Sacramento Raceway CA 7/31

[Limegrntaln]

I should run mine stock, with my luck though, I'll still break something

 

[GVR4 #323]

I'm plan on bringing the Galant out for some action..... We will see you guys at the track

 

[98GSXin]

But it has A/C! Actual genuine working A/C! and it's hot out there!
Don't worry, mine is still too slow. I'm bringing my race car to the race.

I've got A/C still! Porsches are for old rich guys anyways. Just kidding Dave.

 

[TRIXTSI]

I'm plan on bringing the Galant out for some action..... We will see you guys at the track

Since i probably won't be racing i'll def be there to lend a hand prep'ing the car

Should have lots of vid footage after this race gotta try the GoPro out on the Galant as well if you don't mind

How's she running back to full stength???

 

[Animal408]

What up guys. I guess im going for sure now. Came up on some money so ill be able to make it. plus im bringing my camera guy and my bully. As for the bbq im bringing some meat. So im back in it. ima be in modesto on the 30th for a dog a show. So if any 209 dsmers are going im down to roll with yall and would it be possible to meet up with the san jose dsmers?

 

[tstkl]

You can always get AN fitting elsewhere is it a specific fitting(s) you're picking up or something

male metric 18x1.5 to -8 AN male. I need two of them. Without them my oil cooler lines cannot be installed and thus I can't pour oil in this bad boy.

Theres other stuff preventing the car from being drive-able, but it would just be extremely satisfying to at least hear this thing start and start dialing in the idle, .

Any of you fftec guys got a possible open seat you wouldn't mind letting me sit in on the drive up/down?

 

[josh408]

Yea i'm still going, i might stay the night at a friends house in san jose the night before so i don't have to deal with traffic.

 

[GVR4 #323]

Since i probably won't be racing i'll def be there to lend a hand prep'ing the car

Should have lots of vid footage after this race gotta try the GoPro out on the Galant as well if you don't mind

How's she running back to full stength???

Thats will be awesome to have some help with prep/vid. duties I have a GoPro for in car footage,it would be really nice to have another GoPro for different angles

"She" is currently running at 100%..... As long as its not extremely hot I plan on running some single digits

 

[Killa_dsm]

Hey Jason you leaving from Clearlake? And what day?

 

[GVR4 #323]

Hey Jason you leaving from Clearlake? And what day?

We will be leaving from Upperlake..."new house" I'm still trying to decide if I want to run "outlaw class" and leave early Sat. morning or just run the bracket class and run Sun. only???Stay in touch...
I will probably hang and PARTY in the pits sat. night with the "English racing boys" and show them how "Nor Cal" does it
I stand no chance in "outlaw class" unless I tree the sheeet out of the rest of the field
We will see....its going to be ONE HELL OF A Race/Party

 

[mitsukid82]

Ok well I am leaving early to set up I am leaving at 5 a.m. so I am able to set the tent and get a good spot anyone want to group up and go that is in our group let me know. Also what happened bring stuff well let me know what is going.

 

[JOSIEONETOOTH]

what time are the majority of you going? i want to caravan but i don't think i can that early.

 

[Animal408]

Is there anyone from the 209 going?

 

[shane90gsx]

If I can get my car in good tune ect I'll go. I just put the head on with studs and new V3. If it works well I want to go see the new times. I'm from the 559

 

[TurboDSM90]

male metric 18x1.5 to -8 AN male. I need two of them. Without them my oil cooler lines cannot be installed and thus I can't pour oil in this bad boy.

Theres other stuff preventing the car from being drive-able, but it would just be extremely satisfying to at least hear this thing start and start dialing in the idle, .

Any of you fftec guys got a possible open seat you wouldn't mind letting me sit in on the drive up/down?

Why dont you just loop the lines with the oem banjo bolts for now? Runnin no oil cooler aint gonna hurt anything unless you are doing some endurance racing.

 

[Ludachris]

Who is going from FFTEC? Or are is there anyone from FFTEC going to the event (to watch or race)?

 

[tstkl]

Why dont you just loop the lines with the oem banjo bolts for now? Runnin no oil cooler aint gonna hurt anything unless you are doing some endurance racing.

because I don't have oem evo 8 banjo's. I don't have bolt big enough to plug it, I don't have anything that big. I'm preoccupying myself though. I took almost every single last wire out of the car and I'm eliminating the ones I don't need.

heres to saving grams on a 2800 lb car

 

[Killa_dsm]

Anyone going to do just some fun runs? It's $40 for the fun runs, I might do that since I don't know about competing.

 

[tstkl]

those fittings were just pushed back another month!

"august 25th" now.

Doubt it.

 

[98GSXin]

Anyone going to do just some fun runs? It's $40 for the fun runs, I might do that since I don't know about competing.

I don't know where you saw $40 for fun runs, but that's definitely what I would be doing. How much are we going to be able to hit the track in this group?

 

[Killa_dsm]

I don't know where you saw $40 for fun runs, but that's definitely what I would be doing. How much are we going to be able to hit the track in this group?

Here it is, just scroll down a bit "Sunday Fun Runs Day Pass: $40" I'm planning on doing that one because this is only my second time running at a track and I know I'm not going to be consistent enough to compete.

West Coast Nationals

 

[Tre3zy]

Anyone going to do just some fun runs? It's $40 for the fun runs, I might do that since I don't know about competing.

count me in for the FUN RUNS... not gonna run on any class for now since i want to get the car to be more consistent...

 

[josh408]

How many miles must be put on a rebuilt engine before it's considered broken in?

 

[Limegrntaln]

"Here is some information I want to get out there.

The 4g63 is not a small block Chevy. You do NOT crank it with the fuel disconnected or the ignition unplugged to prime the oiling system. If you truly wanted to try and prime the oiling system before starting a new engine you would need to leave the timing belt off and crank the oil pump seperately. Same thing if you DID have a small block Chevy, you'd spin the oil pump through the distributor hole.

This next stuff applies to OUR ENGINES. I don't care about some other shop or some other machine shop that did YOUR work. Don't ask as I could care less.

For our engines. IF you put your head on, timed it etc. and installed the engine in your car AND you have everything exactly right, the engine should start and run almost immediately after trying to start it. When it does hold the engine at around 1500-2000 rpm and let it stay there. Check it for leaks while it is doing this, check it for anything out of the ordinary. If you are using a standalone check the AFR's, look at the knock count etc. Dial in your AFR's a little so it is where it needs to be to run at this RPM. Hopefully you have a map that is right in the first place and you can just let it run. While the car is warming up the lifters will quiet down as the oil pressure builds and the air gets out of the lifters. Check the coolant, watch the coolant temps.

DO NOT just crank the engine to attempt to build oil pressure, it WILL BUILD INSTANTLY IF THE CAR STARTS.

ALL of our engines are built/assembled with a special lube. It is very sticky. I basically fill the crank shaft with it, so there is quite a bit of lube there and everything is very well coated. The engine could probably actually run with NO oil in it for a few minutes with no damage, we don't want that obviously.

Point is to TRIPLE check every single thing on the car first and then it should start instantly and run.

Once you are sure there are no leaks of any type and everything is tight and triple checked again you can either start some low throttle tuning or go for a drive.

As long as everything is 100% I could care less about a break in. Engines built here/assembled here and installed here are broken in on the dyno about 90% of the time. I have maps perfected for any combination we have. So the car is checked, loaded on the dyno. The idle, part throttle tuning is gone over and a few miles are put on the car at light loads to make sure it runs great and the AFR's are good. I do all the fuel mileage calibrations right on the dyno too. When this is done, the car is looked over again and then the tuning at low boost levels (20 psi or whatever) is done. I generally do the pump gas tunes first so the boost levels are lowest. As soon as they are done then the car is turned up and tuned on race gas if that is part of the build.

It is nothing to have a car with less than 10 miles on it at 40 psi of boost and 10,000 rpm. If it is going to fail then it is going to fail at that point and running it for 2,000 miles (whatever) easy is not going to change that. Running an engine for 2,000 miles to break it in is complete bullshit. It's most companies ways of getting you to take 6 months to be ready to run the car hard and by then they hope the warranty is over.

David Buschur"

Ok, Back on Topic.

 

[TSimage]

Who is going from FFTEC? Or are is there anyone from FFTEC going to the event (to watch or race)?

The whole crew is coming from what it seems like... Dave might be the only one racing but Pat might just get the itch...