2008 STU discussion
I think I'm going to miss you guys in STU....
(Looks at mounted 315 hoosiers)
Eh, you guys have fun
I ran the Full Race Manifold last year and and ebay SS o2 housing. Everyone is so concerned about low end torque and although it's important, if you look at a lot of our data logs from last year most of the time was spent above 4,000 rpms. Manifolds and o2 housings help on the big end and really that's where are cars are.
(Looks at mounted 315 hoosiers)
Eh, you guys have fun
I ran the Full Race Manifold last year and and ebay SS o2 housing. Everyone is so concerned about low end torque and although it's important, if you look at a lot of our data logs from last year most of the time was spent above 4,000 rpms. Manifolds and o2 housings help on the big end and really that's where are cars are.
Let me know about the aero parts.
Last edited by SS RX7 r2; Jan 30, 2008 at 10:02 AM.
I'll get some teaser pics up soon. Steve and I are putting a project build section up on his website www.zzyzxmotorsports.com and I'll be putting a lot of pics up there. He was laughing yesterday because he said my new stuff is going to have "Bling".
And Suraj, feel free to pic my brain all you want. My mom is staying in STU with the black car with just a few changes. She dumped the HKS stuff in favor of the ZZYZX. New wing, new seats, and some lighter rotors. We were pretty stoked with what we ended up with last year in terms of a set-up. It's obvious the cars were where they needed to be just not the drivers. Jerry and I both coned away were we wanted to be and I think mom got a littler nervous knowing she had a competitive car this year and kinda choked.
Last edited by Dieman; Jan 30, 2008 at 06:06 AM.
I'm also interested in a good high flow cat. The one ATLValet was selling looked great, and I think Nils is running it now, but it is super short sompared to stock, so it needs custom welded flanges. Or could I just splice it into my current test pipe? So far we have:
Random
Perrin
Cobb
What others?
Random
Perrin
Cobb
What others?
Random Tech will throw a CEL. 2 of my buddies have had it go off on their EVOs and I'm currently running the mechanical CEL fix to avoid it. We are all running the 3" versions.
I'm also interested in a good high flow cat. The one ATLValet was selling looked great, and I think Nils is running it now, but it is super short sompared to stock, so it needs custom welded flanges. Or could I just splice it into my current test pipe? So far we have:
Random
Perrin
Cobb
What others?
Random
Perrin
Cobb
What others?
It flows better than the other three mentioned. Just weld it into a cheap test pipe.
Sounds like a good tire, but it's not going to be a factor (yet) in STU as they only come in 235 or 255s. They have good sizes for STS and STX.
Last edited by SS RX7 r2; Feb 6, 2008 at 02:00 PM.
I've heard stories of STU Subie guys running certain restrictive exhaust parts to intentionally cause boost creep at higher RPMS to legally get more boost and HP. . .
EVOlutionary
EVOlutionary
Save your money for next season. JIC's suck. They are horrible. 50% of the click adjustments don't change a thing. As for Mueller, last I heard was that even when you pay him for tuning your shocks he won't share the shock dyno graphs or tell you what rates he used. . . Hopefully for your sake things have changed in the past couple year. . .
EVOlutionary
EVOlutionary
Oh I thought they were off the Tak+ (forgetting co-driver name right now) Showcase car.
Sorry for the tangent.
Back on topic: I'm curious how many in STU are running an open element air intake vs. the stock airbox? It doesn't seem like underhood/intake air temps would be as much of a concern in solo as it would in road racing? Or perhaps the lower airflow in solo and higher road racing speeds negates this, and it IS more of a concern in solo?
Sorry for the tangent.
Back on topic: I'm curious how many in STU are running an open element air intake vs. the stock airbox? It doesn't seem like underhood/intake air temps would be as much of a concern in solo as it would in road racing? Or perhaps the lower airflow in solo and higher road racing speeds negates this, and it IS more of a concern in solo?
Last edited by hokiruu; Feb 18, 2008 at 02:13 PM.


