TitaniumTT's I hope I make it to DGRR '09 Build

[TitaniumTT]

There was a caravan of four of us, Neeto in her honduh accord, Shar in his FD, me in the FC, and AJ in his FB. Neeto made some comment about old people driving slow FC's so I dumped 3 gears on the off ramp and roared around everyone.... AJ get's on the walkie and makes a comment, something along the lines of, "look @ that old dude in his mid-life crisis mobile." :lol2:

Not 5 minutes later at the gas stop someone was galking over all the cars so we decide to give him a show........... funny, the mid-life crisis mobile was the only one that could smoke 'em at all let alone through 2 gears. FWD hondah, automatic FD, and lack of hp FB

[EJayCe996]

I've got something for ya for a good chuckle... He doesn't remember this...

[Duffman692002]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

There was a caravan of four of us, Neeto in her honduh accord, Shar in his FD, me in the FC, and AJ in his FB. Neeto made some comment about old people driving slow FC's so I dumped 3 gears on the off ramp and roared around everyone.... AJ get's on the walkie and makes a comment, something along the lines of, "look @ that old dude in his mid-life crisis mobile." :lol2:

Not 5 minutes later at the gas stop someone was galking over all the cars so we decide to give him a show........... funny, the mid-life crisis mobile was the only one that could smoke 'em at all let alone through 2 gears. FWD hondah, automatic FD, and lack of hp FB

Haha, now that's not true and you know it. My lil FB managed to break 'em lose coming off that side street. She'll burn through first and through a bit of second, I may not have the horsepower you've got but at least I can say that I'm still on my FIRST engine. or at least the first one I've built.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

Haha, ass... Remeber when I told you that Alan's AE is one of the only two FC's I like or would ever own? Well this is the second.

Thanks AJ

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

I give up on the multi-quoting.

Don't tempt a man with unlimited vacation time and an insatiable appetite for travel.

Ever see the Adirondacks in Oct? Tempted?

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

You were having such a hard time with the car at DGRR that I thought I'd toss you a bone and let you have a few 'victory' pulls on me. I'd have hated to see you after gettin' waxed by the ol' FB, talk about losing some of that 'sandy blond' locks. There were soooo many times that I could have just cruised away from you on the Dragon but I restrained myself.

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

Haha, now that's not true and you know it. My lil FB managed to break 'em lose coming off that side street. She'll burn through first and through a bit of second,

Well to be fair, you are spinning like a 125/90/14 right

I may not have the horsepower you've got but at least I can say that I'm still on my FIRST engine. or at least the first one I've built.[/QUOTE]

Well of the two that I've built that have blown one was in the hands of a "technician" when that fat bastard popped it, and the second was on the dyno with a clogged fuel filter soooooooooooo can't really blame me. We'll see how #4 goes. I got 150 miles on her so far and she stopped being all pissed off after about 20 miles and a few tweaks in the MAP that really helped out. There is a HORRIBLE enleanment on the <2500rpm tip in that is driving me insane, other than that though she idles like a horny kitten and cruises smooth as silk.

[vex]

That picture disturbs my calm... on so many levels.

Now Brian, you know as well as I do that my car will be a contender as soon as I get it all dialed in. Don't deny it.






LOL.

[Turbo II Rotor]

God damn you're still having fuel problems with this? I thought you would have been alright after we replaced the pump and filters.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by EJayCe996

I've got something for ya for a good chuckle... He doesn't remember this...

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Originally Posted by vex

That picture disturbs my calm... on so many levels.

Now Brian, you know as well as I do that my car will be a contender as soon as I get it all dialed in. Don't deny it.

I want to see your car man. Bill is going to try to make it to KDR next time I'm on the dyno, you should join.

Originally Posted by Turbo II Rotor

God damn you're still having fuel problems with this? I thought you would have been alright after we replaced the pump and filters.

Scott! My other DGRR savior. Dude, I've been through 4 socks total, 3 main filters. Sadly all we did @ DGRR was fix the symptom. I think, I hope, I PRAY that the main cause was the epoxy coated tank, which has finally been changed out. Hopefully that is the end of this crap.

[Turbo II Rotor]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Scott! My other DGRR savior. Dude, I've been through 4 socks total, 3 main filters. Sadly all we did @ DGRR was fix the symptom. I think, I hope, I PRAY that the main cause was the epoxy coated tank, which has finally been changed out. Hopefully that is the end of this crap.

What product was the tank coated with? Do you think the ethanol in the gas dissolved it? I'm picking up my tank Friday from getting boiled and coated, now you got me worried.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Make sure you hit me up before you go for your 400whp run, I def want to be there... the mrs and I will book a room and attend the grand event

Probably throw my 8 up there for some baseline pulls too... ya know, to give you perspective, lol...

The last auto-x I was at there was an 8 that said he did like 130 or 150 on the dyno and thought that to be low........ I thought so too. I'll def be updating this thread when the time comes. It'll be a saturday too, that much I do know. Maybe mid-late August at this point.... dunno. We'll see what happens.

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

400 woot woot..............vodka again

You and your flipp'in vodka. What's your brand? I'm quite the vodka drinker myself

Originally Posted by Turbo II Rotor

What product was the tank coated with? Do you think the ethanol in the gas dissolved it? I'm picking up my tank Friday from getting boiled and coated, now you got me worried.

I have no idea what the product was. I took it to a local radiator/machine shop and they took care of the whole thing. I'm positive it's the ethanol that's breaking it down. Most everyone that I know with a fiberglass tank is replacing it with plastic or Aluminum. I've even heard from Tim Marren that the ethanol is breaking down the plastic fuel cells and releasing the "sand" they use to help mold the things. Metal seems to be the only safe bet now.

I know it's the ethanol because at one point I dropped the tank. Cleaned all the fuel out. Whiped the tank down with a paper towel and it came back clean. I poured some gas in, sloshed it around and whiped again, still NOTHING. A few weeks later I have filters clogged with sludge after I found NOTHING in the tank. Fucking ethanol. I would talk to the guy that coated the thing and see if he's had ANY complaints about it, and I'd also be curious how long he's been using it. Seems to take a few years for the shit to start breaking down the epoxy. Unless some other rank chemical was added recently that I'm unaware of. I'm no chemist, but from my experience, the ethanol seems to be the beast.

[Turbo II Rotor]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I have no idea what the product was. I took it to a local radiator/machine shop and they took care of the whole thing. I'm positive it's the ethanol that's breaking it down. Most everyone that I know with a fiberglass tank is replacing it with plastic or Aluminum. I've even heard from Tim Marren that the ethanol is breaking down the plastic fuel cells and releasing the "sand" they use to help mold the things. Metal seems to be the only safe bet now.

I know it's the ethanol because at one point I dropped the tank. Cleaned all the fuel out. Whiped the tank down with a paper towel and it came back clean. I poured some gas in, sloshed it around and whiped again, still NOTHING. A few weeks later I have filters clogged with sludge after I found NOTHING in the tank. Fucking ethanol. I would talk to the guy that coated the thing and see if he's had ANY complaints about it, and I'd also be curious how long he's been using it. Seems to take a few years for the shit to start breaking down the epoxy. Unless some other rank chemical was added recently that I'm unaware of. I'm no chemist, but from my experience, the ethanol seems to be the beast.

F... Mine is getting done at a radiator repair shop. I've seen the effects of the ethanol on my 5 gal gas cans. They are at least 20 years old and have been perfect until about 3 years ago and you can see the plastic drying out at an accelerated rate. I'll have to ask how ethanol friendly the coating they used is. As with your car no part of my fuel system will be OEM so I will have to see how this goes. Do you have the name and number of the shop you used? I'd like to give them a call and find out what product they use on their tanks.

[vex]

Hate to say it, but I doubt I'll be able to make it out there. I have too much to do and not enough time or money to do it in. This should prove to be mighty interesting.

[TitaniumTT]

Story of my life is too much to do and not nearly enough time. You should still try to make it up there for the third or forth dyno. I'm going to make that for a saturday and that's when we're going for 400. Last time I was there he was tuning a 500R for 475RWHP. The thing hit so hard we needed three people in the trunk to keep the tires contacted to the dyno. It was quite awesome

[WE3RX7]

Make sure you hit me up before you go for your 400whp run, I def want to be there... the mrs and I will book a room and attend the grand event

Probably throw my 8 up there for some baseline pulls too... ya know, to give you perspective, lol...

[FC3S Murray]

400 woot woot..............vodka again

[FC3S Murray]

You and your flipp'in vodka. What's your brand? I'm quite the vodka drinker myself

Goose of the Grey my friend.


MAn, we have an ethonal mix up here, small percentage but still here. If it isn't one thing.....