your car in person is nicer than in pics and that says a lot Joey. your car is flawless man! its perfectly set up and just as nice showcase wise as it is performance wise. your car came a long way! good luck with the future with it. even though you won't need it

 

Hey Joey (Fellow RS owner)

Im a road course guy so forgive the noob questions. I understand the basics about intake air flow but why run fully open? I would think ingesting debris would destroy the turbo (risk / reward im assuming)

What does it feel like popping the chute

Peace, Joe

 

I mean I wouldn't say it's as easy as if I had an 11 second car, but I have reached every goal I put my mind to in this car. An 8 second car and trying to drop tenths is hard, but definitely doable.

Gaining another 200hp or loosing 200lbs in the car is not everything. Of course it will help and I plan to make more power, but it's all depending on how the driving is, shifting, 60fts etc. It can vary in each car and in each pass. I plan to make more power in my car. I am impressed with my T3 6466 setup, but it's time to make a change. I will make a post in here and in my thread of what's to come in the next week or so.

You are correct sir, I forgot that Dog Box Racing EVO holds the MPH record as well.

Thank you for the kind words Tom, I appreciate it. I've tried to keep the Junk Box as clean as possible over the years. It's definitely not easy to keep a black car clean especially when it was a street car and I drove it everywhere lol. Where my car is right now I am very happy with it. I am planning on some changes and getting right back to the track ASAP. I'm sorry I couldn't meet you at the Shootout, but I'll see you next year! I still have a little over 2 months of racing, will see what happens

Hey Joe,

Having the turbo Front Facing receiving the cold air definitely is a plus. There's no restriction at all compared to the standard placement turbo. You do have the risk of debris, rocks, etc, but most of the FF manifolds today can be ran with an air filter. Back when my car was a street car, for the street I would run the filter. When I went to the track, I yanked the filter off.

Even at the track with no filter, you still have to be careful. Driving around the pits, coming down the return road with people in front of you kicking up stones/rocks can be a problem, but you just have to be careful.

I also love the way FF turbos sit on an EVO. There's nothing like being able to see the turbo when you look at the front of your EVO If you are worried about debris, I would just leave the filter on the whole time.

Popping the chute is a blast lol. I've only pulled the chute 3-4 times. I'm still learning how to pack it so I've hesitated on pulling it at times lol. But it is a lot of fun, and definitely helps slows you down.

 

I know and agree. Just pointing out two common variables.

 

Thanks for your input man. I'll have some updates by Friday that I am going to share with everyone

 

bump for updates

 

Yep, bump again - I had thought it might be racing this weekend?

 

I updated my thread yesterday guys. But I did go out this weekend. Car ran very solid and consistent. I was fighting wheel spin and the car all over the place. This time of year for us here in Illinois, the weather isn't the greatest and neither are the tracks. I made all 8 second passes, with the best being 8.80 @ 163mph and a 8.83 @ 164mph.

I know the car has a 8.6 or better in it, but I need a track that will hold the car. I believe I am done for the season unless the weather all of a sudden goes to 60 degrees but will see. Every season I want to go out and set new Personal bests and I have. Very solid season for me, and I plan to make some changes in the off season. If I do make it out again this weekend, I will be sure to update this

Here's the 2 passes from this weekend.

 

Joey,
Nice driving man , the "Junkbox" looks really healthy . I wanted to asks you a quick question . When you launch the car do you let it bounce of the rev limiter before shifting it to 2nd gear or do you chop the throttle? Do you shift it as soon as you launch and it begins to spin?

 

Thanks Man! The car is running awesome right now, very solid! It all depends on each track day. Each track is different along with the conditions. If my car is spinning bad out of the hole, I do let it bounce off the rev limiter. That Is wheel spin. I don't chop or feather the gas. If it's bouncing off the rev limiter, I let it bounce then shift. The ideal launch would be the car not bouncing off the rev limiter, just squat and go. When I cut my best 60fts like the 1.3s, it doesn't bounce off the rev limiter.

 

Thanks for the tip man . I'll try that next Saturday when I got to the track again because I did horrible my first time out I even opened a thread with vids and all to get some tips lol . Wish you the best with "Junkbox" and I hope you go 8.6

 

Thanks Man! Ill take a look at the thread and watch the videos man. Good Luck next to you go back to the track as well

 

How did I miss this post...?
congrats Joe, the Junk Box Evo has come a long way
Running on that t3 6466 it is a great accomplishment to run 8.77@163 is provably a record on it self
Congrats again

 

is it just me or did that last track look downhill? congrats joey

 

I've heard this 57 times the track has the shutdown uphill which creates the optical illusion of it being "downhill".

Can't wait to see you push the JunkBox even farther next Season Joey. Always raising the bar and never disappointing!