Drag racing times - parts/work to modify

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Yes, I'll second the "Mike Gough Tuning Stye", Mike has done a great job, not only with little $$ but also age and life experience, I'm always impressed with how much tuning (not just bolting on, etc) that Mike has done before the tender age of 20 ;)  Nothing wrong with doing it on a severe budget long as the results are the same.

As much as power and performance are a goal of my project, so is reliability, if you're tuning these cars and you can never get'em to run right, then you're likely going about it all wrong.  My goal is to build a car that I can drive to the track and back and not have to tear down and rebuild all the time.  If done properly, and EFI'd car will be even more reliable than a stock car.

Heck, I looked into an engine compartment of a Neon the other day and though, "what hack built these wiring harnesses and ran this hose plumbing", hoses and wires were rubbing on each other, the whole engine compartment was a mess.  At least do it better than a Neon, and try to maintain the quality and engineering of the Factory Audi systems, it doesn't take a lot of time or money, just patience and attention to detail.

Javad

>> Now, if you go Mike Gough style, cut those prices in
>> half or even a third, but you better be ready to
>> bargin:)
>
>Yes, a third is about right. Though, wile my installation is functional, it
>sure doesn't look as cool as Javad's or Jim's, that's where the other 2/3 of
>the money is. I'm using truck radiator hose for my intercooler piping, my
>K27 was built from a seized core (works fine though) etc. It's all a matter
>of priorities and funding. If I had the money to spend on pretty silicone
>hoses etc, I would, but plain ol' rubber hose holds 15psi just as well for
>about 1/10 the price....
>
>>> Seriously, perhaps not to the point where you took
>>> your car, but I would
>>> be interested to make those mods to my car as long
>>> as it remains
>>> reliably derivable.
>
>My car has been turbocharged for a little over two years, and EFI'ed for
>about a year and a half. I haven't been left stranded once (and my parents
>had never been stranded with the car stock in the 13 years they drove it)
>IMO installing the header, EFI, large IC etc won't affect reliability any,
>as long as everything is built and installed correctly.
>Just my $0.02
>Mike
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