Absolute power corrupts absolutely

[MarkC]

Man... Its freakin like 20 something degrees outside!

And let me tell you... having boost in this freakin cold air is unholy! First gear is a complete joke. Giving any kind of gas above like 1500RPM completely blows the tires off and you just hit the rev-limiter. Giving any kind of boost above 2500RPM in 2nd was lighting em up like crazy too!

bbbbbbbrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

hehe... I loved it.

So then I decided to get on the highway for a little bit... 3rd gear!!! The pull from 5-8K RPM is sooooo freakin insane. It feels so un-natural.

I was having too much fun to let it end there. So I did something I dont normally do. I shifted hard into 4th. The car LEAPED forward as the ACT extreme grabbed. And the pulling just continued non-stop! I'm serious when I say it felt like one of the Star Wars ships going into warp speed.

Whew... that was fun. Ok.. car is still idling in garage. Hearing the APEX N1 taming the turbo exhaust into a low growl on the other side of the wall is quite satisfying as well. Better go shut it off now. God I love my car.

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Mark - Darth Boost - Turbo Mafia
98 Pearl Black GS-R, DRAG Gen. 3 Turbo
13.3 at 106MPH (22x8x15 slicks on a 100 degree day)

[JRCivic]

Amen Mark...
Preach it to your bretheren here on FI.


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'93 Civic Si H/B with B18C1, JRSC @ 8psi
Best 1320: 12.68 at 110 mph

[Mr Rogers]

Man Mark, that is pretty cruel ya know. There is so much snow on the ground up here that I have to start off in 3rd gear Myh winter car is getting a new radiator so I have to drive the teg through this crap. Maybe if the roads are ever clear I can enjoy some of the fun you are, until then. 3rd and 4th are the only gears I need

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98 GS-scR w/ 8psi JRSC, Walbro HO fuel pump, AEM cai, DC 4-2-1 one piece header, Thermal Exhaust, Skunk Works cam gears, J&S safeguard, RC 310's, Cartech FMU, Vortech regulator, H&R sports and KYB AGX's, and of course to slow down, KVR X-drill F&R rotors and Carbon Kevlar pads and V1 to signal the slowing down. *ITR LSD, JR flywheel, Clutch Specialties stage 4, NX Gen-X kit and CF diet going on soon....
Best et ==>13.6 @ 103mph w/ 2.3 60ft on Nitto drag radials

[Tom Civic]

awesome man. FI does wonders, eh? too bad my car can't do that.

[Ricehornet]

Cool mark, nothing like reading a turbo story first thing in the morning...
hehe imagine if you were here when its 0 deg
hheheheheahhahahaha

[MarkC]

Haha... I knew you guys could relate.

Rafe: I have Pirelli P700Z's in 205/50R15 on my stock 95 GS-R wheels. They REALLY don't like this cold weather. It was like 21 degrees this morning and it felt like I was spinning the top of 3rd gear getting on the highway. It wasn't squeeling, but past 5K RPM it started slipping to redline and I started drifting into the shoulder!

Javin and you guys with snow. Don't feel bad. It's on its way here now. That's why I had to run the GS-R wild last night.

[lundgren]

shhh... the california guys will get jealous

[DC2]

Snow? What's that? I believe last time we had snow was at least 40 years ago in Orange County. Sub-40 degree weather, what's that? Last time I felt anything remotely close was in the 90s. I think anything around 50 degrees, people start complaining.

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'96 GS-R
13.7@106 mph

[rjaffey]

I can definitely relate! I knew the major snow storm was going to hit, so I went out for one last blast around on the relatively dry roads last Sunday night. Now I can only talk about doing it and remember what it was like...

[FoxRocket]

Us California guys are already jealous in some ways. What's one more side benifit to not living in sunny state between friends?

Sean

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99 GS-R w/ JRSC@6PSI. ES torque mounts & shift stabilizer, Eibach ProKit springs, and KYB AGX shocks. Oh..And a filter onna stick.