TK2005

Could ya lend a brother some ends? You planning a trip to Houston anytime soon? I gotta a new toy I think you would like. I tried to hook up with Failsafe this weekend but his notebook crapped out and we didn't meet.

tig488

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i say we all post bankstubs(with account numbers of course)

mraturbo

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What up man...Good to hear from you. I will come by. Would love to see it. Maybe you can get out to the track with us at Spring Mountain in a few weeks.

M

BobbyRitz

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I wasn't referring to you specifically. Nice of you to edit your post to make it more civil.

Z33Concept

Nice Dyno Numbers

Gman2004

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I have a hot temper and tend to rage sometimes, but I caught myself.

BobbyRitz

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No problem...

VRT...back on topic...sorry for the interruption...

mraturbo

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A lil' drama is always fun. Think we are all family of some sort here. Well we are waiting for a new clutch to get installed and I broke my Power Steering Line at Cal Speedway.

IMPORTANT:
Vreating a complete car is essential. For all of you that don't believe JUST making power doesn't make sense, take a look. Dyno queens don't belong on the track. This car was perfect at 500 WHP, but needs upgrades at over 600 WHP.

Note:
The car has Tein/Flex with EDFC, Stillen Sways, strut tower rear, and was running Hoosiers. I have AP Racing Brakes. I was lapping 400-500 WHP cars, I promise! However, MY POWER WAY OUTPERFORMED MY SUSPNESION

Take a look...
LOL
M




With 650 WHP my suspension, even on the hardest settings WAS MUSH. I was pushing like hell and had to drift many of the turns to get through clean. Fun but very dangerous.

And because the track was mainly right turns, I burned a new Hoosier to the steel. I will have to beef up the suspension, get new camber arms, and stiffer everything if I ever want to run 800 WHP on the track and have a car to drive home.

THE CAR WAS SOOO FAST THOUGH.... Yes..Thanks Wing with Team Transport for the cool pics.

MIAPLAYA

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Bah Tein=twin tube=teh suck... I just installed an HKS setup and its been fantastic on the street although I do need to get up to Willow one of these days and give it a shot. Mike for your purposes you may consider the Hipermax II setup...

mraturbo

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Thanks MIA,

Note, I have full race JICs ready for use, BUT Remember, this is MY DAILY DRIVER and not my track car. Sounds stupid, yet I want the car to be nice to drive around town - "A Lady in the Streets and a Freak in the Sheets"/TRACK.

Very difficult to balance the two and with 600-800 WHP, OH YES...A Challenge.

We will probably have National Spring create us some custom springs with different spring rates and just try a few things.

FYI, Here is the pic of the left front Hoosier I was talking about... Brand new ONLY 40 minutes of life and now JUNK! Drifting Hoosier is fun but better hold on to your ***!

MIAPLAYA

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I have HKS LS+'s on my car now and they have been pretty good so far...Pretty streetable but still firm enough for good handling. Mono tube of course

Sharif@Forged

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Michael, lets not forget...you are an experienced track guru. 80% of the guys at track days can't drive in a fast and controlled manner. Your skills are certainly helping make your car one of the faster ones out there. I have been lapped by guys making 200whp less than me, becuase they are experience drivers, on familiar tracks.

mraturbo

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You are correct Sharif. Although with all do respect - most of the drivers in the RED/Advanced Groups are very very experienced. Some of their skills far out perform mine.

NOTE: I was passed the other day at Willow Springs by an old 240 Race Car while testing Mike B. /ProjectDoubleDown's suspension...Not sure what his power was, yet the driver was awesome and didn't seem to lift in any corner, WOT baby.

Power to weight ratios make a big difference, No matter what the situation is, I still need to find solutions so I can use my huge power on the streets and the track. I want to race my car even if it is stupid sounding to have 600 - 800 WHP on the road and track. I PREACH TO MY CLIENTS FOR A PERFECT 500WHP/550TQ but I am a horrible and greedy example...I want to race more.

It is CRAZY fun and almost like a dream...and really makes me into an even better driver if I can lay her power down and still create great lap times while being safe on the track.

Tekwon-V

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impressive. enjoyed reading all 5 pages and watching the video. inspirational. :-D

mraturbo

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Thanks, And hopefully along the way VRT makes some customers very happy with their cars. We are just certainly having fun and are lucky there are so many road race tracks in Cali, Nevada, and AZ that we can drive to.

Let us know if we can assist in any way.

roneski

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<---- Happy customer.

Those are crazy pics man, I can't believe that we have the same suspension based on those shots. I am obviously not driving it hard enough, lol.

chimmike

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seriously, VRT....you should look into the KW Variant 3's

Gman2004

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I want to get Tein Flex with EDFC, 350EVO front arms, and spc camber kit. I already have the stillen sways bars and 19 x 9.5 255/35 front and 19 x 10.5 285/rear. What are your thoughts on this set up? I mostly drive the car with 5.5 and 10 psi (around 500whp for 10psi) and never track. This is my daily driver, but I am the type of person that likes to have a better set up then the next guy. Any recommendations? And WTH is a hossier?

SinCity350Z

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Thats a good setup. You will not run into any issues if you don't track it, especially not on street tires. He ment Hoosier BTW, which is a tire brand.

Gman2004

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My bad I misspellled it not mraturbo. eitherway I didn't know what a hoosier or hossier was. lol