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Originally Posted by figit090
holly poooo!
So, are you a regular racer? There's some stuff going on here that blows my mind!
I just glanced and didn't read; what's going on in that box? It looks like the exhaust will heat that intercooler that feeds a low pressure turbo, feeding the high pressure under the hood?
I don't have time to read but do you have a post where you explain what all is going on?
I'm used to the idea of cooling air down and throwing more fuel in to make power, and just learning about heating air up and reducing fuel for efficiency. Putting them in the SAME CAR makes me want to know more.... very cool stuff. Takes a special car to make this work, no doubt.
Part of me wanted a Mitsubishi AWD like this but I read about the complications of the drivetrain, parts starting to break at high HP, crank walk and blah blah blah so I just avoided them, since it would have been a first car. Ended up with my supra instead.
How do you feel yours will do with (regular?) drag runs from a reliability standpoint? Was it a drag car before becoming an eco car? This build is so unique I'm hugely curious. If the info is in the thread I'll just have to go read it lol.
Also, where'd you get all the touline? lol
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I'm a drag racer and love to do some auto-x every now and then.
The aluminum box cover is set up with two compartments. The cold side and the the hot side. The cold side has a scoop under the car that feeds both compartments. Air comes in from the scoop then passes to the low pressure turbo inlet and air is also directed to go through the inter-cooler. Then the air after it passes through the inter-cooler goes into the hot side compartment to help cool the exhaust post turbo. Then it exits out through the floor into a low pressure area under the car.
Now when I'm in FE mode all this stays the same like I stated above but I also have a hot air system that gets its air from the high pressure turbos compressor out let. I'm using the 3/8" nipple that normally is used for boost reference. This line goes into the drivers compartment that I control with a ball valve. Then the line goes under the car to a copper wrap around the exhaust (I change this before it used to wrap around the exhaust manifold). It then goes to a tee that feeds into a stock rail that has four nozzles that are about three inches before the intake valve. This part of the system is going to be used only at freeway speed.
I have been into DSM's cars now for the last 10 years. They can be a pain in the ass to work on and break down on you, but if done correctly they can be a great car.
As for racing and reliability I'm fortune enough to live in the Pacific NW where some of the fastest DSM live. I have a close friend Trevor Holland that has two Talon's one is his drag car that runs 8.02@175mph and his wifes car that runs low 9's@ 140+. Then there's Jeff Bush, another friend that has a Talon that went into the 7's last year. All of these I mention are auto's transmission's and is one major factor to surviving the HP these engine's make. The other week link is the transfer case and Trevor makes a gear set and a case bracket that makes it bullet proof. So the performance parts are available. My last Talon went 11.5@120 with a stock turbo. Then I sold it to Trevor and he went 10.6 @130mph with a bigger turbo. This TalonI have now started out as a stock car that i started building. It was hit pretty hard in it's early life so i figured this would be a good car to cut up. I'm also going to add a cage to it sometime in the near future. the cage will be a custom one that is tuck up with good head clearance for safety when driving around the streets without a helmet on.
The Recycled Paint Solvent made up of mostly Toluene comes from my local Auto Body shops. I work for a Automotive Paint supplier and do outside sales so this helps me with getting the free recycled waste paint solvent. I have access to a paint recycler to do a second run if the solvent doesn't look good, but so far have not used it.
