Winter 07/08 Projects and Plans?

[chavez408]

Any experience with exhaust wrap guys?
For the fp mani's

[mavisky]

If you're not going to put on a heatshield I'd highly highly suggest having it coated. Plasma coating is the hot new ticket in the racing world.

[Zero Bar]

Originally Posted by tsiboosted

Yeah, they dont seem to last all that long by comparison. But I am still very pleased with their performance for me on the track. They squeak like I said until they get to temp then no noise at all. There is some dust but like I said, I am not overlly concerned with the way the wheels look on the track. And for the price I am able to get them at, I cant go wrong with the HP+'s.

What rotors were you running with them? I have seen from time to time the rotor play in the pad wear more than the pad itself. Just curious is all.

Stock. The S2000 stock stuff is actually quite good but we did manage to turn the rotors all kinds of funny colors and had to replace them at the end of the season.

[Flash]

Originally Posted by mavisky

If you're not going to put on a heatshield I'd highly highly suggest having it coated. Plasma coating is the hot new ticket in the racing world.

Where can you get it done?

[Eagle 5]

In response to the v-mount, I wish I could say I did the work but it is not mine. Maybe one day. The hood has a custom cent built into it as you may be able to tell in one of the pictures. That is supposed to help with the airflow for the intercooler. The tubro was setup so that the exit was almost directly into the IC on the passenger side. The outlet being on the drivers side and the pipe going straight back over the driver side engine mount. Intake manifold was flipped around. The engine mount was modified to allow the pipe to pass through. Also it uses an electric power steering pump, I believe from a MR2. If I can get pictures with an engine in it I will but could not find any. Wish it was my car but it was a friends. I may try this on my car eventually as it seems like a better way to mount them but you have to have a custom exhaust manifold I believe.

[tsiboosted]

Originally Posted by Zero Bar

Stock. The S2000 stock stuff is actually quite good but we did manage to turn the rotors all kinds of funny colors and had to replace them at the end of the season.

LoL...I hear you. I know those rotor colours. Just giving you some more ideas about what could have caused it with the Hawk pads. But like I said, I only get 2 events maybe out of mine.

[mavisky]

Well been spending some tax return money here.

HKS 272 cams
$116 worth of seals and gaskets from JNZ
Supra fuel pump
ARP headstuds
custom eprom chip
91 gsx rear bumper and taillights (cleans up rear bumper since I've got the side exit and will make a better basis for a diffuser should I try to build one)

Of course this is on top of the stuff I still haven't installed yet. Should be a fun month before the first race the first weekend of April

[talonTSIDriver]

Originally Posted by mavisky

HKS 272 cams

Why did you choose a set of 272's and not a 264/272 combo?

[mavisky]

Originally Posted by talonTSIDriver

Why did you choose a set of 272's and not a 264/272 combo?

Because I found a set for sale with only 8k miles on them for $300 shipped to my door. I was gonna do BC's or FP1's but this deal was too good to pass up. Probably going to pick up a JM Fab street intake mani next month to go along with them.

[talonTSIDriver]

Originally Posted by mavisky

Because I found a set for sale with only 8k miles on them for $300 shipped to my door. I was gonna do BC's or FP1's but this deal was too good to pass up. Probably going to pick up a JM Fab street intake mani next month to go along with them.

I just got the same deal, $300 shipped for a set of 264/272's. I am still undecided if I really want to put them in yet or not. My T28 will already be running near the edge of its efficiency range with stock cams. I don’t want to make my turbo start throwing flames into my engine.

[mavisky]

I'm not too worried with the 18g I'm on. The same general setup worked great for Curt Brown with some changes obviously, but if I can even get close to his results this thing should be a beast.

[talonTSIDriver]

Originally Posted by mavisky

I'm not too worried with the 18g I'm on. The same general setup worked great for Curt Brown with some changes obviously, but if I can even get close to his results this thing should be a beast.

18g, you should be able to squeeze nearly 400whp out of it with cams, and a good tune (and supporting fuel mods of course). what about turbo lag? aren't you afraid?

I will be hitting a dyno within a month, I am shooting for around 300 awhp on my T28 setup with stock internals (cams, shortblock, ect...).

[mavisky]

When AMS did their cam test back in the day they said the spool was about the same on the s16g they were using at the time. 272's only made about 5more hp peak over the 264's but held the hp much much better up top, as much as 10hp gain as the 264's started to fall off up top. With the JM Fab street manifold it should make even more power in the midrange and up top while only loosing 2-300rpm to spool.

As for fuel mods I should be good for this guy.

FIC 650's
260lph Supra pump rewired
SX adjustable regulator
MAFT
Custom eprom chip

[talonTSIDriver]

Originally Posted by mavisky

When AMS did their cam test back in the day they said the spool was about the same on the s16g they were using at the time. 272's only made about 5more hp peak over the 264's but held the hp much much better up top, as much as 10hp gain as the 264's started to fall off up top. With the JM Fab street manifold it should make even more power in the midrange and up top while only loosing 2-300rpm to spool.

As for fuel mods I should be good for this guy.

FIC 650's
260lph Supra pump rewired
SX adjustable regulator
MAFT
Custom eprom chip

I will not sacrifice anything for turbo lag. Even if that means losing 20hp on the top end, I'd rather keep my spoolup 200 rpm’s sooner. Maybe I am still used to my old supercharged cobra where the power was right there as soon as I press the throttle. I HAIT waiting for power.

[mavisky]

Originally Posted by talonTSIDriver

I will not sacrifice anything for turbo lag. Even if that means losing 20hp on the top end, I'd rather keep my spoolup 200 rpm’s sooner. Maybe I am still used to my old supercharged cobra where the power was right there as soon as I press the throttle. I HAIT waiting for power.

The way I see it I'm taking 200rpm off the bottom range of my powerband while adding almost 1000rpm to the upper end of it. That means more power under the curve and faster acceleration. Plus as I will be going to a slightly larger turbo down the road these cams will pay off even better at that point as th 264's are really about maxed out on a 16g setup.

AMSPerformance.com

[talonTSIDriver]

Originally Posted by mavisky

The way I see it I'm taking 200rpm off the bottom range of my powerband while adding almost 1000rpm to the upper end of it. That means more power under the curve and faster acceleration. Plus as I will be going to a slightly larger turbo down the road these cams will pay off even better at that point as th 264's are really about maxed out on a 16g setup.

AMSPerformance.com

Your right, your gains up top should more than make up down low, but i have no sympathy for my turbo not giving me instant boost. I wish we could run NOS in SCCA events so my turbo, no mater how big it is, would spool up instantly.

If I end up staying with DSM's after the 2008 season, I'll probably do another stroker motor again with a BB 50 trim turbo of some sort.

Otherwise I'll be going with an EVO. However, I still may keep the DSM as a 2nd car, but not do anything else to it, just leave it like it is.

[chavez408]

your leaving us for a evo?