First Evo VIII in the 9's
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by '88Saleen
You payed $420 a month for a '97? Was it new? When I bought my '97 WS6 it was my first car loan so I had a higher intrest(12%) for first time buyer and with only $1k down it was only $350 a month.then after a year of paying that I traded it in on a 2000 and got the intrest down to 4.5% and with nothing down the monthly payment stayed the same. For $420 a month I'd much rather buy a '97-'99 vette.
I'd rather walk than drive a car made in japan!!
I'd rather walk than drive a car made in japan!!
. I refinanced a year later for 350 mth. Most of the cars ive bought have been american w/ the exception of a 97 dsm. Theres many other cars I would buy for the price of a evo/sti etc, but I would take one in a heartbeat
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by '88Saleen
They might be good for what they are but nothing to right home about. Just think my mustang which is'nt even the fastest mustang in my puny state of RI is as fast as the worlds fastest EVO and probally the world fastest STI !!
Of course this is a rally car we're talking about here, so it should come as no surprise that a drag queen would be faster. I wonder how your Mustang would fair in WRC?
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by Big Red Jim
To clarify, you're as fast as the fastest Evo VIII, the fastest Evo is much faster.
Of course this is a rally car we're talking about here, so it should come as no surprise that a drag queen would be faster. I wonder how your Mustang would fair in WRC?
Of course this is a rally car we're talking about here, so it should come as no surprise that a drag queen would be faster. I wonder how your Mustang would fair in WRC?
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by '88Saleen
Do you have any proof of a EVO or STI running faster than mid 9's in the quater? Because thats the only thing that matters.
Zohab Razak EVO III- 8.6@161MPH
Andre Simon (Speedtech) EVO III- 8.8@164MPH
Adam Dubienczuk (DEVO Tuning) EVO II- 9.1@152MPH
Nick Zervos (APC) EVO II- 9.1@151MPH
EVOrent EVO VII- 9.3@145MPH
Andre Simon (Speedtech) EVO III- 8.8@164MPH
Adam Dubienczuk (DEVO Tuning) EVO II- 9.1@152MPH
Nick Zervos (APC) EVO II- 9.1@151MPH
EVOrent EVO VII- 9.3@145MPH
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by Big Red Jim
Sure do. From that link:
I haven't kept up with the scoobies as much, so I really can't answer for them.
I haven't kept up with the scoobies as much, so I really can't answer for them.
So your either wrong about this car being the first in the 9's or those 8 seond times are made up. So which is right and which is wrong?
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Then why the hell did you start this meeasge saying the "first EVO in the 9's " then. Normaly if a car is the first to break into a time bracket its considerd the fastest. Your the one who started this message.
I said first Evo VIII in the 9s.
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Reading comprehension > you
I said first Evo VIII in the 9s.
I said first Evo VIII in the 9s.
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
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Reading comprehension > you
I said first Evo VIII in the 9s.
I said first Evo VIII in the 9s.
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by Antz97ZNJ
Evo 8 is just the first turbo 275 hp model brought to the states correct?
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
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This is what I used to run 11.0@ 125 (my best) with a 5 speed
stock untouched shortblock,edebrock performer 1.90 heads,saleen intake,70mm TB, 77MM mass air,36lb injectors,vortech S strim 13lbs,shorty headers,dynomax 2 1/2" ultraflow exhaust,stock fuel rails and lines,190lb in tank fuel pump with a T- rex inline pump,ford extender,3.73 gears,front skinnys and slicks,4 cyl springs and koni front stuts. I ran 118 octane gas. This was way back in 1996 and 1997. Also it went 11.3@118 with a A trim making 10lbs of boost I beleive.
I then set it up for FFW's street renegade in which I won a event in '99 at New England dragway and was rated 8th fastest renegade car in the country by 5.0 magizine.
This is my current setup. The main reason it cost me the $20k more was the A4 shortblock you mentioned.
310cid A4 block,sonny bryant billet crank,manley rods,probe pistons,fox lake ported twisted wedge heads with titanium intake valves,the same saleen intake and 70mm TB but now run a 83mm mass air meter,Paxton Novi 2000 at 22lbs of boost,160lb injectors,aeromotive fuel rails with the big lines sumped factory tank with a big weldon fuel pump.different hydralic cam,kooks 2" step headers with 3" exhaust,dynamic C4 auto,D&D tublar k member with coil overs out back is the TRZ rear suspension kit. I know run the FORD racing EPEC engine control,I run on skinneys up front and 28x10.5 M/T's out back. I think thats everything but I may have forgot something. But last year it made 690rwhp and 650ftlbs with a conservative tune. And on 4 year old slicks and a horrible 1.48 60" time it went consistant 9.6's@146. I also was running 8" wide rims out back witch are a little small for 10.5's. But the guy who tunes my car Eric Laferriere of Laferriere racing http://www.laferriereracing.com/ says that with the engine the way it is now we should be able to get the suspension dialed in for 1.3 60"s and 9.2's and he said could easily tune it so it could run 150mph and possibly get a 8.9 with it. I need a 'chute first. But if i were to sell my heads for better ones,sold my Novi for a big procharger and switched from my .548" hydralic cam for a big solid it could go mid 8's.But my goal for this year is to run 9.2 and to break 150mph. Also I want to have the quickest REAL Saleen in the country. So far I have'nt found a real one running quicker yet.
Hers some pics of it on cardomain-
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=762099
stock untouched shortblock,edebrock performer 1.90 heads,saleen intake,70mm TB, 77MM mass air,36lb injectors,vortech S strim 13lbs,shorty headers,dynomax 2 1/2" ultraflow exhaust,stock fuel rails and lines,190lb in tank fuel pump with a T- rex inline pump,ford extender,3.73 gears,front skinnys and slicks,4 cyl springs and koni front stuts. I ran 118 octane gas. This was way back in 1996 and 1997. Also it went 11.3@118 with a A trim making 10lbs of boost I beleive.
I then set it up for FFW's street renegade in which I won a event in '99 at New England dragway and was rated 8th fastest renegade car in the country by 5.0 magizine.
This is my current setup. The main reason it cost me the $20k more was the A4 shortblock you mentioned.
310cid A4 block,sonny bryant billet crank,manley rods,probe pistons,fox lake ported twisted wedge heads with titanium intake valves,the same saleen intake and 70mm TB but now run a 83mm mass air meter,Paxton Novi 2000 at 22lbs of boost,160lb injectors,aeromotive fuel rails with the big lines sumped factory tank with a big weldon fuel pump.different hydralic cam,kooks 2" step headers with 3" exhaust,dynamic C4 auto,D&D tublar k member with coil overs out back is the TRZ rear suspension kit. I know run the FORD racing EPEC engine control,I run on skinneys up front and 28x10.5 M/T's out back. I think thats everything but I may have forgot something. But last year it made 690rwhp and 650ftlbs with a conservative tune. And on 4 year old slicks and a horrible 1.48 60" time it went consistant 9.6's@146. I also was running 8" wide rims out back witch are a little small for 10.5's. But the guy who tunes my car Eric Laferriere of Laferriere racing http://www.laferriereracing.com/ says that with the engine the way it is now we should be able to get the suspension dialed in for 1.3 60"s and 9.2's and he said could easily tune it so it could run 150mph and possibly get a 8.9 with it. I need a 'chute first. But if i were to sell my heads for better ones,sold my Novi for a big procharger and switched from my .548" hydralic cam for a big solid it could go mid 8's.But my goal for this year is to run 9.2 and to break 150mph. Also I want to have the quickest REAL Saleen in the country. So far I have'nt found a real one running quicker yet.
Hers some pics of it on cardomain-
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=762099
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
No turbo in Renegade.
A friend of mine has a Novi on a 2V motor in a 2000 GT that just went 9.06 on Drag Radials first time out - hoping for high 8s at the NMRA race in Maple Grove next month.
A friend of mine has a Novi on a 2V motor in a 2000 GT that just went 9.06 on Drag Radials first time out - hoping for high 8s at the NMRA race in Maple Grove next month.
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Youngsters and these newer turbo/supercharged overgrown-motorcycle-engined-compacts.......
Don't know what to make of the whole scene really. Seems that alot of these things are bulletproof and they've got plumbing so they're easy to turn up the boost on. Throw some nitrous in the mix and you've got a nice intercooling effect. So a few bucks later you have a "fast" car but hey, so can anyone else these days.
Boy things have changed fo' sure.
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Don't know what to make of the whole scene really. Seems that alot of these things are bulletproof and they've got plumbing so they're easy to turn up the boost on. Throw some nitrous in the mix and you've got a nice intercooling effect. So a few bucks later you have a "fast" car but hey, so can anyone else these days.
Boy things have changed fo' sure.
-Mindgame
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by Mindgame
Boy things have changed fo' sure.
-Mindgame
-Mindgame
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
Originally Posted by Mindgame
Don't know what to make of the whole scene really.
A 9 second street car used to be a tubbed out, overheating, rough idling, no accessory having rattlebox. Now it's a car that can be driven in traffic or through snow. It's a good time to be a hot rodder
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Re: First Evo VIII in the 9's
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A 9 second street car used to be a tubbed out, overheating, rough idling, no accessory having rattlebox. Now it's a car that can be driven in traffic or through snow. It's a good time to be a hot rodder
