So here it is, first I was talking with some new friends, who had never seen my car. One asked what I had, when I replied a volvo turbo wagon, he said, "How fast could a volvo turbo wagon possibly be." Hehe, little does he know these little sleepers are nuts. I was the second fastest import car at the track, only beaten by a turbocharged Maxima who did a 14.44. The funniest part was the damn announcer, He was great. I get up to the starting black area, and he walks over to my car, announces to the hole crowd, that we have a sleek wagon. He didnt even know what it was, He goes, "What the F*** is that." I went up against a camero Z28, late eighties maybe, and the announcer thought that he would beat me on the track and in the bracket. I was a better picker for this bracket racing, I beat him there, and I beat him on the track. He wont talk to me now though, I tried to tell him good race, but he wanted nothing to do with it. This was my first time to the track too, it was fun, Im going again tomarrow.
Went to the Drag strip, NYRIP, got a quote of the day or two.
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I dont have my sheet with me, A local shop has it so they can Dyno my car. I dont know why, I dont know anything about Dynoing, but they said by using this info they can get more accurate numbers or something. I know my Quarter cuz I was so excited about that, it was 14.89, er something like that. I think my speed was over 100 miles an hour, like 101. I had very little to know traction problems. I was using a good grippy tire, and not reving to high before I let off the brake. I did pretty well. Ok no it wasnt over 100, it was 96 mph. my 60 ft was 2.3. I think I got that right. Im talking to the guy online, he is writing it in for me, but he is also very busy.
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Pretty impressive 1/4-mile time and speed! What mods do you have?
Yannis
when will people relise that volvos are fast????i am getting sick of prooving it!all it takes is some no-it-all punk to say,"VOLVO,HAHAHAHA"then i have to go lay the smack down on his ar$$ just to shut him up...its not fair!then they be a bad sportsman and dont talk to you.what i have i done wrong???
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I have a manuel boost controller that bypasses the ECU's control over the turbo. Basicly this will all be changed with more reliable stuff soon, but I had a muscle car mechanic guy work on it with me. He helped me do a lot of it. We changed the air box so it has a big insolated cold air inlet. The turbo is insolated on the cold side along with all the piping. K&N air filter is used also. I hope to do much better with the BSR Stage 3 kit, my final goal basicly. I want the ECU, Race Cat, Cat Back, Open element intake, and then some final tuning.
I am a bit confused however here. Not to say that 14.89 isnt a good number, but its not that much faster than the stock turbo's number. I believe that it tested out at 15.1, wait Ill go get my magazine, hehe, I have the Car and Driver were it came in first over the BMW, MB, and Audi. Car and Driver, March 1996, incase any of you are wondering. ok it did a 15.5 at 90 mph for the quartermile, 0-60 in 7.2 seconds, and topped out at 144. So im about6 tenths of a second faster, thats something I guess. What do you guts normally get on the 1/4.
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When my car was stock, I ran a best of 15.3 in the 850 Turbo.
The 960 runs a 15.6. The Miata runs a 14.9 (jackson racing supercharger). The Porsche does a 13.1 with only exhaust.
Right now, I'm lucky if I'm getting a 15, mainly cuz my chip is in the shop, still getting it worked on!!!
The 960 runs a 15.6. The Miata runs a 14.9 (jackson racing supercharger). The Porsche does a 13.1 with only exhaust.
Right now, I'm lucky if I'm getting a 15, mainly cuz my chip is in the shop, still getting it worked on!!!
I don't know how much drag racing experience you have, but I bet the drivers for the magazines are more experienced. I'm sure they do several runs and take the best one, and they probably don't run at a drag strip where traction can be poor. Basically, if you equalled the printed time with a stock car, you'd be doing quite well. 14.89 sounds great even with a few mods. I think your speed was probably in the high 90's, if I had to guess.
A good bit of time can be gained with improved 60ft times.
A good bit of time can be gained with improved 60ft times.
Yeah sorry, that was all off memory, and most of it was wishful thinking, hehe. I was talking to the guy who had my sheet, and he was reading it to me wrong. I did a 14.9 at 97 mph, and I was also told buy this guy that the machine may have messed up a little, as the times dont make a lot of sense in some other areas. I dont know, Ill keep you posted if I find there is a problem.
Ok so I went back, the computer is working fine now, and I did much worse. It was taking almose a second off everyones times, almost. I was sick this time, and my launches sucked, I was working in slow motion. Still they are more accurate now. I never got below 15, actually I didnt get below 15.5 once. My speed ranged from 88-94 mph this time around. I do have a few problems with my engine at the moment, but basicly its the same as last time. Being sick sucks.
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