Check out the december issue of sport compact car !

All the results are in ! ! so close yet so far ! !

We had major engine failure ! ! (oil pump drive) and lost the motor on the road course ! !

Did pretty good in the other tests ! !

Also lost the "front diff" during the dragstrip tests ! ! did a transfer case swap in under an hour & reset the fast times at the strip ... makes for some good reading ! !

 

oh man, sorry to hear about that Tommy i hope that you had some fun at least..

rebuild it and try again, i know that you can win this contest.

i am going to pick it either tonight or toommorow morning.

 

What is up with all the oil pump failures?

Hard luck man

 

I'm glad they actually gave you recognition at the end though saying "if not for the engine failure you'd be seeing a Mitsubishi on this page.."

but I didn't like the fact they said "Muellerized indeed." about your engine failure, it just seemed kind of uncouth, like it was Mueller's fault the oil pump gave out. sometimes they really get under my skin at that magazine.

 

you had it in the bag too. Even with your engine problems you came in a decently close second. Good job! You just gotta do it again next year.

 

who won???

 

congrats.....a local guy was in the competition with his black hardtop supra, that car is SICK, and mentioned on the local boards that he thought you guys should have won it if it werent for the engine going....i think he might have come in like 7-8 somewhere around there

 

Hey TOmmy you car is suitable for my grand ma ma

 

First off, great showing. Had the road course been the last event, you would have probably won, regardless of the engine failure.

Any thoughts/speculations on why the oil pump drive went out? I have a not-so-different setup from yours on my car ... needless to say, I'm a little concerned.

l8r)

 

"1BYDFALT" was the perfect plate for that Skyline on the cover, because if your oil pump hadn't failed we'd see that beautiful red evo on the cover. I love your car. Do you plan to rebuild with a 2.0 again or stroke? Congrats on representing so well. I'm sure you will go back bigger and stronger next year.

 

Hey guy's thanks for the kind words !!

I have to say the event was a blast ! (no pun!) The magazine crew were top notch & lot of fun to boot !

Special thanks to Martin (AMS) who made the only complete passs in my car !!
and also John mueller & crew for the kick *** support !

If the car would have made the road course .. I know John was going to unleash some serious whip *** ! !

Still working on why the pump went .. will keep you posted .. 2006 should be a great a year, with some really good sponsers on board ..

Plans are to run the car at many time attack, drag events .. and bonneville for the 06' season ! !

Granny was the **** ! !

 

great job Ferraro Kid

 

Al ! thanks ! whats up man ! have not spoken to you in ages !

Thought we had it in the bag ! ! It was great fun ! so many highs & lows ..
it was like a emotional roller coaster !

Hows the 2.3 treating ya' ? ?

 

Do you have the balance shafts out?
PM if you want to know how to keep the pump from failing.

 

Picked it up already. Great poo poo time reading. Sure seems like they were bagging on the other wide-body Evo a lot in that story though.