BURNINATE MR2

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As requested, heres the nitty gritty on mah MR2.

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL
Toyota 1994 MR2 GT

ENGINE HARDWARE
King Main bearings
NDC Rod bearings
NDC Thrust washers
2.2 Litre stroker crank, ground & balanced
Deck plate bore & honed block
Line bored mains
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
ARP rod bolts
Pauter forged X-beam rods
Arias forged custom stroker pistons
Perfect Circle file-to-fit chrome rings
'Performance Springs' valve springs
HKS 272 degree 9.4mm Camshafts
CC'd and mildly ported Gen III head
TTE 1.4mm Head Gasket
"WTF Auto" Custom stainless steel exhaust manifold
"WTF Auto" Custom tuned length intake manifold with twin throttles
"WTF Auto" Custom coolant outlet housing
Garrett GT3540 ball bearing turbo fitted with a 1.06 A/R exhaust housing.
XS Power 50mm wastegate
Super-X twin 2.5" mufflers on 3" stainless exhaust system
Stainless intake pipework
600x300x100mm Bar & Plate intercooler.
Polyurethane solid engine mounts with additional body bracing welded in.
HKS fuel rail
Denso 800cc injectors
HKS Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Twin Walbro GSS-341 255lph Fuel Pumps
MSD 6M-2 Ignition Amplifier
MSD Blaster SS Ignition coil
Nology Hotwire ignition leads
Magnecor Custom coil lead
Custom solid shifter cable mounts
Twin 12" intercooler cooling fans
Blitz C1 6" stainless intake filter
Modified S15 200SX plumb back blow off valve
Earls braided lines & fittings
Apexi Power FC ECU with FC Datalogit
Apexi AVCR Boost controller
Generic oil cooler with Earls adapter
Generic fuel cooler

DRIVELINE
TRD Mechanical 2 way LSD
OS Giken chrome-moly lightweight flywheel
OS Giken twin plate, solid centre clutch.

BODYWORK
Fitted with a TOM’S body kit (genuine)
Custom removable boot floor with venturi duct for intercooler

BRAKES AND SUSPENSION
TEIN HA coil-overs
Front GAB under-body brace
Lucas pads front & rear

ROLLING STOCK
Starcorp Racing Impul 18x7.5 and 18x9.5 wheels
Falken FK451 (GRB II) 225/35 and 285/30 tyres


Story:
Recently put down 400.1rwhp @ 1 bar. Since then a few more goodies have gone in. Awaiting install are JUN 272 camshafts, JUN springs, JUN retainers, a more heavily ported head, HKS head gasket and lastly, I'll be buying some larger injectors.
Then we'll bring the boost up and see what happens. :)

Then I'll begin work on my next motor which should be yet even more powerful. Plan is to use a T51R on a completely revised bottom end.

Best 1/4 mile time of 12.1 seconds.. 2.5 years ago.. with a lot less power. We'll see what happens this season as soon as the rain stops...

Pictures:

[1JZNOSHIT]

crazy.....

Awesome figures and set up mate, hot car.

[drift 180sx]

Thats awsome nice work

[Jazza]

Are the rear gaurds flared? Howd u get 285s under there :O
Awsome car dude i love it!

[Twe12ve]

scariest MR2 in perth no doubt...

put those damn supra lights on tristan dont be lazy! :P

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Thanks guys

No flared guards. The MR2 has a -lot- more wheel room at the rear than most people realise. 10" rims is definitely the max though! Ive got a little bit of breathing room with the 9.5"s

Brendan: Actually I saw another MR2 online with the supra tails done EXACTLY as I had planned to do it. And I really didnt like the finish product so the project has been binned for good

-Tristan

[DRKWRX]

nice car!! saw u giving it some down banister few weeks ago :)

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nice car!! saw u giving it some down banister few weeks ago :)

Haha. My friend works at the Auto Pro on the corner there.. so I always give him something to smile about when I drive past :P

That... and I like to annoy the other guy working in there who thinks his 13.5 second VH will kick my ass.. "Cause its way faster on the street"

-Tristan

[Twe12ve]

put the screamer pipe and ext gate back in like the old Burninate - hahha remember the side-pipe? boy did that thing sound lethal...so frikkin loud on the dyno!!!!

go hardcore no plumbing back of BOVs and Gates..

Go the sidepipe from the air intake!!! :)

[joey89]

Damn man nice car good power aswell! looks stylish man got the whole package! thats one sick street weapon :)

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haha. Man.. Im so over gate. It makes me drive slower cause I dont like every second driver yelling abuse at me when I make their ears ring :P

Plus the girls dont like it heheh.

[ET pulsar]

man those rims look ****ing sik. not a big fan of mr2s but that looks lethal

[Twe12ve]

Over gate? Fair enough...

Three words.

UnMuffled Sidepipe Exhaust.

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Two words in reply

Yellow

Sticker

And one more word

venturieffectmakesforsomenastycarbonmonoxidepoison ingwhenincabiniusedtogetquitelightheadedandfeelill whenihaditbefore

-Tristan

[HotAe92]

Very, very nice indeed, a very clean but mean looking mr2

question: ive always wondered how hard it is to perform 'work' and maintainence on a mid-engined car such as the SW20 Mr2, easier than i think?
does this car experience more oversteer than understeer or opposite, in dry and wet conditions?

cheers
jayden

[Twe12ve]

Two words in reply

Yellow

Sticker

And one more word

venturieffectmakesforsomenastycarbonmonoxidepoison ingwhenincabiniusedtogetquitelightheadedandfeelill whenihaditbefore

-Tristan

hahah man fair enough....i can see how that would be bad.. :P

more words: remember the black burn marks on the side of your car...even WHEN it had the metal plate hahaha ;)

[Skrappy]

Love this car! It's just really nicely modified. You don't see a million mr2's going around that are this quick either.

Still makes a beasty sound from what I heard on the last A12 cruise :D

[Jazza]

Mr2s are known for awsome handling in dry, the car is very well balanced n rear loves to stick. But if you want to or push it over the limit (or have 400rwhp... lol) Mr2s do oversteer :)
In wet however they are quiet easy to oversteer! An unexpieranced driver apprerently really shudn't push an Mr2 as they are awsome if u know what your doing but abit unforgiving if you dont.
Sure Tristan will expand on this comment!

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Very, very nice indeed, a very clean but mean looking mr2

question: ive always wondered how hard it is to perform 'work' and maintainence on a mid-engined car such as the SW20 Mr2, easier than i think?
does this car experience more oversteer than understeer or opposite, in dry and wet conditions?

cheers
jayden

Thanks Jayden!

Maintenance on the MR2 is tricky for some. In short... if you're familiar with them then they become quite simple to work on.. and in many ways, easier than a FR car. But you need to think about it very differently... stuff comes off in ways that dont initially occur to you. So someone inexperienced can end up tearing their hair out in frustration.

A good example is the celica GT four actually. Same motor, same layout.. but in the front. And the MR2 is waaaaaay nicer and easier to work on. Everything is so much more accessible. Who would have thought? Just need to know how to do it.

There are however a couple of things which are very annoying to do on the MR2. 1) remove fuel tank... 10 times more tricky than most other cars. 2) remove intercooler.. this requires so much crap to be taken off. 3) remove gearbox. GRR!! :D 4) changing heater pipes..

That crap aside... removing the turbo system, the head, changing timing belt, removing the radiator.. all far easier than the celica (and most other cars). Its just different.

Onto handling.. jazza got it pretty right.. but I will expand! The MR2 is both a chronic oversteerer AND understeerer if driven wrongly. Sometimes, finding the right balance is like trying to balance a pen on its tip.... very delicate.. but if you achieve it, it will kick ass through almost anything. They can actually handle extremely slow in the wrong hands.

There are rules.. and at first, many of them seem to contradict each other.. but once you've driven one in spirit, it makes more sense..

1) Dont power through tight corners, you will understeer
2) DO power through sweeping bends, the tail end squats and grips superbly
3) DO NOT lift off the throttle during #2, or your ass end will end up off the road
4) Do not stay on the throttle if the tail end steps out. You can rarely bring it back straight simply by correcting the steering.

The key to driving it is to approach tight corners fast.. and this takes some big balls. Then allow the car to glide through the corner.. you will go blindingly fast with no understeer, but the tail will step out if you're going too fast. If you touch the brakes, you're in trouble. Thats why they're scarey.. once you enter the corner, you're a passenger.

If you approach too slow, dont bother trying to put the throttle down.. the tail squats, the front lifts and you plow forward in understeer. So entry speed is critical

If the corner is a long sweeper, understeer is no factor, approach it even faster.. and stick your boot into it. To an extent, the more throttle you give it.. the more tail end grip you will have. And if you're a legendary expert, you can use a powerslide to get the tail end out about 5-10 degrees and whip around bends in some kind of super-drift which is mind bogglingly fast. Ive perfected this on 1 or 2 corners in perth... and I will not attempt it anywhere else as its just too dangerous.

So you can see why its so unforgiving. The only way to go fast is to drive it in such a way... that if you get anything wrong, you end up in a tree.

Finally, if its wet, just dont drive ;) Its hard enough not screwing it up in the dry!! To put it simply, every tail-end difficulty of the car's handling is multiplied by 5. You can be driving very carefully.. and then all of a sudden.. it feels like godzilla just latched onto the back of your car and begun swinging around. Tail goes everywhere! Oversteer is definitely the biggest problem in the wet. And you dont need to have the throttle down for it to happen

-Tristan

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Love this car! It's just really nicely modified. You don't see a million mr2's going around that are this quick either.

Still makes a beasty sound from what I heard on the last A12 cruise :D

hehe ta. Most people say it sounds more like a motorbike when Im wringing it out..

I was rev limited to 8000rpm on that cruise btw, not 8500

I plan to take my next bottom end 1000rpm higher... to 9500. Now that will sound most cool.

-Tristan

[sikerim]

is the reason why it oversteers like a biznitch because the engine is in the back?

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yerp. stock weight distribution is 59% to the rear.

[Jimmy_S]

I see this car all the time just off orrong rd... looks awesome!! Good Stuff Mayte!! :P

[Dim]

we were trying to follow this in a mates stock supra boating about... we got lost and had to follow these guys through some roundabouts and a couple of sharp corners... sooooooo fast.

so fast.

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we were trying to follow this in a mates stock supra boating about... we got lost and had to follow these guys through some roundabouts and a couple of sharp corners... sooooooo fast.

so fast.

haha.. when was that??

[Dim]

at the after 12 cruise that met at the carpark in inaloo...

we was in the old supra trying to follow you after you led us off the wrong off ramp ahahah.

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at the after 12 cruise that met at the carpark in inaloo...

we was in the old supra trying to follow you after you led us off the wrong off ramp ahahah.


haha I made the mistake of following the commodore off..

I kept slowing down when I lost your headlights...

[ELUSIV]

dude sh!t hot car, i love MR-2's, they are absolute weapons once modded, that set-up should have no probs netting 11's, mmm i want one :boink:

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dude sh!t hot car, i love MR-2's, they are absolute weapons once modded, that set-up should have no probs netting 11's, mmm i want one :boink:


Thanks man :) I ran another 12.1 on normal road tyres last night. Annoyingly my last run was a full 0.1 faster on the launch and was easily on track for an 11.9.. and then my clutch slipped :|.

Still on 14psi.

Anyway.. I'll have results to brag about in a couple of weeks. *frustrated*

-Tristan

[Twe12ve]

ahhh the elusive 11s pass..it will come padawan.. ;)

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ahhh the elusive 11s pass..it will come padawan.. ;)

werd.

[Shauno]

haha nice as dude looked sick seeing u run a pass from behind :D crazyyy

[HotAe92]

paul informs me that this will be running on the x-speed dyno on the w/e :) . it will be interesting to see the figures it produces.
make sure u post up when u get a chance!

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Well on the 15th of oct anyway! Thats when the dyno day is

I will be back on the speedworks dyno shortly though.

At least people can stop bagging out the figures made by the hub dyno.. now that Im making times to back it up.

:)

[Miggy]

you seem to know allot about Mr2's, and I know allot more then I did after reading this (now I can finally "try" to control mine on GT4 damn thing keeps going sideways around every corner :P)....love your rims too one of the best set I have ever seen.

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you seem to know allot about Mr2's, and I know allot more then I did after reading this (now I can finally "try" to control mine on GT4 damn thing keeps going sideways around every corner :P)....love your rims too one of the best set I have ever seen.


heheh
I hope the realism is better than in GT3. The handing of the MR2 in that was a bit.. not correct. Better than in any other game though!

-Tristan

[Shauno]

spotted ya past my work again i was like WTFFFFFFFF is that and checked cameras and all i saw was an mr2 flyin down the road lol...niiiiiiice work :)

[Nickevox]

followed u to the ppcc cruise on sunday, sounds angry as

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spotted ya past my work again i was like WTFFFFFFFF is that and checked cameras and all i saw was an mr2 flyin down the road lol...niiiiiiice work :)

haha I did that just for you!!

[Shauno]

haha some of the customers where like *omg what a hoon!!!*

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haha some of the customers where like *omg what a hoon!!!*

lol

I dont even have to exceed the speed limit and people "hoon" me.

****s me a bit really.. once, some guy actually stepped in front of my car and made me stop! And I was like "oi, retard, I didnt even exceed the pissy 50km/h speed limit so **** off already!"

*shakes his head*

I test those people sometimes. I accellerate SLOWLY.. in 1st gear... do about 5000rpm in 1st at 50km/h... and see how many of them wave at me like a retard to slow down.

Its just cause my car sounds like a motorbike thats all. hehe

-Tristan

[Twe12ve]

Tristan you are a Hoon. The Hoonlaw was put in place merely to catch people like you ;)

this calls for

a) Side Pipe
b) Gate.

do it. :P :)

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Tristan you are a Hoon. The Hoonlaw was put in place merely to catch people like you ;)

this calls for

a) Side Pipe
b) Gate.

do it. :P :)

haha

you'll never give up will you

[Brockas]

****s me a bit really.. once, some guy actually stepped in front of my car and made me stop! And I was like "oi, retard, I didnt even exceed the pissy 50km/h speed limit so **** off already!"
haha I've had the exact same thing happen to me and my car's not even loud.
I told this moron who stopped me to get a life and **** off, so he tried it a second time, so I didn't slow down at first, then slammed on the brakes and stopped about 1m from where he was standing, didn't matter tho, he had preceded to leap onto the sidewalk and leave bulk excrement in his pants.
He's never stopped me again....

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haha I've had the exact same thing happen to me and my car's not even loud.
I told this moron who stopped me to get a life and **** off, so he tried it a second time, so I didn't slow down at first, then slammed on the brakes and stopped about 1m from where he was standing, didn't matter tho, he had preceded to leap onto the sidewalk and leave bulk excrement in his pants.
He's never stopped me again....

Good work! :)

[Drift_R32]

nice car tristian, i remmeber going for spin in it awhile bak wen it had the simmons mags nice glowing turbo wen we got bak...was fast back then, must be madness now...saw u on the freeway this arvo..looks shmick

[cravinboost]

i see this everyday in the carpark at my work - so obviously your work too...

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i see this everyday in the carpark at my work - so obviously your work too...

yep.. but only for 4 more weeks :) What car is yours?

[Slip_]

havent seen this car in action yet, but ive heard alot about it to say the least :)

bought a JDM SW20 myself recently, despite it being off the road temporarily, im alot happier than i thought i would be with the power output that basic mods produce, theres plenty more work to be done but in the meantime im just going to keep track of your weapon's progress for inspiration :D

btw, i recently snapped my 3rd + 4th clutch cable, WTF auto has been highly spoken of so i plan to bring in the MR2 when i recover from the debt blow that purchase hurt me with lol.

keen to see this beast in action soon, pics and stats always have me :droul:

Jim

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Nice to see another SW20 on antilag

Come down to the plex tomorrow night if you want to see some action :)

And call us whenever about getting that problem fixed!

-Tristan

[Slip_]

Will see ya tommorrow, :fingers: for that 11 sec pass, i wanna be there when i happens :)

will def give you a buzz at the workshop.

Jim

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Werd. 11.7 @ 121mph. crappy 60' / launch

:)

[Brockas]

Well done Tristan!

[Twe12ve]

haahah bout time u sick cyunt! :)

slicks or streets?

is the car at 100% or you think theres much room for improvement? what time you hoping for at the end of it all?

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slicks. But they were so cold that my street tyres out launched them by 0.1 seconds hehe..

Car at 100%? is that a joke? Its at about 60%

Still not tuned properly, still at low boost, still with a lowered rev limit and still yet to fit my new head/cams

only 16psi on that pass man. I was running 22psi back during the days of Import Scene.. this motor is still being 'babied' in comparison.

I want to see a mid 10 second pass out of this motor.. with the boost wound up. Then get my T51R SPL / GT30R sequential combination (like on MESMERIZE)... maybe build a better bottom end... and go for 9s. But that wont be possible this season as I'll need to dish out a fair few dollars strengthening the driveline. My twin plate clutch is just about to spit the dummy at this power level.. and my axles wont hold. And my gearbox/diff needs some attention

[1JZNOSHIT]

H0ly sh*t, thats a top effort buddy, with so much more to look forward to too!

I will definately watch this space in future :)

Well done!

[Twe12ve]

man u going to twin it? from memory MESMERIZE had a GT3540 and GT2530 running sequentially right - is that car on the road?

hahah well done man - thats an awesome time all things considered.. - it seems your car is getting into the "ridiculously hard to drive on a daily basis and ridiculously expensive to maintain" category ;)

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man u going to twin it? from memory MESMERIZE had a GT3540 and GT2530 running sequentially right - is that car on the road?

hahah well done man - thats an awesome time all things considered.. - it seems your car is getting into the "ridiculously hard to drive on a daily basis and ridiculously expensive to maintain" category ;)

Yeah Im going to twin it at this point. Your memory serves you right about MES.. and it has been on the road for a year or so now.

It doesnt matter how silly my car gets to drive. I just quit my job to take a job which is 3 times closer to home.. so I no longer have to drive as far and dont have to endure any freeway traffic! yay!

-Tristan

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yay for power

She's now making 469rwhp @ 19psi, still on pump fuel
over 500nm torque

[Twe12ve]

is that ready to crack the 10s or still more power left to come?

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Given a perfect run with perfect conditions and a prepped track, I think it has the potential to do a 10.9.. The previous tune could have managed maybe 11.3 on drag radials... so you'd think that 70hp and more importantly about 130nm torque should come very close to knocking 0.4 seconds off. The power curve is to die for now.

We'll see for sure on Wednesday. Unfortunately the track wont be prepped but it'll give me an idea.

And I still havnt put those JUN cams/ported head/oversize valves in yet! And as far as we can tell, the pretty much unported head I have in there now with stock valves is severely holding it back.

Im determined to hit 10s on pump fuel either way. Then I want 9s on race fuel ;) But thats silly talk.. that wont happen at least until next summer.

-Tristan

[JME]

Now thats honkin !!!!!! Top work tristan - bring it down to the ppcc sprint day this saturday be nice to see you keep the back end straight :D

[cravinboost]

yep.. but only for 4 more weeks :) What car is yours?

I don't get a car bay - only a L4!! - do you work for DTF?

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I don't get a car bay - only a L4!! - do you work for DTF?

Haha Im only L3.. so I spend a fortune in parking :)

Yeah I work for DTF

[flupstar]

Now thats honkin !!!!!! Top work tristan - bring it down to the ppcc sprint day this saturday be nice to see you keep the back end straight :D


Thanks Jme

Sprint day is tempting but I have to drag the life of these tyres out until I recover from AJs dyno tuning costs.. *gasp*.. and I know I'll have them down to canvas in 2 laps if I did that :)

What time is it, and where? I might try and spectate

[cravinboost]

Haha Im only L3.. so I spend a fortune in parking :)

Yeah I work for DTF
yes - but you're in the DTF carpark - so you can't be paying for that...

I park on the street so pay big $$ - I work for DTF too - I will investigate and find you!

[Fryman]

spotted : on the freeway about 5.15 coming home from work. I was in the green limo!

that things a weapon

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spotted : on the freeway about 5.15 coming home from work. I was in the green limo!

that things a weapon

wtf were you doing in a limo? :)

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This is a good season!

And yet again I reset my PB on a terrible run.

Launch was useless with a 1.8 second 60'

And then the engine developed a misfire halfway through third and I was forced to shift into 4th very early which basically coasted me across the line.. hence an almost identical terminal speed to my 11.7 run..

These engine troubles pretty much put me out of action for the rest of the night so I had no opportunity to try for the 10.9 I was hoping for

Once Ive resolved the problems, I may go down again but that might be some time away now. Ive accomplished a 0.8 second improvement this season (which has only just begun). Thats enough for the moment!

[Denver]

nice work dudeski, thats surely one of, if not the fastest mr2 pass in oz..

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nice work dudeski, thats surely one of, if not the fastest mr2 pass in oz..

Thanks man

Theres only two MR2s I know of that are faster. An early model AW11 owned buy a guy called ben.... and some phantom SW20 that one person has told me about, no one has witnessed and no one knows who even owns it.. just a rumour and I dont know whether to believe it

In any case, I plan on blowing both their times (10.6 and 10.5) out of the water so theres no debate as to who is king lol!

[TJ]

Tristan that is an awesome time !

Toyo 4 cyl > Nissan 4 cyl :D

[_ShadowZ]

Damn good tristan.
What did you do to change your 11.7 to get a 11.3?

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well said TJ hehe

Shadowz... more boost, more tuning. Read above in this thread :)

-Tristan

[Shauno]

Was good to watch you run dude and congrats on the time and hopefully next time will see a 10!!

[Twe12ve]

This is a good season!

And yet again I reset my PB on a terrible run.

Launch was useless with a 1.8 second 60'

And then the engine developed a misfire halfway through third and I was forced to shift into 4th very early which basically coasted me across the line.. hence an almost identical terminal speed to my 11.7 run..

These engine troubles pretty much put me out of action for the rest of the night so I had no opportunity to try for the 10.9 I was hoping for

Once Ive resolved the problems, I may go down again but that might be some time away now. Ive accomplished a 0.8 second improvement this season (which has only just begun). Thats enough for the moment!

dude thats insane, getting 11.3 with that 60 footer time and the fact that you were not driving it hard all the way...dang.

congrats...10s arent far away now bro..

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shame you're not here to see it Brendan! :)

[Twe12ve]

yeah the enzos, CCRs and Zondas will just have to do me ;)

hhaha jj man i love your car u know that...did anyone video it???

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yeah

http://wtfauto.bur.st/other/burninate11.37.wmv

[Twe12ve]

dude ur car sounds so hard. sounds like a bike or a rotor hey. i got such a big stiffy from that...and yeah i saw you bogged the launch...it shows how much more is in the car - top stuff.

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dude ur car sounds so hard. sounds like a bike or a rotor hey. i got such a big stiffy from that...and yeah i saw you bogged the launch...it shows how much more is in the car - top stuff.

hahaha

Yeah I love how it sounds. Everyone thinks its just like a bike..

[JME]

Almost there Tristan! Best of luck!!!

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Almost there Tristan! Best of luck!!!

Thankyou! Im secretly trying to beat your rex too... Ive considered that worthy competition for a long time now.

Are you ever planning on taking it down and nailing a good pass to show what its true potential is? We all know it has the balls to make 11.2 look slow... and I think it has the driveline to do it too?

-Tristan

[hondaboy]

YOULL NEVER BE AS GOOD LOOKIN AS JME THO XX

[Twe12ve]

i dunno..Tristan's pretty sexy - hes got the whole Seinfeld thing happening..

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hahaha

plex tonight :) :)

[Miggy]

you going to post the new times in for the HPI mag?

[ricphoto]

Don't you worry yourself about Zoom and HPI .... we're keeping a very close eye on what young Tristan is up to ....
http://www.iinet.net.au/~ricphoto/Burninate.jpg