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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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Thanks. I was there.

Had a nice run with a mid 10 sec GTR on the way home.
I heard rumors about ur car the day it happened. Very impressive. We outta meet up at the track some time. Would love to see this animal in person. We know a lot of the same people and I have heard a lot about your car. I guess u could say its what my car wants to be when it grows up
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by beauphus
I heard rumors about ur car the day it happened. Very impressive. We outta meet up at the track some time. Would love to see this animal in person. We know a lot of the same people and I have heard a lot about your car. I guess u could say its what my car wants to be when it grows up
Thanks.

PM me whenever you're heading out to the track.
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Steve:

On your mile run, do they give you an elapsed time?

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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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Steve:

On your mile run, do they give you an elapsed time?

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Hey Tom.

I'll have to check.

I'll be willing to bet if they did, my elapsed time will be misreble since I ran with PS2s and spun for a good portion of the first 1/8 mile .

Someone got a video of the run. I have to track it down. Shows me trying to peddle it with the street tires.
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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Hey Tom.

I'll have to check.

I'll be willing to bet if they did, my elapsed time will be misreble since I ran with PS2s and spun for a good portion of the first 1/8 mile .

Someone got a video of the run. I have to track it down. Shows me trying to peddle it with the street tires.
I can imagine....and that was when you were running with about 100hp and 40tq less. What tires are you going to use on your next mile run?

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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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I can imagine....and that was when you were running with about 100hp and 40tq less. What tires are you going to use on your next mile run?

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Figuring that out now. Was thinking about using drag radials, but concerned about going 180 + on them.
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Figuring that out now. Was thinking about using drag radials, but concerned about going 180 + on them.
Yeah, I was going to suggest for you to look into that. I know you are running the M/T drag radials. I found this for the BFG drag radials (read the 4th paragraph):

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+Drag+Radial+2

I suspect that the M/T's may suffer from the same inherent problem, as they also do not have a speed rating (no Y or Z rating). You have to think that a 9 second car running drag radials may hit 150mph in a 1/4 mile run. The tires are only experiencing high heat for 9 seconds. In your mile run, the tires will be running under high heat conditions for about 25 seconds. I would probably err on the side of caution and go with the PS2's. You probably wouldn't want the drag radials blistering at 190+mph.

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Old May 30, 2014 | 11:30 PM
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No offense to SGC, but is this for real?? Did he really pick up 17 mph in trap speed (from stock) from tuning, intake, etc??? I think I read on here he was running stock boost and stock turbos. Also, I think I recall reading this car was running nitrous.

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No offense to SGC, but is this for real?? Did he really pick up 17 mph in trap speed (from stock) from tuning, intake, etc??? I think I read on here he was running stock boost and stock turbos. Also, I think I recall reading this car was running nitrous.
No Nitrous but a long list of mods.
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