Pics of my new setup
10-25-2006, 03:50 AM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
Not on the new setup no. The last time I went to the track was to shelor dragway, the first day they opened. The track surface was horrible, to the point where I was pulling a 2.3 as my best 60' of the night. I was trapping over 90mph but pulled a 8.9 as my best ET 
. That was on my old FP Green turbo. That turbo was sold a year ago and the previous owner ran a 11.73 on it, on only 26psi and pump gas in a full weight 2g. I wound up pushing that turbo to 29-30psi when I was on race fuel, and this current setup should be even more potent if that gives you any idea of where I should be. But as of official times, no I dont have them, and due to potential drivetrain issues I don't head to the track that often.
. That was on my old FP Green turbo. That turbo was sold a year ago and the previous owner ran a 11.73 on it, on only 26psi and pump gas in a full weight 2g. I wound up pushing that turbo to 29-30psi when I was on race fuel, and this current setup should be even more potent if that gives you any idea of where I should be. But as of official times, no I dont have them, and due to potential drivetrain issues I don't head to the track that often.
10-25-2006, 07:04 AM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
There are many stock 500+whp 6-bolt's and 400+whp 7-bolts driving around. Reliability starts to be a problem after those level's depending on the condition of your motor, your tune, and how high you are revving.
Btw your setup is ridiculous, looks awesome!
Btw your setup is ridiculous, looks awesome!
10-25-2006, 08:06 AM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
What about the tranny? I thought about DSM's but I don't know much about them. I have heard nothing but bad things when it comes to reliability and crank walk.
10-25-2006, 08:17 AM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
Granted I only owned my DSM for a short period of time. But in the time I did own it. I came to see crankwalk as a myth. Yeah it happens sometimes. But rarely that I have seen. Mostly its some jackass having something go wrong with his car that they cant explain and automatically say its crankwalk.
I'm not saying it doesnt happen, im just saying if that is the reason you dont want one. Then its not a good reason.
The reliability on the other hand? throw that shit out the window. DSM's are getting old and people have beat the shit out of them for a long time. They are going to break.
I'm not saying it doesnt happen, im just saying if that is the reason you dont want one. Then its not a good reason.
The reliability on the other hand? throw that shit out the window. DSM's are getting old and people have beat the shit out of them for a long time. They are going to break.
10-25-2006, 11:34 AM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
If you dont continually head to the track the tranny will hold up just fine. If you don't attempt to rev the piss out of the engine to produce your hp figures, you'll be fine. I produce my peak power at 6800rpms, still within factory redline, a feat that most can't really say. The issue with revving is that the ignorant ones out there try to shove anything and everything on their cars that they see the big guys running, without giving any thought to powerband. Then they wind the shit out of their factory engine and kill it.
Crankwalk is a joke. When a person can throw down 3000 dollars to buy a B18C that makes them a 1.8L FWD NA vehicle that runs close to a DSM stock, and it is considered completely accepted in the import world, then there should never be any talk about crankwalk, that happens to only a few, and a replacement engine with turbo, manifolds, fuel system, and sometimes the tranny, can be had for 1000 dollars.
About the age thing, absolutely. Many DSMs, especially 1g's, were bought during a time when people didn't consider imports a performance vehicle. This means they weren't treated with the care that they should have been, and at this point in time are beginning to show their age. Again, the ignorant people out there start buying up what they consider a "Deal" just because its cheap, never giving consideration to the fact that the previous owner would run the piss out of it, and change the fluids once in the cars lifetime if ever.
Crankwalk is a joke. When a person can throw down 3000 dollars to buy a B18C that makes them a 1.8L FWD NA vehicle that runs close to a DSM stock, and it is considered completely accepted in the import world, then there should never be any talk about crankwalk, that happens to only a few, and a replacement engine with turbo, manifolds, fuel system, and sometimes the tranny, can be had for 1000 dollars.
About the age thing, absolutely. Many DSMs, especially 1g's, were bought during a time when people didn't consider imports a performance vehicle. This means they weren't treated with the care that they should have been, and at this point in time are beginning to show their age. Again, the ignorant people out there start buying up what they consider a "Deal" just because its cheap, never giving consideration to the fact that the previous owner would run the piss out of it, and change the fluids once in the cars lifetime if ever.
10-25-2006, 12:14 PM
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Re: Pics of my new setup
reliability issues are a myth. 99% of DSM problems are self-inflicted by idiot owners. The myth comes about from ignorant owners. with DSMs there is pretty much a set path like supras and such.. do X mods and you should run X time and make X power.. people slap some ebay junk together and do everything wrong, and if it doesn't make a million hp or run 10s they call it junk. and for some reason people think a DSM breaking a part making 500whp makes it less reliable than a honda breaking shit at 200. calling a DSM unreliable is a joke to anyone that knows what they are doing with them.
It is a stock motor... should be perfectly reliable. I'd say i probably wouldn't feel safe past 500whp with a stock 7 bolt.. on a 6 bolt, i'd feel safe up to about 550-600. tune it right and you're fine.