Ping Hachiroku -- Supra update

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:06:24 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno RemoveThis @AE86.gts>
wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:04:38 -0500, Viperkiller wrote:
>
>>
>> I did some tuning on my "Viper Killer" and decided to take out on the
>> dragstrip. I did a run of 11.2-sec 1/4 mile run at 139 mph. That's with
>> the car being severely traction limited until 3rd gear. They immediately
>> expulsed me for not having the required safety equipment. I don't believe
>> a roll cage (including some other safety equipment) is practical on a
>> street-legal car, road-going car. Oh well.
>
>I can't remember...which year/model do you have? For some reason, '94
>seems to stick in my head.
>
>Those are really good numbers. What kind of tuning? 139 MPH is certainly
>nothing to sneeze at!
>
>And, talking about saftey equipment, I had a friend that used to run at
>our local dragway. All he needed was a helmet and a working seat belt.
>
>His ride? A 1981 Nissan
>
>
>
>
>
>Pickup...

Funny! Obviously his pickup doesn't have a low enough ET to require
further safety equipment. They told me that I needed a rollcage, fire
extinguisher, and other things that I don't consider practical.

You're right about the 94. I actually have 2 MKIV Supras...a heavily
modified 94 and a slightly modified 97. I was referring to the 94. I
always had traction problems so I was tuning it to put the power down
better. I limited the boost at low rpm and from shifts between 1st to
2nd and from 2nd to 3rd. The terminal speed of 139 mph is great but I
still wanted a better ET without having to go wider tires than 275mm
and not have drag slicks or race-compound tires.

If you don't remember, the car has twin HKS turbos, my own intake
design, HKS exhaust, HKS boost controller set at 22 psi, etc, etc.
There are no more dynoes around my town. But the last time there
was, the car pulled 660hp at the wheel. It's also about 250 lbs
lighter than stock.
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:14:18 -0500, Viperkiller wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:06:24 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno.TakeThisOut@AE86.gts> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:04:38 -0500, Viperkiller wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I did some tuning on my "Viper Killer" and decided to take out on the
>>> dragstrip. I did a run of 11.2-sec 1/4 mile run at 139 mph. That's
>>> with the car being severely traction limited until 3rd gear. They
>>> immediately expulsed me for not having the required safety equipment. I
>>> don't believe a roll cage (including some other safety equipment) is
>>> practical on a street-legal car, road-going car. Oh well.
>>
>>I can't remember...which year/model do you have? For some reason, '94
>>seems to stick in my head.
>>
>>Those are really good numbers. What kind of tuning? 139 MPH is certainly
>>nothing to sneeze at!
>>
>>And, talking about saftey equipment, I had a friend that used to run at
>>our local dragway. All he needed was a helmet and a working seat belt.
>>
>>His ride? A 1981 Nissan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Pickup...
>
> Funny! Obviously his pickup doesn't have a low enough ET to require
> further safety equipment. They told me that I needed a rollcage, fire
> extinguisher, and other things that I don't consider practical.
>
> You're right about the 94. I actually have 2 MKIV Supras...a heavily
> modified 94 and a slightly modified 97. I was referring to the 94. I
> always had traction problems so I was tuning it to put the power down
> better. I limited the boost at low rpm and from shifts between 1st to 2nd
> and from 2nd to 3rd. The terminal speed of 139 mph is great but I still
> wanted a better ET without having to go wider tires than 275mm and not
> have drag slicks or race-compound tires.
>
> If you don't remember, the car has twin HKS turbos, my own intake design,
> HKS exhaust, HKS boost controller set at 22 psi, etc, etc. There are no
> more dynoes around my town. But the last time there was, the car pulled
> 660hp at the wheel. It's also about 250 lbs lighter than stock.


OH BOY!!!

Get a Canadian Speedo and make a 6:1 reduction gear and you'll have a nice
240MHP speedo. Then you can honestly tell us how fast you've had the car
on the highway (that is, MY speedo only goes to 240KPH...)
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:33:03 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno DeleteThis @AE86.gts>
wrote:

>> Funny! Obviously his pickup doesn't have a low enough ET to require
>> further safety equipment. They told me that I needed a rollcage, fire
>> extinguisher, and other things that I don't consider practical.
>>
>> You're right about the 94. I actually have 2 MKIV Supras...a heavily
>> modified 94 and a slightly modified 97. I was referring to the 94. I
>> always had traction problems so I was tuning it to put the power down
>> better. I limited the boost at low rpm and from shifts between 1st to 2nd
>> and from 2nd to 3rd. The terminal speed of 139 mph is great but I still
>> wanted a better ET without having to go wider tires than 275mm and not
>> have drag slicks or race-compound tires.
>>
>> If you don't remember, the car has twin HKS turbos, my own intake design,
>> HKS exhaust, HKS boost controller set at 22 psi, etc, etc. There are no
>> more dynoes around my town. But the last time there was, the car pulled
>> 660hp at the wheel. It's also about 250 lbs lighter than stock.
>
>
>OH BOY!!!
>
>Get a Canadian Speedo and make a 6:1 reduction gear and you'll have a nice
>240MHP speedo. Then you can honestly tell us how fast you've had the car
>on the highway (that is, MY speedo only goes to 240KPH...)

Interesting option with the Speedo. I tried to find the top speed got
to 175mph indicated. It had plenty more to go but traffic, line of
sight, and tire durabilty concerns stopped me. I have Michelin Pilot
PS2's but you never know. It's not like the freeways have runoff
light on race tracks. A neighbor suggested to for me to take it to
Daytona Speedway to try it out. The lack of runoff on that track
concerns me. I'd hate to destroy my pet project in one mistake or
equipment failure. Do you think Porsche or Audi will let me borrow
their test tracks?
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:12:12 -0500, Viperkiller wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:33:03 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno RemoveThis @AE86.gts> wrote:
>
>>> Funny! Obviously his pickup doesn't have a low enough ET to require
>>> further safety equipment. They told me that I needed a rollcage, fire
>>> extinguisher, and other things that I don't consider practical.
>>>
>>> You're right about the 94. I actually have 2 MKIV Supras...a heavily
>>> modified 94 and a slightly modified 97. I was referring to the 94. I
>>> always had traction problems so I was tuning it to put the power down
>>> better. I limited the boost at low rpm and from shifts between 1st to
>>> 2nd and from 2nd to 3rd. The terminal speed of 139 mph is great but I
>>> still wanted a better ET without having to go wider tires than 275mm
>>> and not have drag slicks or race-compound tires.
>>>
>>> If you don't remember, the car has twin HKS turbos, my own intake
>>> design, HKS exhaust, HKS boost controller set at 22 psi, etc, etc.
>>> There are no more dynoes around my town. But the last time there was,
>>> the car pulled 660hp at the wheel. It's also about 250 lbs lighter
>>> than stock.
>>
>>
>>OH BOY!!!
>>
>>Get a Canadian Speedo and make a 6:1 reduction gear and you'll have a
>>nice 240MHP speedo. Then you can honestly tell us how fast you've had the
>>car on the highway (that is, MY speedo only goes to 240KPH...)
>
> Interesting option with the Speedo. I tried to find the top speed got to
> 175mph indicated. It had plenty more to go but traffic, line of sight,
> and tire durabilty concerns stopped me. I have Michelin Pilot PS2's but
> you never know. It's not like the freeways have runoff light on race
> tracks. A neighbor suggested to for me to take it to Daytona Speedway to
> try it out. The lack of runoff on that track concerns me. I'd hate to
> destroy my pet project in one mistake or equipment failure. Do you think
> Porsche or Audi will let me borrow their test tracks?


h-h-h-h-how f-f-f-f-fast?!?!?! <THUD>
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:38:23 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno DeleteThis @AE86.gts>
wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:12:12 -0500, Viperkiller wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:33:03 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno DeleteThis @AE86.gts> wrote:
>>
>>>> Funny! Obviously his pickup doesn't have a low enough ET to require
>>>> further safety equipment. They told me that I needed a rollcage, fire
>>>> extinguisher, and other things that I don't consider practical.
>>>>
>>>> You're right about the 94. I actually have 2 MKIV Supras...a heavily
>>>> modified 94 and a slightly modified 97. I was referring to the 94. I
>>>> always had traction problems so I was tuning it to put the power down
>>>> better. I limited the boost at low rpm and from shifts between 1st to
>>>> 2nd and from 2nd to 3rd. The terminal speed of 139 mph is great but I
>>>> still wanted a better ET without having to go wider tires than 275mm
>>>> and not have drag slicks or race-compound tires.
>>>>
>>>> If you don't remember, the car has twin HKS turbos, my own intake
>>>> design, HKS exhaust, HKS boost controller set at 22 psi, etc, etc.
>>>> There are no more dynoes around my town. But the last time there was,
>>>> the car pulled 660hp at the wheel. It's also about 250 lbs lighter
>>>> than stock.
>>>
>>>
>>>OH BOY!!!
>>>
>>>Get a Canadian Speedo and make a 6:1 reduction gear and you'll have a
>>>nice 240MHP speedo. Then you can honestly tell us how fast you've had the
>>>car on the highway (that is, MY speedo only goes to 240KPH...)
>>
>> Interesting option with the Speedo. I tried to find the top speed got to
>> 175mph indicated. It had plenty more to go but traffic, line of sight,
>> and tire durabilty concerns stopped me. I have Michelin Pilot PS2's but
>> you never know. It's not like the freeways have runoff light on race
>> tracks. A neighbor suggested to for me to take it to Daytona Speedway to
>> try it out. The lack of runoff on that track concerns me. I'd hate to
>> destroy my pet project in one mistake or equipment failure. Do you think
>> Porsche or Audi will let me borrow their test tracks?
>
>
>h-h-h-h-how f-f-f-f-fast?!?!?! <THUD>

LOL!!!
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