Finished doing my first timing belt job (water pump, all pulleys/accessory belts etc). Had only had it done by Shepherd before. Couldn't find any good DSM or Mitsu mechanics in Florida, and felt that I would take more care to do it right. Took a ton of time, but proud to get it done.Can't...

I lived in Ohio for 28 years, been a dsm'er since 2000, been to countless shootouts. I move to Florida and we got gtr's and tons of evo's showing up. Damn I'm jealous. So many cars now.

I am thinking about upgrading to this setup and wanted some feed back. Obviously I know about the potential of removing the stock mas and allowing more air to be fed to the turbo. But is it really worth upgrading? Will I see much of a difference at the track compared to what my setup is now? How...

Many people who race TTA's or GN's use a lock up trans, usually at about the 1/8th mile mark, go through the traps in 3rd gear instead of 4th. My TTA is stock, but the two TTA's I've driven at the race track (my father's) have had lock up, I think, at least for racing it is better. I also know...

Hey I'm from Twinsburg, Cleveland area. I tried to check that cdsm site, seems to be down? Anyways, please keep posting events and such here I would like to start meeting up, as being a dsm'er for so long I have hardly met that many locals. Also I usually go to Norwalk on Wed. nights if you guys...

So yesterday was a nice test n tune at Norwalk. Michigan Buick club rented it out, and the track was prepped nicely. It was about 67-70 degrees the entire day, and sunny so that the track was warm. First run was a little disappointing, at 18psi the car launched well, and I pulled 1.76 short time...

Why yes it is, one of 4 others. If you are interested in seeing more, check out page three of my webpage.

Here are some pictures of my new 93 TSi. I picked the car up off my sister's hands, it wasn't too bad, a few cosmetic problems but no real mechanical problems. I have done some mods, but nothing to extreme as it is my daily driver (and winter car). The car has 118,000 miles on it, and runs like...

Thanks for the compliment, and the Kahn reference was not lost on me Kirk, haha. :cool:

I'm not saying sliders aren't a good mod (or saying that you plan for dropping, ie doing stupid stunts or stupid motorists), if you have extra cash but in my view they are not needed. For 6 years now I have never gone down, before then I did, but the sliders would not have protected much, gas...

I don't think he was reving the motor that high. I know when I turn the ignition on my Busa the rpm gauge as well as the others jump all the way around then settle back. Also, I hate how they put plates on the back, so would also recomend that fender eliminator kit, but the frame sliders would...

Exactly, you can smell it if you let it slip too slowly, although even a quick slip I smell some burnt clutch. Also, my act 2600 lasted many many passes/launches. They are said to withstand 250+passes, I find that mixed with daily driving the clutch lasts a lot longer.

Any type of similar lubricant should work just fine, Klotz and Uplon were just the two instructed from the builder Steve Chelupsa from SMC.

Sorry I guess my real world results along with about 5 other Buick friends are only pulling things out of our asses (the quote from the Buick board has a reputation in the Buick community compared to that of Shepherd). I don't care if you believe what I posted, like I said it is real world, and...