Review: FP 71HTA
Nemsin
I tracked only few times this car- so that is not relevant measure/test.
Sadly MLR stories are mudded by totaly inept owners and tuners.
You can tell - if you followed many years UK scene, how few learned to tune/self tune/are SW savy.
Out of few who are software savy, few are mechanically inclined- thus stupid "rod bolt mandatory upgrades", wide use of replacement ECUs, and lots of horror stories.
Their experience is not any sort of measure.
As far as using the HKS in UK hard on track for 30min:
Let's face it, all real racers go to Ross HTA3076, or similar, and the tracks are mostly small, I think those stories are mostly pure fantasy.
It's "poor tuning that ruins the turbo, too much boost requiring retarding timing tesulting in fantastic EGTs.
I followed UK Subi/Evo scene since imports started in mid 90's
Nobody virtually races a 7460
But am confident that it's fine for normal NASA TT, Track days, and TA events, if tuned appropriately!!
It's in fact better than stock with ball bearing cartridge having tolerance for oil surge.
So many stories yet we've seen what: 3 turbos pictures, ever?
Like we all know Bbk and FP used to fail all the time...the rest is history...
I tracked only few times this car- so that is not relevant measure/test.
Sadly MLR stories are mudded by totaly inept owners and tuners.
You can tell - if you followed many years UK scene, how few learned to tune/self tune/are SW savy.
Out of few who are software savy, few are mechanically inclined- thus stupid "rod bolt mandatory upgrades", wide use of replacement ECUs, and lots of horror stories.
Their experience is not any sort of measure.
As far as using the HKS in UK hard on track for 30min:
Let's face it, all real racers go to Ross HTA3076, or similar, and the tracks are mostly small, I think those stories are mostly pure fantasy.
It's "poor tuning that ruins the turbo, too much boost requiring retarding timing tesulting in fantastic EGTs.
I followed UK Subi/Evo scene since imports started in mid 90's
Nobody virtually races a 7460
But am confident that it's fine for normal NASA TT, Track days, and TA events, if tuned appropriately!!
It's in fact better than stock with ball bearing cartridge having tolerance for oil surge.
So many stories yet we've seen what: 3 turbos pictures, ever?
Like we all know Bbk and FP used to fail all the time...the rest is history...
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Fresno, CA
i was hoping. i'm curious to see how it ends up on a less conservative tune. more than i expected, that's for sure.
Virtual Dyno, 91oct.
Virtual Dyno, 91oct.
From what I have been quoted from the UK, buyers in the USA don't have to pay VAT fees. We just have to pay expensive shipping. Now we just have to find out the reliability of the unit on lancer registry.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Fresno, CA
i had to drive the car in the rain today. i took off from a stop light and floored it to see what would happen. all four tires broke loose and continued into 2nd. i got off of it then. man, that was fun.
it did the same in the dry with a launch from 5500RPM #ricermomentsarefun.
it did the same in the dry with a launch from 5500RPM #ricermomentsarefun.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Fresno, CA
Well just got caught up on this thread and Kaj I believe you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to attain the power level you're looking for on the 71hta. e_Kobz and Awhit17 had great results as well as myself and 2 cars I have tuned on the turbo, all track driven cars.
Each car I have tuned was a full bolt-on the only differences were each were on different cams, one on race gas, and I run a 9.8 hotside. All numbers are from a Mustang Dyno and it reads 10% lower than local Dyno Jets.
Mine w/ S2's: 396whp / 355wtq 26psi peak and 25psi up top 93oct
Evo IX w/ Kelford 272's: 386whp / 343wtq 26psi peak and 23psi up top 93oct, more conservative timing than mine
Evo IX w/ S1's: 351whp / 300wtq 24psi peak and 22psi up top race gas (can't remember octane), very conservative timing.... hit class power/weight ratio
Each car I have tuned was a full bolt-on the only differences were each were on different cams, one on race gas, and I run a 9.8 hotside. All numbers are from a Mustang Dyno and it reads 10% lower than local Dyno Jets.
Mine w/ S2's: 396whp / 355wtq 26psi peak and 25psi up top 93oct
Evo IX w/ Kelford 272's: 386whp / 343wtq 26psi peak and 23psi up top 93oct, more conservative timing than mine
Evo IX w/ S1's: 351whp / 300wtq 24psi peak and 22psi up top race gas (can't remember octane), very conservative timing.... hit class power/weight ratio
