Nopi World Import Finals |
Last weekend I attended the NOPI Finals in Ohio as a crew member on Brent Rau's team. Saturday it was cold and windy. Brent's first run at the track was a 7.2 , put him second on the ladder....
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:41:00 GMT |
Bad day at the track |
Took the car to GLD to see what the new turbo will do. First pass walked it out of the hole. Then it popped out of fourth, still went 10.8 @115. Not bad. Next pass I launched it off the 2 step. Car le...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:35:00 GMT |
New Turbo is in, dyno results |
Finished the 67mm turbo install. The car sounds awesome with the open four inch downpipe. Made 585 at 30 psi and 660 on 33 psi. Last pull blew another weld on the intake manifold.
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:28:00 GMT |
More trials with the car. |
Went to Joliet to get my license a few weeks ago. It went low tens again, I need to go nines. Then on my last attempt I broke an axle shaft. So I decided to go to the bigger turbo. I took off the 61mm...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:23:00 GMT |
New motor is in. |
The new block is in. It's filled to the top with filler, so there is no water in the block. I'm still having a few issues with the new cooling system. But it shouldn't be too much longer until I'...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:35:00 GMT |
Broke it. |
Didn't make it to the NOPI event. But I did go to Joliet for some license passes on Tuesday. Ran a best of 10.1 and went 142. But I broke the hell out of it. Cracked 2 of the cylinder walls, cracked t...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 18:41:00 GMT |
Getting to the track |
Didn't make it to the NOPI race in Maryland. But I'm going to Route 66 to take some licensing passes today. And we will see how all the changes I made over the winter are working.
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 23:15:00 GMT |
Look here for my racing updates. |
As long as I get my license, I should be going to Maryland later this month to run in the NOPI Pro 4 class.
Posted by on Wed, 10 May 2006 19:52:00 GMT |
