Im not going anymore... My manifold to turbo gasket blew and was shooting hot exhaust gas at my alternator and my alternator died.
Instead, Im going to colusa to chill on the sac river and ride around in my friends "go fast" race boat with a 510 chevy in it! (496 bored/stroked whatever out to ~a 510)
That SOB does 90 on the water (going down river haha).
I just need to get out of the city and relax, i think the BOTI event will be too crowded for me!
Sorry guys, maybe next year I'll be there driving the talon.
only saw like 4 dsm out!!! Where we be at?? Couple of Evo's. I saw a dsm in the parking field out front. I almost had a trophy and I choked!!!! So upset with myself and the evo new I ###ed up too!!!! DAMN!!!!
You missed some good times! There were some really fast cars out there.
Here's a couple pics
I got there too late to see Jake do a run. I saw him start a run, but he broke a U joint.
sux bad. I heard he hit his best 60' time on that run. If everything else would've held up it would've been a record time for gas powered car (DSM?)
only saw like 4 dsm out!!! Where we be at?? Couple of Evo's. I saw a dsm in the parking field out front. I almost had a trophy and I choked!!!! So upset with myself and the evo new I ###ed up too!!!! DAMN!!!!
there was a silver n/t 2g, a red laser with a black fmic (hella sleeper!) and my buddy chris' white 2g eclipse with white Volks.
We got there to see EvilEagles last run where he snapped his driveshaft. Heard he did some low eights earlier in the event though!
that 2JZ dragster was insane!
How bout the 16 second Honda Fit! crazy horsepowers!
Mostly fwd honduh's but it was to be expected. The ladies werent bad either!
Hey! That was my red Laser in the parking lot, wassup!
There were a lot of people hanging around the FFtec pits that I didn't know. It was fun hanging out and talking with everyone!
Hey guys here's the run-down of the event for myself and Bruce our outher Evo who took home 1st place in Street Tuned
This was held in Sacramento,CA yesterday afternoon
I had a great weekend with some high's and some low's.
This was the first time i participated in the battle but always knew about since i was in high scool but it was a fun weekend for both myself, my good friend Bruce, and our sponsor FULL FUNCTION.
The day before Saturday's event we went up to test and tune to get the car dialed in as it was actually the first time back to the track since we put in the QM clutch and new wheel/tire combination. I had never even gotten a chance to launch the car on the street as i try not to get into trouble around my area.
The weather for both days was about mid 90's and the starter said track temps were in the high 150's:eek: :fire: Didn't get to check the DA.
Talk about sunburn :lol:
Weighed the car on their new scales at the track and came up= 3030lbs with me in it and about 1/4 tank of fuel.
I made a few passes w/o launching to get used to the Hoosier's and the clutch and had some bad misfiring so.......(click the "view in high quality" for vids if available)
Had to put some clean plugs in and finally got the car's tune situated thanks to my tuner Sean Burgess.....we also made some revisions to the 2step setting and the car was running well.
I was going to make another test pass.......launched the car soft with a slight bog off the line and was going to let off but instead i just kept it floored and came up with this.......
The next run after that they lined me up with my buddy Bruce who just so happened to take home 1st place in the "Street Tuned" class all with trophy and close to $1100 in prize money on Sat :drink:
Everyone said it was the best race of the night with both being personal bests!
I think the car launched pretty good even though the 60's still aren't that great what do you think?
The next day was the real deal and so in the heat of the day we had to qualify and so since i have no equipment for 10 sec passes i decided i'll work on the launch and 1-2 shift and will let off in 3rd.
That didn't work too well......:lol:
I decided to NOT do another qualifying pass i was already #1 in the class with that pass in fear of getting booted.
Unfortunately in the first round of eliminations they told me i could not run any faster than 11.49 due to safety equip. violations so i said i'd slow it down and promised not to break the rules and they luckily let me race.
Well i basically threw everything away as i made a totally retarded rookie mistake and at the last minute decided to just walk the car off the line and then let the HP do it's thing.......................................STALL! :banghead: Tried to start it back up and reel him in but no luck (tossed that slip) STOOPID STOOPID STOOPID (4 sec 60ft. personal worse)
In the end it worked out for our loyal customer and good friend Bruce and his wife Lynette who took home a nice 4ft trophy, $500 cash, and up to nearly $600 in contingancies! Congrats BRUCE AND LYNETTE {thumbup} Here's the final round win thank god we had some HP on our side as the car started to break up in 4th.
I did get one last crack at redeeming myself as they let people run a TNT lane for a little while.
This one was going to be it.......ALL OUT as i had nothinng to lose and all my pride to gain back..........(sorry for the low quality the batt was almost dead)
Needless to say they really didn't want me making anymore passes :sad:
Now if i can finally make use of the Hoosier's and 60ft the thing in the 1.4's-1.5's i have a feeling we can go damn near 9.99 in this trim.
All in all it was a great event and i got to see some great friends i haven't seen in many years (Dennis/Marissa from LDL Speed Shop in LV) and got to meet a lot of big name people in the import drag racing world especially a guy you might know of........Jake Montgomery "EVIL EAGLE"
He is a great guy with a wonderful attitude towards racing and what it takes to compete at his level.
Jake had problems in eliminations as constant part failures are making him discouraged to continue campaining the car as the cost of racing is seriously taking it's toll.
I applaud him for all he does and the car he's built it's A BAD MOFO! Here's a vid of the car making a good pass in the heat!
Jake nice to meet you and like i said best of luck in whatever you decide i feel i've gained a new friend that i can learn a whole lot from
I got lots of footage so it will be coming so keep checking back for updates {thumbup}
You must not have slept yesterday, Pat. I don't know how you managed to get all of those videos up already..haha. I slept all yesterday and all today as well (called in sick)..hahahha.
Here's a couple pics I got, nothing too fancy, but here they are:
