Dodged a bullet night before last

[F16HTON]

After being gone for the last two weeks, I flew home and Tracee picked me up at the airport in the A4...

We went to dinner and I drove home afterwards...

Jumped on the highway opened the car up and (ping, ping, ping)...I thought to myself, WTF?

Then I realized that the last time I drove the car it was on race gas and I forgot to tell her it was on timing 9 (ooops)...

She had filled the car up before picking me up and had no clue what was up.

On a positive note...ER Competion FMIC picked up a solid 2psi on the exact same duty cycle as was running previously.

[7speed]

close call

[Turn10]

that would have been expensive

[HTA A4]

Oh damn... Where did you fly?

[HTA A4]

GREG!
I was just dickin' around on the internet and saw you in this video!

http://www.eurotuner.com/videos/57/6201683/index.html

[F16HTON]

lol...Team Leader

[Das General]

Nice hat.

[HTA A4]

I'm sure you helped them wrench. That would be sweet just to be there though!

[Das General]

Why didn't hood get in the photo shoot, he was the driver after all. Poor guy, gets left out.

[F16HTON]

Nice hat.

Like that...not a bit of shade for two days straight, had to keep the sun out of my eyes somehow, plus I flew into LA just for the event

Why didn't hood get in the photo shoot, he was the driver after all. Poor guy, gets left out.

Mike is like the Stig, he only shows up when it is time to drag race...once it is over, the chopper picks him up and takes him home to watch his kid.

[AudiA4Turbo22]

^^nice hat haha. I pictured David as like an old guy that new what he was doing not someone that looked like me haha.

[A4ringedONE8T]

ME7 saves the day!

[dirtybrd]

Stig!

[Don Supreme]

ME7 saves the day!

ha - it didn't stop it from pinging did it? Eventually, the motor would have been lost.

[mike-2ptzero]

Why didn't hood get in the photo shoot, he was the driver after all. Poor guy, gets left out.

Pics were taken after the road course, I drove the car in the drag event which was the day before.

[absolutegtr]

Pics were taken after the road course, I drove the car in the drag event which was the day before.

Mike, just curious, as to what makes you such a demand "item"

Besides the fact that you actually know how to drive a car, what makes you so special?

<Tone = Curious >

[317ssayzarc]

Mike is like the Stig, he only shows up when it is time to drag race...once it is over, the chopper picks him up and takes him home to watch his kid.

thats sig material lol

[A4 TSCHUSS]

Mike, just curious, as to what makes you such a demand "item"

Besides the fact that you actually know how to drive a car, what makes you so special?

<Tone = Curious >

Nobody else in California knows how to drive I guess

I personally do it myself and do a good job at it

[F16HTON]

I do just as well as the Hoodster in my own car...back in 2005 I had him drive it for me when I was post op for my broken neck.

One thing he does have going for him is that he is about 145lbs soaking wet

Funny thing is that the fastest time ever put down in my car was from a friend that went 12.81, it was the first and only time he ever both drove and drag raced my car, he is not a drag racer either.

[dougyfresh]

On a positive note...ER Competion FMIC picked up a solid 2psi on the exact same duty cycle as was running previously.

That FMIC is no joke! Esp it being anodized black.

[F16HTON]

I have not logged the IATs on the car but I can honestly say I notice the difference...

My powerband is much smoother and the boost does not hit quite as hard...the 71R has much more up top than it used to.

This is all butt dyno information, but I do know my car pretty well...it also blows off nowhere near as loud as it used to, which is quite a plus, I may just switch back to OEM diverter valve anyways

[mike-2ptzero]

Nobody else in California knows how to drive I guess

I personally do it myself and do a good job at it

Next time you come to CA we will hit the track and put that to a test.

[A4 TSCHUSS]

what I didnt already prove that? I can't wait to go to the track again now.

[AudiHere04]

glad i picked up a ER comp FMIC...hehehe

[dirtybrd]

Did someone say track? I'd go this Friday night if I wasn't running the 7200 file. ER Comp FTW. Greg, can they do a 2.5 inlet. I saw on their website that they have 2.25 hotsides. I'll need 2.5 if I do what we were discussing last night, no?

[F16HTON]

Fred can do it but it would be custom work and may take a bit more time

[mike-2ptzero]

what I didnt already prove that? I can't wait to go to the track again now.

I meant with both of us running the same car at the same track on the same day.

[DELUX]

I have not logged the IATs on the car but I can honestly say I notice the difference...

My powerband is much smoother and the boost does not hit quite as hard...the 71R has much more up top than it used to.

This is all butt dyno information, but I do know my car pretty well...it also blows off nowhere near as loud as it used to, which is quite a plus, I may just switch back to OEM diverter valve anyways

If you go back to OEM, go with the Bosch Sport 110 dv which will handle your boost.

[AudiA4_20T]

Did someone say track? I'd go this Friday night if I wasn't running the 7200 file. ER Comp FTW. Greg, can they do a 2.5 inlet. I saw on their website that they have 2.25 hotsides. I'll need 2.5 if I do what we were discussing last night, no?

whats the big deal... Run it up to 7200, you should still be able to beat 12.6

[dirtybrd]

In first gear it's hard to stop form hitting the rev. limiter, especially after getting used to have another 1300rpms. Maybe, we'll see.

[Don Supreme]

In first gear it's hard to stop form hitting the rev. limiter, especially after getting used to have another 1300rpms. Maybe, we'll see.

hahahahahha you have no idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but its still possible (for you to run or beat 12.6).

My setup didn't spool right in 1st gear, probably full boost near 6k and it would instantly hit the limiter while the tach was still showing ~ 6500 rpm....

That over rev room in 1st gear is one of the biggest reasons I am building the head up. I will probably still shift @ 7500-7800 in 2nd and 3rd, but probably hit close to 8500 in 1st.

[A4 TSCHUSS]

I meant with both of us running the same car at the same track on the same day.

Sure you want me doing that haha j/k

[mike-2ptzero]

In first gear it's hard to stop form hitting the rev. limiter, especially after getting used to have another 1300rpms. Maybe, we'll see.

How do you think I feel seeing that every time I go to the track i am usually driving a different car that has a completely different power band and a different rev limiter. Also its usually a good amount of time between trips to the track for me and my daily driver is a truck that is an automatic.


On my last trip to the track it was in a 480whp Evo8, ended up nailing the 8200 rpm rev limiter in 2nd gear since I am so used to my 8500 rev limiter and the evo8 has such a short 2nd gear.

[dirtybrd]

No track for me, I got a new job and have to drive back and forth to Orlando. It'll have to wait until I get a DD. A 20k raise is more important.

[dougyfresh]

No track for me, I got a new job and have to drive back and forth to Orlando. It'll have to wait until I get a DD. A 20k raise is more important.

Congrats! You must be stoked. Good things for you and the family.

[A4 TSCHUSS]

I dont think I have ever hit the rev limiter. Only on my old Yamaha R1 I did every now and then at the track in 1st but that was because I was fighting to keep the front wheel down and may not have been in position to shift right on time.

[dirtybrd]

I never really did either, until mine went from 8500 to 7200.

[Don Supreme]

I dont think I have ever hit the rev limiter. Only on my old Yamaha R1 I did every now and then at the track in 1st but that was because I was fighting to keep the front wheel down and may not have been in position to shift right on time.

That because you had a GTRS before....

When your tach is slower than your actual engine speed because you are making so much power in 1st gear, you will understand.

[mike-2ptzero]

That because you had a GTRS before....

When your tach is slower than your actual engine speed because you are making so much power in 1st gear, you will understand.

Thats exactly why I use an aftermarket tach and have always used a shift light. Only time I had problems hitting the rev limiter in my car was back when my rev limiter was 7800-8k and only hit it in 1st gear.

[Das General]

Yeah, you have that big goofy Fast and the Furious tach. = )