Time to breathe life back into this thing. This was the customer’s first car he ever bought. After chewing up the motor and getting above his head, the car has sat for 19 years. Time to modernize it and bring it up to today’s standards.
I ran out of fuel at 31psi. I assume it is a bad install on the pump. It has a 525 pump and 2150 injectors. It kept running away trying to push it further.581hp 595tq@31psi
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The car was finally good enough to throw on the Dyno. This is only pump gas and 14psi. I ended at 14* timing going of the heat mark on the plugs. It is possible there is a degree or two left. It will have to be for another day.I just don’t trust this 420a to go further as I don’t know enough...
Now this is not 4g63 related but, I have taken my inspiration from the other members in the past. It is kind of 1/3 related as this a dsmlink powered car with a 1g ignition, 1g throttle body, old school low impedance dsm injectors and so on.
I am about fed up with this system and their customer service. I bought all the extra stuff that was needed which took three different purchases. Spent all this time wiring in all the BS to make the system work. I am not getting any spark or fuel to the engine. I have the quadspark, the...
Well, f***ing shit.5,800ft elevation
7640ft density altitudeHad a hard time trusting the car and myself the first three passes and kept lifting to shift to ensure it would go into second gear. I just needed to trust the car. Understandable as this was the first outing and first launches with...
The car has not been on the dyno in a few years and I have just been track tuning it. We switched back last year to a 14b to try and take the Colorado 1/4 mile E.T and MPH record. I succeeded with that goal.I figured there was a little left on the table with timing. I was out of turbo as I...
Bone stock 1.3L motor
Volvo 13T turbo@27psi
Turbine back pressure 23psi
E85 with a hotpipe and four 450cc secondaries170hp 188tqnow time for a set of rods and pistons and a big turbo.
I have finished my testing with the 13g and now to move to the next larger turbo. It works very well. I went 14.1@96mph with a density altitude of 8400ft. I ran six 14.1’s actually. It just does not have the steam to push this car into the 13’s and I don’t have to patience to keep fighting. So...
I am getting a little tired of dealing with these things flaking out, the connectors corroding as often as they do and just about everything about them. It sure would be nice to be able to clean things up and get rid of it. Does anyone run without the power transistor (PTU) on a stock ECU? Can...
10.6@141 first pass ever in the car. 10.4@142 on the second pass getting more comfortable. Then the clutch started acting up and would not allow me to shift into second three passes in a row. Something happened as it would not even go into first when I went to public it on the trailer. I had to...
We knew the new turbo setup was lazy. We were not predicting it to take to nearly half track to get the turbo spooled all the way up. We would freight train the back half of the track but, waste too much room getting some steam going. On our last two runs we decided to launch the car(FWD) to get...
I have done a few of these before and the turn outs were very good. My wife wants to do another one at our new house this summer sobi am going to start the planning now. Hopefully this will give everyone time to get things done as I hope to have a few big boy track cars on display at the house...
After messing around with the rat rod for four years I just wanted to get back to going fast again. The truck was a blast but, I just have this urge to push further and the truck could not be driven like I wanted. So I set out to finish the FWD build that I started with my Colt. I am going all...
After a few years of being down we decided to finish the car when we heard they were bringing a half mile event to colorado. While the event was a joke, we had fun and we finally got to stretch a car out for a change in a longer distance event. There was a lot of procrastinating so I was unable...
I picked up a box second hand for a friend. He has a 1G FWD auto. I am not back from vacation yet but I assume the box was sent without instructions. I installed one a year or two ago, but don't remember what the wires would be. I emailed Tim twice with no reply. We plan on installing the box...
We had a chance to earn a free dyno at a dyno day today if we were the lowest powered car. After winning a free dyno last year with my Samurai, I knew we had it in the bag again. This car is all stock aside from 10* base timing and the intake snorkel removed. Now we know where we stand before...
After seeing all the dollars my friend was spending in the never ending cycle of land speed racing, I decided to take a step back for a while and build a vehicle that if I wanted to some day could be finished for racing if I get that itch again, or just satisfy my need for speed now. I built...
After a rather disappointing trip to Ohio in April for the Ohio Mile we started getting ready for Speed Week early. I knew we were close with things, we just did not get enough runs to get the last of the kinks worked out. We got three runs total and only one run were we could get into 5th gear...
We just got done doing a pretty extensive rebuild on my samurai. New motor, new axles, new fuel system, new exhaust, pretty much every mechnical part had to be gone through. It was in rough shape. A local Mustang shop was having a dyno day today. And who ever had the lowest and highest numbers...
I am a little sad I cannot continue my land speed project. I think ultimately my heart was bigger than my wallet. While I can afford the sport, it does take away from more important things and life and is just going to take a lot of time and money I just don't think I have the desire for...
This is my little 1.6L Turbo Eagle Summit. This is a 14b@20psi, E85 through an automatic transmission.It made-
200hp 205tq uncorrected at altitude
243hp 248tq with a 1.21 correction factorThis is also a load bearing dynojet with the load turned on.1989 Turbo Eagle Summit - YouTube...
We took Retribution to the dyno today to give Nick his baseline. I was wanting to get a little crazy for a change and see what we could do with the car. But once we worked through our issues Nick decided to send the car to Utah on wastegate pressure and turn it up there.We rebuilt the...
After two years of Jason farting around and changing things until he found a combo he was comfortable with, I think we are ready. Just a short video showing some CSM hotness ready to stretch its legs.Basic cliff notes-
1989 Mirage
2.0L- Ross pistons/stock rods
1150cc injectors(soon to be...
Nick asked me to throw this up here. And give a big thank you to the Ecmlink guys for support over the past few years.There are a few other videos on this website as well. As well as pictures and general information about our program.Retribution's website-
Retribution LSR Car # 4663...
With this and my oil cooler, I now hold 9 quarts in my motor. Definitely what I needed for Land Speed Racing. Just doing all I can to ensure the life and happiness of my motor.
Put in a little time this weekend. Had a hell of a time trying to weld on the tabs for my side skirts. No matter what amperage I tried, what wire speed I tired, I kept burning through the body. The metal is super thin on these cars. What a pain in the ass. I also installed the roof rails...
Well, just a small update that does not matter. I finished the backup motor completely. I got it all sealed up last week, oil pump primed and timing belt installed. I drained the oil and wrapped a bag around the engine and tucked it away for when we are ready to go racing.In a few weeks I...
Things have been a little slow around here. Mostly due to low money. But all that money actually went to the car. I finished off my spare motor. While it is not the most ideal motor, it is a running motor non the less. After the fiasco with the galant, I decided to keep the short block as it was...
Brought the car home last night. It has sat for too long.But I have been moving along little by little with what I can. I will have pictures tomorrow or tuesday. But the spare motor is 100% done. So that puts me well ahead in the motor program than what I thought I would be. Only issue is it...
The car is prepped for paint. The inside of the car is getting painted black and the outside is going to be a silver color. I still have a little more to do inside the car, but the body it ready. We have not made too much progress on the front end, but it is pretty much ready for fiberglass...
Certainly have not forgot about this. I have been busy with my new galant that is all. Putting a new motor and tranny together for that.But we started sanding last night and are getting close to laying fiberglass down for the front end.
Finally got this thing up and running. Should be dialing it in in the next week or two. Just a map sensor away from hauling some ass. Thought some guys would get a chuckle out of it.
We had an interesting week to say the least at Speed Week 2010. Lots of highs and lows. But we went faster each run and had a blast in the end. Too many details to list that would take away from the numbers we produced.We were very close on this run to attacking the record from Raver...
Got the foam all poured for the front last night. Hope to start shaping and sanding the tonight and this weekend. Hopefully we can get some fiberglass laid this weekend as well.
No pictures tonight.Got the suspension back in and camber close to the correct angle. Also began the process of making my front bumper. Not much to speak of now. Just in the process of starting body work. Hopefully I can have the roof rails done this week some time.
Just a little bit closer.Got the dsm knuckles, calipers, rotors and pads on the car. So now I am fully SCTA compliant there with my 5 lug drive wheel setup. Installed the rear side lexan windows. Installed the new rear bumper and modified it for the push bar. Bought four steel spare rims for...
A little to update. This weekend I picked up a set of five lug hubs so I am in compliance with the scta rule. I picked up two 15" steel skinny rims for my 5 lug lsr tires up front. I also got the larger dsm brakes as well as new pads and rotors. So I have another new set of breaks. These current...
I had a busy weekend for work. But got a few more things done.Finished the oil cooler install finally. all that is left there is wire the fan into the switch. I also had to go to the junk yard and get some fenders and some tail lights. We threw them away after the fire. We needed the tail...