The Showdown @ Englishtown: (Englishtown, NJ, 8:00am) 08-16-2009

[toubaby2]

Originally Posted by Gooberlog

So i walked by and checked out your laser with my buddy, and i know your race team is called boost boys and girls, but i didn't expect to see boys and girls. I though it would be a couple guys and their wives. But there were kids helping out in the pit.
So do you guys just give local kids the opportunity to learn about race cars and come help out? Me and my buddy were surprised and thought how awesome it would be to have that opportunity as a kid.

Slippi i think i was talking to you when the guy with the purple 1g was swapping out the rear end, i was the guy that was joking about him needing a 3 bolt axle cause he had a weak inferior 3 bolt rear end. I didn't realize that was you if it was, i would have talked about your car for a while. But i saw your post above and realized , hm that was probably sean.

Only 3 of those kids were our own kids, but we encourage our children to bring a friend. The biggest boy we brought this time was our nephew that has never been exposed to cars or anything like this. He just came into our lives a few months ago, due to a not so desirale childhood. This week he asked Shawn ''Can i come over and help so that i can learn about cars?'' Our kids have learned many lessons from our experiences at the race track.

Well now he has the lasers 4-bolt rear in it along with the lasers old DSS stage 5 pro race axles. With that he had a personal best of 11.32 @ 130 against Shawn.

[toyotaturbo]

Originally Posted by Gooberlog

So i walked by and checked out your laser with my buddy, and i know your race team is called boost boys and girls, but i didn't expect to see boys and girls. I though it would be a couple guys and their wives. But there were kids helping out in the pit.
So do you guys just give local kids the opportunity to learn about race cars and come help out? Me and my buddy were surprised and thought how awesome it would be to have that opportunity as a kid.


Slippi i think i was talking to you when the guy with the purple 1g was swapping out the rear end, i was the guy that was joking about him needing a 3 bolt axle cause he had a weak inferior 3 bolt rear end. I didn't realize that was you if it was, i would have talked about your car for a while. But i saw your post above and realized , hm that was probably sean.

When we go to the track on a weekend, EVERYONE has a job. It comes to a point where I'm simply in the way and just stand around bullshitting with anyone who comes over to hang out. I wouldn't say that coming to the track with us is an "opportunity".....more along the lines of "capital punishment!". We have 3 kids and 1 grandbaby and 1 cousin that stepped up and wanted to learn about cars.

Shawn Jr. and Keith Thomas (our sons) can pretty much help out anywhere we need them.
Orion Vaughan (our cousin) was soaking up stuff like a sponge, and he was very key in getting the car ready in time for the weekend.
Olivia Nolan (our daughter) helped Sandra with all the cooking and cleaning up the pit area. She's turning into a GREAT cook.
Natasha Nolan (our grandbaby) keeps us busy chasing her throughout the pit area. You can find her wearing a shirt that says "I'm just a 14B right now!"

As for Chris' car, The Purple Monster, it's a freakin' beast! I wasn't about to stand by and watch after he traveled all that way to run the car only to break and park. Sooooooo...........we grabbed the 4 bolt out of the trailer, grabbed the axles I KNEW wouldn't break, and told him, "get your ass out there and break records, NOT driveline parts!" He came close to succeeding. He ran 2 career bests 11.4 and 11.3, both at 130+, and we couldn't pry the smile off his face with a crowbar! To me THAT is what the Showdown was about! It was EXTREMELY worth it to me!

[Slippi84]

Originally Posted by toyotaturbo

When we go to the track on a weekend, EVERYONE has a job. It comes to a point where I'm simply in the way and just stand around bullshitting with anyone who comes over to hang out. I wouldn't say that coming to the track with us is an "opportunity".....more along the lines of "capital punishment!". We have 3 kids and 1 grandbaby and 1 cousin that stepped up and wanted to learn about cars.

Shawn Jr. and Keith Thomas (our sons) can pretty much help out anywhere we need them.
Orion Vaughan (our cousin) was soaking up stuff like a sponge, and he was very key in getting the car ready in time for the weekend.
Olivia Nolan (our daughter) helped Sandra with all the cooking and cleaning up the pit area. She's turning into a GREAT cook.
Natasha Nolan (our grandbaby) keeps us busy chasing her throughout the pit area. You can find her wearing a shirt that says "I'm just a 14B right now!"

As for Chris' car, The Purple Monster, it's a freakin' beast! I wasn't about to stand by and watch after he traveled all that way to run the car only to break and park. Sooooooo...........we grabbed the 4 bolt out of the trailer, grabbed the axles I KNEW wouldn't break, and told him, "get your ass out there and break records, NOT driveline parts!" He came close to succeeding. He ran 2 career bests 11.4 and 11.3, both at 130+, and we couldn't pry the smile off his face with a crowbar! To me THAT is what the Showdown was about! It was EXTREMELY worth it to me!

Yeah I"m gonna park next you after I break something next year man lol j/k Just more proof that you and Saundra are what this is all about

Not to mention Trinna made it clear several times she loves you guys and you are her favorites. She even more than me wanted to come say bye but you guys went back up for another run after the final and if I stayed any longer I would not have stayed awake for the drive home that we had to make as we had already checked out of the Hilton.

[Gooberlog]

That was my second guess. That's cool they got the whole family involved. My wife and I have been talking about have a kid down the road and I worry that it will be the end of my DSM days, but I see there is hope.

[4WARND]

Overall I had a great time. It's always nice to put some faces with the names we see online all the time. Thank you to all the vendors that put this together! I only wish my heap was running right ( found the problem at the end of the day ). A BIG thank you to Keith Loforte for letting me use his spare MSD to try and figure out my car's ignition issue!

The only thing I would change is if there is any way to have the gathering Saturday somewhere else, where we could fit a lot more cars, that would be preferred. I believe this event will be on a different day next year and have a even larger attendance.

[snowborder714]

Anyone know where Rau was?

[toyotaturbo]

Originally Posted by snowborder714

Anyone know where Rau was?

At home in Minnesota.....he had some parts missing that he needed in order to attend.

[toyotaturbo]

Originally Posted by Slippi84

I was told that he was supposed to be paid to show up and he never got paid sooooo yeah lol. "SHOW ME THE MONEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!"

Oh, and that, too.

[snowborder714]

Just curious, but how did you find this out? Or are you friends/acquaintances with him?

Either way, that sucks. Hopefully I'll get to see him some other time then.

[chriseclipse]

look at the hood on this talon. This picture was taken at the finish line.

[punishment]

Highlight video from the weekend

Tim

[Stoner]

We had an AWESOME time, by far the best DSM event I have been to yet. There was a ton of people there and everyone was great.

Put the car on the dyno on Saturday with basically the same tune as it had on it at the IndyHP shootout. Only difference was 1 more degree of timing. Car made 614 awhp on the first pull. I smoothed out some fuel stuff and added 2 more degrees of timing and we made another pull. This time the dyno didnt register! So we made another pull and I made 271 whp Obviously the dyno wasnt picking something up right.

At the track, first pass off the trailer was a 10.21 @ 143mph. I spun through 1st and 2nd pretty badly but it was enough to be top qualifier in S16 class so I was happy.

1st round eliminations I ran a mid 11 sec 1g. Car came out blazzing tires again through 1st and 2nd and part of 3rd to a 10.25 @ 142 mph

2nd round was a Bye run

3rd round I ran that Hyundai Elantra on a 1g frame. He had been running pretty consistent mid 10's and was doing pretty well on the tree from what I heard so I knew I couldnt let him get out on me too hard. We both cut almost exactly the same lights but again I spun so he got out on me a little but he had only been running around 133mph so I knew I could run him down. I passed him around the 500ft area and right after that he said he broke 3rd gear in his trans.

Finals I was running a mid 10 sec EVO on Hoosiers, nice car and nice guys that owned it. He treed me and got out on me a lot, I was freight training him pretty badly but just didnt have enough track to catch him. I had about a fender left to go when we crossed the finish line.

I didnt have to do anything to it other than make passes. All 60 ft times were in the 1.6 range all day spinning pretty bad but keeping my tcase in one piece and letting me go rounds.

Hope to go out on a TNT night soon when I can hook the car and see if the tcase will let me get my 9!

It was great to put some names with faces like Brent from JM Fab and Eric from JNZ guys I have never met in person as well as the Turbo Trix guys and everyone else I met. I wish I had more time to look around the build quality and fabrication on the cars was amazing from what I had the chance to check out.

Cant wait until next year.

[95GSXracer]

I had an awesome time as well. Good to meet many of you guys from this forum, and good to see others again this year. Too many to list. And congrats to those of you that did well! There were some awesome cars there.

[fastfive0]

Originally Posted by talontsi97

Posted more videos last night.
YouTube - talontsi97's Channel

fastfive0 i think i posted your run against the turbo mirage.

yup thats me racing the Colt GT. That thing was a beast but at least i managed to squeak out the better time Really wish i had the car for more then 10 minutes in 2 months to prepare. Car was almost a full second off what she normally runs and a good 5-6mph off also. But I didnt want to damage the trans either while launching hard to i put down a 1.9 on that run compared to my usual 1.6-1.7 and the trans broke on the way home AGAIN anyway lol. That run was on 24-25psi you should see her on 33-35 and an afr around 10.9-11 compared to the 9.xx it was on that run he he he he....are you local here in NEPA?

[toubaby2]

What the hell George. You just picked up that tranny on Sat night at midnight? Hmmmm.

[fastfive0]

yes i did and got to drive it to the hotel lol, dogbox called today and said bad bearing on the input shaft...needs ring gear and input shaft.......shoot me now lol

[toubaby2]

So you took it back to them? Will they cover it? We have had nothing but the best service from them.

[fastfive0]

yea we came to an agreement....they get my first born son in exchange for a dogmission....lol....naw they worked with me....just gotta get some damn money now to pay them lol. This car has bleed me dry the past few months........If there is no room left in your garage tell shawn i will gladly hold on to those axles for him MAO!!!

[toubaby2]

Originally Posted by fastfive0

yea we came to an agreement....they get my first born son in exchange for a dogmission....lol....naw they worked with me....just gotta get some damn money now to pay them lol. This car has bleed me dry the past few months........If there is no room left in your garage tell shawn i will gladly hold on to those axles for him MAO!!!

WOW, great deal !!! I would gladly give my first born for a new tranny. Just a little FYI... your first born will bleed you dry for at least 18 years too....lol

[Boostjunki84]

Originally Posted by Slippi84

Yeah I was the 6' black guy with the red beater on

And those aren't random kids that's all of Shawn and Saundra's family. They roll squad deep

I knew i'd seen you somewhere before. Your project thread for your car; took me until now to put 2 and 2 together. Forgive me, i'm still coming back to reality. I was the guy in the SBR shirt working on the Purple Monster with the other guys.

At any rate, i'm glad I got to meet you in person.

[Slippi84]

Originally Posted by Boostjunki84

I knew i'd seen you somewhere before. Your project thread for your car; took me until now to put 2 and 2 together. Forgive me, i'm still coming back to reality. I was the guy in the SBR shirt working on the Purple Monster with the other guys.

At any rate, i'm glad I got to meet you in person.

Yeah I remember you. I agree always good to meet people in person. A couple people came up to me and were like slippi84??? So I guess the pictures in my build thread were a even better idea then I thought,

[toubaby2]

Personally I think everyone's avatar should be a pics of the person with their car.

[talontsi97]

Originally Posted by Stoner

We had an AWESOME time, by far the best DSM event I have been to yet. There was a ton of people there and everyone was great.

Put the car on the dyno on Saturday with basically the same tune as it had on it at the IndyHP shootout. Only difference was 1 more degree of timing. Car made 614 awhp on the first pull. I smoothed out some fuel stuff and added 2 more degrees of timing and we made another pull. This time the dyno didnt register! So we made another pull and I made 271 whp Obviously the dyno wasnt picking something up right.

At the track, first pass off the trailer was a 10.21 @ 143mph. I spun through 1st and 2nd pretty badly but it was enough to be top qualifier in S16 class so I was happy.

1st round eliminations I ran a mid 11 sec 1g. Car came out blazzing tires again through 1st and 2nd and part of 3rd to a 10.25 @ 142 mph

2nd round was a Bye run

3rd round I ran that Hyundai Elantra on a 1g frame. He had been running pretty consistent mid 10's and was doing pretty well on the tree from what I heard so I knew I couldnt let him get out on me too hard. We both cut almost exactly the same lights but again I spun so he got out on me a little but he had only been running around 133mph so I knew I could run him down. I passed him around the 500ft area and right after that he said he broke 3rd gear in his trans.

Finals I was running a mid 10 sec EVO on Hoosiers, nice car and nice guys that owned it. He treed me and got out on me a lot, I was freight training him pretty badly but just didnt have enough track to catch him. I had about a fender left to go when we crossed the finish line.

I didnt have to do anything to it other than make passes. All 60 ft times were in the 1.6 range all day spinning pretty bad but keeping my tcase in one piece and letting me go rounds.

Hope to go out on a TNT night soon when I can hook the car and see if the tcase will let me get my 9!

What your basic engine setup?

[Stoner]

Its a 6 bolt Eagle/Ross 2.0 liter
HKS 272 cams
Custom Garrett 4" FMIC
Fathouse Fabrication T3 SC6152 turbo kit
ECM Link V3
Full 10 point cage
Full 3" exhaust
C16 fuel
etc etc if you want to know anything specific just ask.

[Stoner]

Here is a video of the car a friend made. In the first pass you can really tell how bad I was spinning the car just wasnt going anywhere till right before the 1/8th HA HA

Mitsubishi vs. Subaru showdown 09 teaser from aaron anderson on Vimeo.

[toyotaturbo]

I was impressed with your clean ass 2G! Too bad the dyno put up strange numbers at the end.


Just curious......Is North Vernon close to Mount Vernon? Not too far from Evansville?

[Stoner]

Thanks Its desperately in need of a paint job but I do my best to keep it clean.


I am not aware of a Mt. Vernon Indiana, North Vernon is about 2 hours from Evansville.

[Gooberlog]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Here is a video of the car a friend made. In the first pass you can really tell how bad I was spinning the car just wasnt going anywhere till right before the 1/8th HA HA

I enjoyed the video your friend made, good stuff and the metal kept me pumped up.
Kick as E/T's and dyno #'s! Good job

[snowborder714]

Here's my pictures from the Showdown.
2009 Showdown at Englishtown pictures by snowborder714 - Photobucket

[logic]

Okay, I finally had a chance to go through my pictures. Here's my set, and the ones my wife took.