MrWOT

Congrats!

So you make about 267ft/lbs, I take it you're not done tuning then? I would have figured higher for the t67 Heck, I make almost 279ft/lbs on the stock supra CT-26 at 17psi/4200rpm (supra has a larger exhaust housing then the stock celica one). 9.0:1 I'm guessing, and is that with stock cams? (sorry just curious, trying to gather data for comparison )

Does she like cars and is unopposed to spending money on them to go faster?

That's wheel horsepower, in an awd car and it hits full boost at about 3200rpm but the secondary butterflys only open at about 4000, going to change that soon though.

Well if you can deal with a 2000rpm powerband then go for it, but I've been driving around my ST165 for a few monthes now, it's got a 3S-GTE (2.0L turbo), and it's annoying as hell to drive around normally because of the 8.0:1 compression needed to run high boost and it only reaches real power from about 4000-6000rpm, but when it hits 4k, better hold the hell on . That being said, my previous car was an 86 SVO (2.3L SOHC turbo) and while the 3S makes more peak power (260hp currently vs. 2.3L 220hp) the 2.3 was much more enjoyable in the long run (around town and freeway) thanks to the wider powerband. It would reach full boost (18psi) at about 2800rpm (50trim t3 with a .63ar turbine housing), and would power all the way to redline at 6000rpm. It's kind nice to be driving along in 5th, get to a steep hill, and not have to downshift But yeah, the 3S gets along just fine as long as I keep the revs about 3500.

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http://www.liquidmetal.com/news/dsp.news.04x204.asp http://www.liquidmetal.com/news/dsp.news.08x104.asp http://www.liquidmetal.com/news/dsp.news.08x104.asp Glassy metals, interesting stuff, stronger AND lighter then current production metals (steel, Al, etc) and can be injection molded AND machined. I see pistons and connectings rods and even crankshafts in the future, though I imagine in racing first of all and will then trickle down to us common folk. Ti variants have been shown to be excellent in high temp (1800+ degree) high stress environments with extremely little wear, Al varient body panels and floorboards would be a plus too Stronger then stock panels, incredibly corrosion resistant, and light as plastic. An all around plus if you ask me.

Think that's scary? Look up the specs on OBD 4 (or is it 5?). It requires you're car to have a built in transceiver that can be used to remotely pilot and shutdown the vehicle Ostensibly so police can stop high speed chases, but still, how long until someone figured out the encryption on it and was capable of controlling your car with you in it I believe the spec goes into effect on all vehicles after like 2011? Not sure on the date though... Some vehicles already have it too, I'll try and find a list, but I know some Lexus models have it, I learned about it when my auto teacher showed me a few months ago, was surprised to say the very least... There are also vehicles that have automatic reporting of abnormal status, as in, if the mass air meter consistantly reads an out of spec airflow (like if you changed cams) it will contact the manufacturer and report it, including your VIN, to check to see if it should trigger a CEL. Wonder how long it would be before insurance companies start to request status records to see if you're modding your car Scary stuff if you ask me..

It's not that the SR has inadaquate torque, but that the KA-T has an overwhelming potential with proper mods. Yeah, the rod/stroke ratio isn't all that great for circuit use, but unless you operate continuously at high rpm, who gives a hoot? Large rod/stroke ratios are not good in a street motor, the larger the ratio the higher the peak pressure because of piston dwell at TDC, which leads to detonation problems at low-mid rpm under full boost, so consequently you have to use a larger A/R ratio in the turbine, further hampering low rpm performance. Competition engines love big ratios because they spend all their time at the top of their powerbands, but you can run more boost with shorter rods then you can with longer ones. Heck, I've seen people with 2.5L ford SOHC motors, running less then a 1.5:1 rod ratio pushing over 400whp under 6000rpm on pump 93, so I imagine with a bit invested in the motor (rods and headwork), a KA-T could reach that. If you've ever driven a lightweight car with more then 400whp you'd know that it's pretty much suicidal to want more then that on the street without serious mods to the chasis like a roll cage, underbrace, etc... If you're building a circuit car, by all means use the SR, it's lighter and much more stable with less invested at continuous high RPM. But for street duty, displacement is king.

Hey Aux, if you like oldschool try finding a game called 'Wasteland' , it's one of my personal favs 8) it's probly freeware by now... I used to play it on my apple III, yeah... I said apple III, had to have a special card just to play apple II software

I would go with the KA every time for a few reasons. 1st and foremost there is simply no replacement for displacement. It gives better drivability at equal hp levels and a MUCH wider torque band. 2nd, any mods you perform will give a greater power benefit due to said larger displacement. 3rd, I have no desire to have to rev an engine high to get big hp, that just shortens the life of the motor and stresses the piston pins and rods. 4th and last, the sr is just too damn common for my tastes The sr is a fine motor for what it is, however unless you're going to have your engine CONSTANTLY where it makes peak power at high rpm, the engine with the widest powerband will be the most enjoyable, hands down

Performance Airflow Technologies? Can't find a company by that name on the web I would like to know more about this super massage, do they do welding and reshaping on the cc's for that much?

Shame on you for stealing their bandwidth Now can you fix the links?

It's like I posted, he's the absolute image of everything moronic and wrong in the automotive world He wasn't even slightly concerned about the fact there was a child in the house , all he cared about was getting money from his insurance so he could replace his trashed car. The worst kind of driver filth if you ask me, it does my heart glad to see so many denounce him, and it is a dear consolation to me that he has been recognized for the tool he is all around the world. Anyone who acts like that in a residential area has no right to drive ANY car, let alone a high performance machine. Okay, rant ended just thinking about people like this set my blood to boiling though, especially when insurance premiums in general for sports cars rise every year

Aux, it's times like that you have to 'reach out and touch someone' Just remember, always clean blood up with bleach, it maims the DNA evidence Epsom salts in his coffee would also do wonders for his disposition.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=658311&page=1&pp=25 Plowed through a house at about 80mph said the throttle got 'stuck at WOT' going 30mph in 3rd gear. First, I've driven an STI and at 30 in 3rd even at WOT would take at least 4 seconds to spool and start to get going fast. Second, WTF was he doing at WOT in a residential section? It gets REALLY good around page 5 when someone posts his TWO other accidents in less then a year and the flaming really starts to pour on. Some people should be restricted to tricylces, on second though, make that roller skates, he might forget the brakes on the tricycle

I had a 86 Mustang SVO myself so let me clarify a few things. The stock bottom end is ridiculously overbuilt. You can push 340hp no problems at all. I personally ran 22psi on mine on pump 100 for monthes, no problems at all except for burning tires. However, there are considerable limiting factors The most obvious being the SOHC head. Yeah, you can port the shit out of it and put in a huge cam to get high end power, but then it will unstreetable. A much better alternative would be to use the new 2.3L Duratec block. There is already a turbo version in the works http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=mazdaSpeed6 274hp/280ftlbs stock this is maintaing over 24mpg as well. It weighs alot less then the old iron Lima casting and it's DOHC as well, which provides a much better torque curve. For those who have referred to the 16v volvo head swap, it is NOT viable for 90% of people, for several reasons. 1. The coolant and oil passages do NOT line up, you must block them and tap for external sources. 2. The bore spacing is not the same, so quench area will always be inferior to native design DOHC. 3. Need all custom parts. It's not like the manifolds and timing gear mate with the stock stuff either, you need an entire custom setup, for the cost of the actual conversion plus the cost of the block and other parts, you could build a better motor, cheaper. The only thing the 16v volvo head for is shits and grins basically. It's a last chance for an upgrade on the old lima block if you're stuck with it like in the SVO, Merkur, or T-Bird, but if you have options, it's not nearly the best. Go with the new Duratec, you will be far happier in the long run with newer tech, not to mention there are current production parts for it and the aftermarket is growing, not receding like it is for the outdated Lima All that said, the 2.3lima will HAUL ASS! But if you want more then about 280whp is gets very expensive and rapidly less fun to drive on the street

Heh, 4 wheeling can you you in serious trouble if you don't know what you're doing.... About 2 years ago when I was first starting college at Cal Poly (SLO) one of my roommates procured a 1993 Mazda B2600i 4x4. Now, you might think that little import trucks are crap, but this thing was a TANK all steel body, 2.6L 4cyl (man that thing had torque), close ratio gearbox for crawling, automatic locking hubs, and about a good 7inches of ground clearance on stock tires! On top of that you could cram 3 passengers into it, though I pitied the ones in the 'back seat' (extended cab) AND it came with a skid plate (all stock). Well, he got this thing at a public auction, I went with him to provide him with minor techical knowledge. Well, he got this thing for about $300 and I was astounded. Body was in great shape, fired right up. He has the thing 2 days and decides that he's going to make it into a killer 4x4 so he goes and gets some 30" Bigfoot XT tires on the thing and says to me "Rob, we're going to Lopez Lake!". Now, for those of who have never been there, there are 2 ways to lopez lake. 1. The normal way, take hwy 101 for a bit then turn off and follow the signs. 2. The crazed way, go directly over mountain via 4x4 (must have special permit to attempt this because of difficulty). Guess which one we took? (pass shmass, we don't need no stinking pass ) So we get to the base of the mountain and he throws the sucker into 4 wheel high and we start up. Now, I had never driven or even ridden in a 4 wheel drive vehicle before so I didn't know what to expect, but it seemed to move along just fine over small rocks, loose dirt, whatever, and all was well..... We reached the top of the mountain about 40 minutes later, it was a killer ride to the top, but I couldn't figure out for the life of me why anyone would need a special pass to take the trail, is way pretty tame, I could have made the same climb in my mustang without bottoming out or getting high centered, what gives? So we start down the opposite side toward the lake and things start to get.......hairy.... We begin to encounter logs in the trail.... Now, when some people here the word 'log' they picture a 1 1/2 foot thick section of wood used in a fire, but me, I'm talking about freaking FALLEN REDWOODS, like 5-6ft diameter . So we are forced to detour around them, off the trail through dry pine needles.... This is where we learned that "Pine needles ≠ traction " and we start sliding down the mountain towards more of these behemoth trees, so we both start freaking out, just waiting to go sideways and roll, when Dave (my roommate) gets the brilliant inspiration to get back onto the trail, so he drops it into first and floors it, amazingly we DID make it back to the trail, but during the event I noticed something I thought was a bit odd in a 4 wheel drive.... the rear tires were both spinning freely and the front tires did not seem to be pulling hmmmmm. After we made it back to the trail I felt the need to investigate this phenomenon, which is when I discovered.... The 4wd system was non-functioning! So here we are, halfway down a trail that we've never explored, with no room to turn around, with no choice but to continue down because without 4wd, no way we were going to make it back up those pine needles So we continue, this time with me driving (much better on a clutch then Dave) so we make it to the bottom of the mountain without much further incident, and THIS is where we discover the true volume of shit we are in. There's a river there..... A river FULL of water, and 5ft boulders But we have no choice..... Now, the tires Dave put on this thing, plus the lift he did gave us around 2 1/2 ft of ground clearance, so we got out to scout for a place to ford the damn thing. We decided that just a little upstream looked good, the water appeared to have turbulace all across it near the surface, which is a good sign.... right? So with Dave back in the driver seat (no way, I was doing this ) we start across the river..... All goes well! UNTIL WE DISCOVER THE 8-9foot deep chasm by driving into it! Truck goes over and sinks, with us IN the truck! The cab was amazingly water tight however, with the exception of a small leak from the read sliding window. So with the truck completely underwater at this point, with the nose pointed down, we are sitting there in out seatbelts freaking out (much warranted at this point I think). So we decide after about 40 seconds we've got no choice but to roll the windows down (manual, not power thank god ) wait for the cab to flood and swim up. So we gather our meager belongings (non functioning cell phones, wallets, and a 6pack of coke we brought plus some subway sandwiches and proceed to roll the windows down and claw our way to the surface. Luckily it's a pretty slow moving river and we made it to the other side without much difficulty, except the water was snow runoff and we were both freezing our asses off. Luck was with us however, because what we had failed to note was that on the other side of the river UPSTREAM were the lake campsites, where several of the campers witnessed our lunacy firsthand and were kind enough to give us a few towels And call the ranger of course So here's the kicker. Dave got fined $6,000 for this adventure $1000 for gross pollution of a public drinking water supply (lake), $4000 for having a crane come in and drag that POS out of there, and $1000 for various tickets plus we both got about 30 hours community service. Amazingly enough, after it was fished out and left to dry for about a week, the truck fired right up and ran without a hitch for about a year (we also discovered why the 4wd system didn't work, all the vacuum lines were disconnected ) when we then learned what exactly a harmonic balancer is for.... The previous owner had fitted billet aluminum pullys and ditched the balancer... So guess what happens if you don't run a balancer and you need one? Harmoic vibrations eventually let the crankshaft bore it's way straight through the block Which is another story, since it happened on our way back to SLO, from the bay area... at 2:17am 8) The moral of the story.... Well, I dunno, it was pretty fun until the river part

I was kind of expecting.. 'Hey this Enzyte stuff really DOES work!' But yeah, grats on the completed project.

Oh! Oh! I've got a good one. MY first car was a 1987 Thunderbird Turbocoupe. Passed down to me by my father. So of course the first day it's offically mine I drive on down to a friends apartment to show off. As we get in the car to leave and I'm backing out of the stall I pull the wheel left to back out and WHAM! Front passenger fender right into one of the concrete support columns for the parking structure, crumpled into the wheel well I just sat there thinking to myself, 'wow, it's a good thing this is mine now, or my father would kill me'. I still got a long hard stare when I got home though

Working on a car tired is just plain dumb, voice of experience talking, you tend to forget 'important things'. Like the following. A few years ago (1999) I was working on my 1991 Taurus SHO replacing the clutch. I had been working at it for a day and a half and decided that I was GOING to finish by the end of the day. So it's about 2am and I'm pretty tired and I get the clutch in place and let the jack down. Oops, forgot something... Transmission bolt so the trans falls on my chest and I'm just laying there stuck. Theres about 3 inches of top clearance so I cant move the trans, and noone else is home, so I got to spend the night under the car, laying in oil and coolant (changed both earlier) with a 300lb transmission on my chest on a cement floor What's even better is the next day when my dad finally showed up at about 11:00 and found me, he immediately got the camera BEFORE helping me Those photoes still haunt me today. But it was a valuable lesson. Dont work with potentially lethal (not to mention expensive) equipment when tired.