've failed miserably in building a motor, and failed miserably in showing what YOUR car can do.

See ya next year!

Paolo Castellano · Oct 1, 2003

The Skyline blew up . Glad all you guys liked that. When you push cars , you break them. And we broke ours. We arent a "professional shop" . The guys working on the car are just hobbyists.

==>Tyndago, just to let you know, this is the one and only response you will ever get from me for this particular thread.

==>Tyndago, it is obvious you are not a professional shop. Maybe Nick should get a real professional shop and driver to not blow up his car.....

Maybe you would be interested to find out it ran a 1:20.75 blowing up...

==> Tyndago, since you blew up, we are not interested in the slightest. It really does not matter how fast you ran, it does not count.

The Viper ran a 1:24 around the road course. The only thing slower than the Viper around the road course was a Supra on 20 inch wheels . The Viper got owned by a 440 wheel horsepower Supra , Owned by a drag prepped Eclipse GSX by 8 seconds , Owned by 325 whp Supercharged 350Z. Owned by the Ultima.

==> Tyndago, read my post about the road course. Tell Nick to be a man and drive his own car before you have to post for him in addition to driving/blowing up his car!

Yes we blew up . We sucked air into the oil pickup and spun #2 bearing , which took out #1 rod , and they both went looking for better places in the outside world.

==> Tyndago, we really do not care what happened... All of Nick's trash talking over the winter was not backed up by his car or his personal effort behind the wheel.

661 rwhp , 586 ft/lbs of torque. And we reved it to 8700 rpm. 2.6 liters. 254 hp per liter . Make 2032 rwhp and I will be impressed by the Viper.

==> Tyndago, Gee...... I guess I have my work cut out for me to impress..... YOU...... How will I ever manage???

The Viper made 820 whp. The 850 whp run did not count. There were 2 pulls allowed and that was the 3rd pull. He claimed 890 and it made 850. The number is impressive. The engine is not.

==>Tyndago, whether the 850 RWHP # counted or not for the test, it does not change the fact I made 850 RWHP through the factory cats on the K&N dyno.

-I never claimed 890. I did however make 887.7 RWHP without cats. I had no idea what it would make with the cats on.

-You can say the engine is not impressive, but you are just jealous. Period.

-You and Nick are just spoiled children who have a lot to learn as far as I am concerned.

The Viper did well on the Skidpad 1.09 . Good number. Skyline was better than last year but still only 1.06 .

==> Tyndago, the Viper pulled 1.097, almost 1.1. Nobody here cares what Nick's Skyline pulled.

Quarter Mile. What a joke......820 whp and it was slower than Mumford last year. 12.4 and 12.5 . Glad it ran " 150 mph" , but in drag racing - its ET that counts. Of course the Skyline was blown up by then , so I guess I cant say much.

==> Tyndago, the only joke here is Nick's Skyline blowing up with you at the wheel and Nick watching you do it.

-P.S. I had the cats off for the 2nd day. For the 1/4, the car was making well over 880 RWHP with the filters in.

-Hey, did you know the fastest AWD car ran only 4.8 0-60? I ran a 5.0==> not bad for a 1,000+ HP rear wheel drive supercar eh?

-Do you really think that any car there could touch me after the 0-60? Come on, use your head boy!

Braking . The Viper pulled 149 feet . The 350Z pulled 103 feet. But the Skyline was broken so we got a 0 there.

==> Tyndago, I actually pulled 144 ft. which is still pretty bad. I have no ABS, I will do better next time.

-I am still light years ahead of Nick as I have actually driven my car for the test.

"But the Skyline was broken so we got a 0 there."==> Good point there!

I look at that Viper as a joke.

==> Tyndago, I am sorry to hear that. You and Nick must be the only ones.

-If the Viper is such a joke, how come it was the only car that had a camera mounted on the outside for the 1/4 mile and the Gross Display of HP??? Is someone jealous here?

-Also, I do not remember any other cars having a video camera mounted inside the car for the roadcourse?

-Do you have an in car video of you blowing up Nick's car?

When the DVD and magazine come out. All you congratulating the Viper will see how it really was. I think he finished 5th overall.

==> Tyndago, you really have no clue, do you? We all know the Viper finished 5th place. If it gets in next year it will do much better.

-The bottom line here is Nick hired someone else to drive his car and it blew up.

GAME OVER.

-I will race Nick anywhere, anytime, any kind of race, when and if he gets his car back together.

-Since you guys are not professionals, I suggest you get someone of Jason Heffner's caliber to do it right so you can hold together.

Yes we blew up , but we went down in a blaze... we were in the lead by a long way

==>"we were in the lead by a long way" If that is what you need to believe to complete yourself, then go for it!

Woulda coulda shoulda, do you actually believe your own B.S.? I was in 3rd place at the beginning of the 2nd day where the Viper had the overwhelming advantage over the field in the HP/acceleration department. 1.097 g's, 1,000+ HP, phenomenal brakes(I challenge Nicky boy to a threshold braking contest from 190 MPH to Zero==> I will win hands down if the Skyline can even get going that fast...Where do you ever use 60-0???? And where would you ever pick a dusty, sandy, uneven surface to do such an unrealistic test?)

P.S. How did the Skyline score less overall points to the thirsty 8-liter blown Viper in the gas mileage test when you guys even got 10 bonus points for running 91 octane? Could it be the driver? Who drove, you or Nick?

Miles B · Oct 1, 2003

Haha when my buddies and I go to the track, and we see some hack in a ricer drop his engine out the bottom of his car, we have a name for it, and it's not a very nice one. Especially for something as stupid as lateral loading causing air suckin in a car designed for road course work.

But then to hear that not only did they drop the engine, but the guy got a ringer in to drive it and it dropped its guts... oh man... and in a magazine shoot. That's too rich.

And yes, I drive a Japanese car myself. It'd be one thing if you got 1200hp out of the Skyline like it's capable of (for 8.5 seconds at a time).. but only 600.. around here that's a "mild tune up". Better luck next time, and for the love of God, get that car looking a bit better. Ugliest Skyline I ever saw.

Paolo Castellano · Oct 1, 2003

Haha when my buddies and I go to the track, and we see some hack in a ricer drop his engine out the bottom of his car, we have a name for it, and it's not a very nice one. Especially for something as stupid as lateral loading causing air suckin in a car designed for road course work.

But then to hear that not only did they drop the engine, but the guy got a ringer in to drive it and it dropped its guts... oh man... and in a magazine shoot. That's too rich.

And yes, I drive a Japanese car myself. It'd be one thing if you got 1200hp out of the Skyline like it's capable of (for 8.5 seconds at a time).. but only 600.. around here that's a "mild tune up". Better luck next time, and for the love of God, get that car looking a bit better. Ugliest Skyline I ever saw.

Miles, you are a funny man!

You sound like you are very familiar with the Skylines.

The owner of the Skyline, Nick, and myself have been going round and round since last winter about which is a better car.

The VERY FIRST thing Nick said to me was, " Too bad those(Vipers) do not hook up....." This is not a very good way to make a friend if you know what I mean.

I was excited about the bad ass Viper I was building and he told me to shut up until the car was built and I made the power I was thinking I was going to make.

I have many import car friends. Cars are cars, mutual respect is the key to everybody getting along.

You can see how Nick not only had Sean drive but also has him do hid trash talking as well.

Well I made the power I was hoping for..... 900 RWHP( I made 887.8 Corrected and 912 actual......==> Pretty friggin close if you ask me!)

I will race Nick any time, any place. Period!

onerareviper · Oct 1, 2003

This is pretty funny, and not to change the subject, but I actually like the looks of the 350Z. To anyone in the know, what performance mods were performed on this car? Was it utilizing the Twin Screw blower? Anyone have the performance stats?

Thanks in advance....

Paolo Castellano · Oct 1, 2003

This is pretty funny, and not to change the subject, but I actually like the looks of the 350Z. To anyone in the know, what performance mods were performed on this car? Was it utilizing the Twin Screw blower? Anyone have the performance stats?

Thanks in advance....

One rare, it had a centrifugal blower. It made somewhere around 300 RWHP.

Miles B · Oct 1, 2003

I just don't get trash talking like that, PC. Who gives a damn what the badge on the hood says.. the fact is, two guys have both spent heaps of time, love, hard earned $ and lost some hair stressing over their cars. These 2 guys are pretty much the same guy, right?

But because one has a different badge on his car, he hates the other. I don't get it. To me, car guys are car guys, and if you show up with a badass ride, act like a human instead of a playground child, and lay down some good results, you the man. Even if it's in my least favourite car in the world (Holden Commodore - the new Pontiac GTO), if it's obvious you know your stuff, and you've put in the hours, I'm happy to give the guy credit for his achievements. Mr Commodore has 99% in common with me, so why would I hate him, if he's a decent guy?

The Skyline is a good car, especially the later R34! But to me.. the Supra engine will always be the better of the two. Awesome AWD in that Skyline though. The 3L stroker kits for the RB26 actually make it the same geometry as the 2JZ.. I guess the makers agree with me

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about brand rivalry. Finding out who made the best choice of donor car for the desired application is perfectly OK. But people actually get angry about it? Not my scene. It's like racism. I travel to new countries all the time, and I tell ya what? People everywhere ARE the same animal. Yet we sit in our own country and hate the guy next door... I'm telling ya, for no real reason. He's the same poor SOB with the same problems/hopes/fears as you and me, just under a different flag. What do you expect, he's got the same genetics! Seems people just can't get along.

Anyway Paolo, as I said earlier, it's good to see you come full circle.. from 18 months ago researching SC/turbo/tuner, to now being in a topshelf magazine comp! Inspiring for me, to get the rest of the $90k together and get over there and get my car.

Juanmotime · Oct 1, 2003

Nick have a car blow up? No Way! This is the same guy that ran the Car and Driver One Lap with his buddy Emmanuel Crouvisier, and blew up his Skyline. Then Flew back to Chicago picked up his S2000 met back up with the fellow One Lappers, then proceeded to blow up that car, and finished either with a borrowed or rentred car. Sweeet!

That takes a special kind of guy to blow up 2 cars in 1 event ;-) The number one rule in racing is...

In order to finish first, you must first finish!

Dyno queens and big HP numbers are all cool, but if it's a time bomb, it does you no good. Paolo was smart enough to see his coolant temps going up and babied the road course. He to could have gone down in a $10,000 blaze of glory, but then he couldn't run his car again this weekend. It still runs, and most likely makes more power at 2500 RPM's than that Skyline will ever make. But he also drove his own car. PMUM offered, Dave Blankenbaker would have driven it, but that just wouldn't be right. If you can't drive your own car get rid of it or start a race team, but don't call it a street car. Car and Driver uses one driver in their comparisons to even out the results and make it based on Car, NOT driver. A good driver in a Z06 could have run as fast as many of those cars, STOCK. Bottom line to even the playing field alll the cars should be driven by experts in all performance driving events. This gives little Billy with $50K into an S2000, as much chance as a Millionaire who can afford to get in every year.

The event is "Ultimate Street Car" which should reflect the car. Not "Ultimate Street Car- With Crew and Driver for special events"

There is an easy fix to make Paolo's car faster and cooler at the track. Like a 6-8 psi pulley. Plenty of power and less heat, plus the possibility of controlling it. 850-900 HP is too much without wings and full slicks. 650 HP should be just fine, and it'll run all day at that HP and not blow a rod through the block like other cars at this HP. Paolo also need a bit of track time if he wants to compete with the weekend warriors. This isn't rolling up through the gears from 100-200MPH, this takes dedication to be fast, not just HP.

Nick should have learned more by now, with all the other blown motors he has had he should know something's just not right. Might I suggest an oil change once in a while!

Gerald · Oct 1, 2003

How can someone talk so much trash when their car blew up? That's got to be the funniest thing I've ever heard. That's like blowing your load before she even gets her clothes off. How can you even talk crap? hahahah, car blows up at the meet and he still talks trash. Am I missing something?

Gerald

dblankenbaker · Oct 1, 2003

There is an easy fix to make Paolo's car faster and cooler at the track. Like a 6-8 psi pulley. Plenty of power and less heat, plus the possibility of controlling it.

You know what... that was the plan. But at 1:30am Friday after pulling the cats, we had to make the choice of changing the pulley or sleep. Next year we will know to take more guys to work on the car. I'm still not caught up on sleep.

BTW, I did pack a helmet/suit/underwear/shoes "just in case". Paolo fell out of my trailer backwards onto armco (don't ask) Wednesday night and sprained his ankle bad. It swelled to double-size and bothered him the rest of the trip but nobody knew about it. The only problem I had with Paolo was that he wanted to do everything himself. Even after the sprain, I couldn't get him to take it easy and rely on me to work on his car. Keith, your job next year is to keep Paolo resting in a chair while the rest of us take care of the car.

Miles B · Oct 1, 2003

Juan, you make a good point. Take a stock Gen1 or Vette, and treat it to a few items purely for looks. For performance, ONLY add super sticky tyres and some good brakes. This car, with a top notch driver, could take out or be at least close to the top in nearly every category.

Price: close to a win
Grandma: win (it's stock!)
Mileage: win
Braking: in the top few
Photoshoot: compared to most of those cars? in the top few
Roadcourse: win (good driver)
Quarter: in the top few
Braking: in the top few
HP: in the top few
Gross display: win (good driver)
Lateral G: win

Now if the same driver drove every car, it wouldn't win.

WHAT A JOKE.

Jason Heffner · Oct 1, 2003

The fact is that when Paolo brought his car to our shop he asked us to do one thing....make it FAST! I would say that we accomplished this goal quite well. You little ricer guys can try to make yourselves feel better by coming up with whatever excuses you want but when it comes down to who's got the baddest thing on the road, out of those 10 cars Paolo has it hands down. Paolo will be the first one to tell you that he could care less about drag racing. It is understandably difficult for you to understand how hard it is to launch a car that powerful on radials being that you have twice as many wheels driving the car and about half as much power. Let me ask you, which one of those cars tested do you think would like to go against Paolos car from a 100 mph roll or a standing mile? Right, none. It seems to me that instead of posting on this message board you should be busy reading a service manual to figure out how to properly build your engine next time.I can only imagine how upsetting it must be to spend all the money that you did and wake up only to realize that you are still driving a Nissan but hey everybody makes mistakes.

GARY J · Oct 1, 2003

"I can only imagine how upsetting it must be to spend all the money that you did and wake up only to realize that you are still driving a Nissan but hey everybody makes mistakes."

tyn,
In case you missed it that means "you ain't [******], yo!" So now why don't you just get the F*CK out of here!!

Paolo Castellano · Oct 2, 2003

There is an easy fix to make Paolo's car faster and cooler at the track. Like a 6-8 psi pulley. Plenty of power and less heat, plus the possibility of controlling it.

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You know what... that was the plan. But at 1:30am Friday after pulling the cats, we had to make the choice of changing the pulley or sleep. Next year we will know to take more guys to work on the car. I'm still not caught up on sleep.

BTW, I did pack a helmet/suit/underwear/shoes "just in case". Paolo fell out of my trailer backwards onto armco (don't ask) Wednesday night and sprained his ankle bad. It swelled to double-size and bothered him the rest of the trip but nobody knew about it. The only problem I had with Paolo was that he wanted to do everything himself. Even after the sprain, I couldn't get him to take it easy and rely on me to work on his car. Keith, your job next year is to keep Paolo resting in a chair while the rest of us take care of the car.

Hey Dave, I think Keith is the only guy I can think of who might be able to make me sit down and do what he says! He is one bad ****! I would hate to piss him off!

Paolo Castellano · Oct 2, 2003

I haven't heard this much whining since I was in kindergarten. But kudos - you managed to squeeze in ALL the common "ricer excuses" such as "My car was broken but it WOULDA been faster I'm sure!" and "Yeah but how much HP/L did you make?".

They say in racing, to finish first, first you must finish. I'll tell you what is less impressive than Paolo's "measly" >800RWHP, and that is a car that is totally useless because it explodes when you try to run it. 900HP scattered over the road is not as nice as 300hp in a car that runs. Paolos car runs.

As for the track times, the thing is, Paolo ball'ed up and drove his own car. Why didn't you drive yours? I don't think anyone would disagree that it's much more pathetic to talk up your car (that exploded) when you weren't even the one driving it. If you drive your own car, then you earn respect. If you don't drive your own car, then only the car earns respect, not the owner. When the car explodes, then the car doesn't get any respect, and the owner who didn't drive it doesn't get any respect. So you lose on both counts buddy.

Keep telling yourself that you woulda, coulda, shoulda won, but the reality is Paolo drove his car himself, he paid for it himself, he works on it himself, and he isn't some rich SOB that pays the bills and gets someone else to drive. Mumford, as far as I know, is probably the best and most accomplished driver who ever set foot in a Viper. If he had driven, doubtless the Viper would be #1. Paolo knows that too... and he rose to the occasion and put himself in the spotlight knowing he was up against pros. The man earned buckets of respect for doing that.

Maybe next year your skyline will be able to finish. Maybe next year you will drive it yourself? We all hear about the unbeatable, super-powerful skylines. 254hp/L is great. I could put nitroglycerine in my motor and set it off - probably make a few hundred thousand HP for about 1/100th of a second. Anyone can crank boost in and get the big number, but it's not impressive until you know the motor can handle it. Having the skyline blow up is just like the dipshits who crank the boost on their stock turbo cars, talk about how FAAAST they are, then blow up.

Repeat after me... to finish first, first you must finish. Go pick up the parts from the track, toss them back into the motor, and spend some time pondering what you really accomplished. maybe next year you'll have the sack to drive your own car, and the skill to make it hold together (or at least the bankroll to pay someone else who knows their stuff and can keep it together), because so far you've failed miserably in building a motor, and failed miserably in showing what YOUR car can do.

See ya next year!

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Mike, I must have missed this post when you did it. Thanks for the kind words and I will definitely do some roadcourse training between now and next year's contest. Hopefully, I will get in...... Take care and I can't wait for your new Hightekspeed products coming out soon!

Juanmotime · Oct 2, 2003

I remembered another funny think about Nick and his Skyline. While he was shaking it down at Gingerman a few years ago, right before it died during One Lap he was telling a story about how well it was built. I think he was saying he had the motor built off in Japan/California or something because no one here in the area could or would build it to the high standards he expected. He said his tolerances were too precise for our guys in this area. That was 2 blown engines ago. Hmmm.

I had the experts at Auto Machine in St. Charles, IL do my shortblock and Tom Andresen in Huntley, IL do the head on my car and have had NO problems knocking out 180 HP/Liter from my car. That's on 93 Octane with great power from 3700-7000 RPM's. Could it make more, yes. Will it stay together, maybe. Do I need more, maybe. I just respect the limits of the engine, and stay within them.

Nick, try for 450-500 HP and keep the car together, if you feel you need more power than that, might I suggest a Viper with a Supercharger. They've been known to make 800-900 HP, and stay togetehr. If you're realy nice Jason can build one for you too.

I met 3 Porsche guys Paolo had "Convinced" to buy Vipers by Spanking them with his dads stock GTS against both 996 and 993 Porsches. One sold his 996 with X50 and Bought a GTS, the other kept his 993 and bought a GTS and the 3rd was going to buy a Porsche and bought a GTS instead. The one with his 993 finds himself driving his Viper more than the 993. The bottom line is it's a helluva car to begin with and takes to mods like a ricer to a sushi bar.

It IS the best bang for the buck you can get today, I never cared much for them... until I drove one. Try it, you might just like it.

The Joker · Oct 2, 2003

"Nick should have learned more by now, with all the other blown motors he has had he should know something's just not right. Might I suggest an oil change once in a while!"

Career change? Apparently he can't build and race cars????

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