TSimage
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- Jan 10, 2006
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Sacramento,
California
I know this is similar to the road race guys but even so looking at their thread got me thinking about my drag/street car. My 8 second Raven build as seen here: The RAVEN!: AWD/Auto/S400/Nitrous/Alum. rod/100% street car build *8/9s or bust!*
Has been sitting for eons due to priority listing. Every time I try to put another car on hold to finish the Talon, new plans come up and I am back at it with another car.
Currently my RX8 is being rebuilt from the ground up for next year so there goes a majority of the money, and what that doesn't take has been trickling into the house as well as my oldschool 1965 trunk I am restoring to trailer my 1972 Camaro which also need a new rear end after its 496 stroker totally obliterated it on my last carshow/track outing. Hell the new wheels alone for the RX8 would be able to finish off at least 80% of what I have left to complete on the Talon. ;( I don't know where I lost my motivation but I need it back.
What I need left:
New manifold. I could easily pick up a readily available top mount or even a bottom mount but the setup I want to run will require a reversed mounting for the turbo and retain a lot of stock components all the while positioning the turbo so it can mate up to my 4" aluminum exhaust. I have looked towards companies like ETS and JMF and they have all said they can do it. MAPerformance was no help at all in this venture.
Fuel pump. Sold it to a friend who needed it sooner than I did only for him to pretty much give it away with his shell he sold, I was beyond pissed but its what ever. I'll most likely go for a single eliminator pump and call it a day. I still have all my lines and injectors plus I just scooped up the fittings and new fuel rail from Brent..
ECU. I also sold my AEM EMS to a buddy who needed it sooner than I did (currently powering a 650+whp beast) so that leaves me in the dog house BUT I have always wanted to run DSMap and the only thing stopping me was the inability to control boost at the level I'd need it to be done. Well after talking to the guys over on the Tuner Pro boards, the new 4 bar map sensor just might work. So do I go AEM EMS, or do I push the envelope again and try something new? At the end of the day I'll leave that up to my tuners who will have the final say. If they trust in the Jackal 3d maping then Im game, but I wont do it at a sacrifice of drivability considering this will be a 100% street driven vehicle.
Hmmm, and I think that's it... So I take that back.. The wheels on the RX8 would pay for 100% of what I need left to finish but I need to push myself. I think I need to call up one of my buddie with a fast 10s+ or 600+ whp DSM/EVO and tell them to give me a ride or let me borrow their cars. That will probably get the ball moving.
Guess I'm kind of disappointed in myself to say the least but once you get use to your DSM sitting, it makes it easier and easier to let it just sit. When I DD my last 35r big boy I made sure it had the latest and greatest, coolest and newest and I was tinkering with it damn near daily. I miss that car with a passion..
Has been sitting for eons due to priority listing. Every time I try to put another car on hold to finish the Talon, new plans come up and I am back at it with another car.
Currently my RX8 is being rebuilt from the ground up for next year so there goes a majority of the money, and what that doesn't take has been trickling into the house as well as my oldschool 1965 trunk I am restoring to trailer my 1972 Camaro which also need a new rear end after its 496 stroker totally obliterated it on my last carshow/track outing. Hell the new wheels alone for the RX8 would be able to finish off at least 80% of what I have left to complete on the Talon. ;( I don't know where I lost my motivation but I need it back.
What I need left:
New manifold. I could easily pick up a readily available top mount or even a bottom mount but the setup I want to run will require a reversed mounting for the turbo and retain a lot of stock components all the while positioning the turbo so it can mate up to my 4" aluminum exhaust. I have looked towards companies like ETS and JMF and they have all said they can do it. MAPerformance was no help at all in this venture.
Fuel pump. Sold it to a friend who needed it sooner than I did only for him to pretty much give it away with his shell he sold, I was beyond pissed but its what ever. I'll most likely go for a single eliminator pump and call it a day. I still have all my lines and injectors plus I just scooped up the fittings and new fuel rail from Brent..
ECU. I also sold my AEM EMS to a buddy who needed it sooner than I did (currently powering a 650+whp beast) so that leaves me in the dog house BUT I have always wanted to run DSMap and the only thing stopping me was the inability to control boost at the level I'd need it to be done. Well after talking to the guys over on the Tuner Pro boards, the new 4 bar map sensor just might work. So do I go AEM EMS, or do I push the envelope again and try something new? At the end of the day I'll leave that up to my tuners who will have the final say. If they trust in the Jackal 3d maping then Im game, but I wont do it at a sacrifice of drivability considering this will be a 100% street driven vehicle.
Hmmm, and I think that's it... So I take that back.. The wheels on the RX8 would pay for 100% of what I need left to finish but I need to push myself. I think I need to call up one of my buddie with a fast 10s+ or 600+ whp DSM/EVO and tell them to give me a ride or let me borrow their cars. That will probably get the ball moving.
Guess I'm kind of disappointed in myself to say the least but once you get use to your DSM sitting, it makes it easier and easier to let it just sit. When I DD my last 35r big boy I made sure it had the latest and greatest, coolest and newest and I was tinkering with it damn near daily. I miss that car with a passion..
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I plan to race a lot more next season.
