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Phil1320
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- Dec 9, 2002
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Phil,
It has been 7+ years, you would think someone would get over it, but I guess not
I have ALWAYS been 100% genuine with my advise and I went out of my way to help EVERYONE, who asked me for help!
Did I think that my FMIC wasnt really helping a 14b much at a drag strip? Yes I did! And I still think so! You might disagree with my opinion, but I find a mere suggestion that I had some ulterior motives is simply insulting
1. There is nothing to get over, it's the way I interpreted your words, wether wrong or right, good or bad, it's just fact. I have no ill feelings about you at all, just telling a story from my standpoint. Not meant to insult you, but, if you are taking it that way, then you must understand I apparently felt in a similar manner years back. Case closed on my end.
2. Never said anything negative about advice you gave to others.
3. Yes, I disagree with your opinion: "I dynoed 20 HP higher at the wheels at 16psi, than I was able to dyno at 21 psi with a sidemount. Trap speeds jumped from 113.1 right into the 115's."
And, if you've read other threads up here, one of the #1 recommendations to me by other interested parties has been to upgrade to a larger FMIC than I run now. Several runs of mine this year have proven heatsoak with the EVO FMIC.
Heres my story,
In 1999 I was 5 months into my AirForce enlistment and stationed in Biloxi Mississippi. At 19 with a wife and daughter, I was in desperate need of a reliable car. I had no credit to get a loan from my credit Union so I had to settle for the Lemon lots of Biloxi because they could finance me with no problem. After searching around for a few weeks I narrowed my choices down to two cars, A 92 MX3 and a 90 Eclipse 1.8, Needless to say I ended up taking the eclipse for an outrageous price of $3500! By the time I was done paying it off I think I paid $5000 total with financing. Oh to be young right? Anyhow I had that car for three years until I bought my wife another car, whic was an accord because my family was growing. At this time I bought my first PC and finally got some sweet dialup connection. Thats when I discovered DSMTALK.com. I had no Idea that there were better Eclipses, and that there were lasers and Talons. I knew I had to sell my car for something better. By that time Fast and the Furious was in theaters. I had my eclipse all riced out with scoops, mesh Grill, Neon Lights Etc, Etc. Naturally it was easy to sell just by its appearance. I took that money and found a Red 1990 Laser RS FWD in Phoenix AZ, (I was living in Tucson at the time) On Autotrader (No Craigslist back then). The test drive was the first time I had ever driven a turbo car, Man I was scared! I had never felt a rush like that, So $1800 got me the Laser with a busted Fuel filler hose, The dude failed to mention that part, so I had to go to NAPA, Buy a hose, Buy the tools and replace that in the parking lot, All while listening to my ex-wife bi*** about the piece of crap I just bought. On the drive home I hit 130MPH, I was so happy with my purchase. I loved that car, I did so many little things to try and make it look better. Here is the end result before I sold it.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/421610 Theres pics of some of my other past cars too
I had to sell it for money to buy my first house. I regret it to this day. But change is good, I have since owned many DSMs from 1.8 to AWD GSX, TSI, Autos, Even did a Mighty Max Turbo Swap. anything with a 4G63 in it. My latest was purchased 2 weeks ago. A 90 Talon TSI AWD, Its sitting on stands right now waiting for a new clutch fork and Ball, My daily driver is a 90 Galant GS with Electronic suspension. Going to do a turbo upgrade to that one when I get some time. I guess the moral to the story is, Once you have a DSM and get your hands dirty with it your Hooked!
Oh yea, I saw my first eclipse not too long ago drinving one day, It had been crashed and generally not taken care of!
Awesome story! The Laser looked awesome! I had two FWD Laser RST's and I did sell them, and I do miss them. A friend local to me owns my first one so I see it from time to time. Great cars.
That Mighty Max is awesome. Almost bought one about 4 years back with the intentions of a 4G swap. Fell through.
Thanks for sharing!
......it was nice seeing you guys going for that 14B record back in the day. Still DSM legends. ;
Thanks......much appreciated words!
I have sumitted new beat times 3 times to dsmtimes.org (11.4 then 11.1 then 10.8). The site was last updated oct 10. I think my 11.4 was In September. Hahaha. Not upto date at all.
Not to mention there was now way to filter two runs for same car. My 11.44 nos run is on the 14b list, but not my 11.9 run from same 2004 season without nos.
...and on this subject......still no update on the times list. It's been 3 solid months with no update. I sent my info in on October 24th. I think it's a bit rediculous that there hasn't been an update in so long, I know I must not be alone on this. I wanted to correct the problem with Artic TSi's listing and add Travis to the list. I emailed the guy months ago with no return. What gives? I have a friend working on a site for me that will be 14b based. I will have a timeslip database on the site that I will update in a much more timely manner and we won't have to worry about it any longer. I would consider a 16g list as well, even if I never run one. Small frame turbos as SBstar calls them. Anyone that knows me will tell you my enthusiasm alone for this stuff will have the list as accurate and as current as possible. I'll let you all know when the site is up and running, hopefully at the start of this years race season.