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Old 03-13-2014, 11:54 AM
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yea, very cool i saw that video this morning. i also noticed ppl are talking about you around the internet! heres what the vette guys had to say http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-f...corvettes.html
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The vette was off spray they are whining, saying it made 620whp N/A
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Gotta love the excuse that "my bottle was off". If you have a nitrous car and the bottle is turned off during a race, you sir are an idiot and deserve to lose.

Myle's car is fast, plain and simple. I am sure that he could give a good race to my 1000+hp supra, so taking out a 800+ vette is very doable
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His bottle was probably off because he was cocky and thought for sure he had an easy victory. Sucks to suck!
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haha damn......thats a huge ego hit
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If you go on the vette forum they are whining soooo bad lol. Making excuses and stuff
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Car looks great Myles! What's the faster MPH you've hit so far? When is the next shift sector event?
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It went 158 a couple times.

Pretty much all it was going to do. Was holding 32psi in 4th gear! No ******* clue what i did but she hooks more power than she ever has on the street.

The way the 1500ft race works is you really aren't trapping much more than you would if you did a true 1/4 race from a dead stop. I mean yeah you are trapping a bit higher, but not much.

1100whp GTR's were going 166mph lol
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love the car myles, what tires were you using? Seriously having such a hard time deciding between nt01s, r888 or m&h
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What tires are on this thing?
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Tires are 225/50/16 R888's. And I will pick those over a drag radial at the moment!
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I'm running proxes r1r on my car. Isn't the compound very similar to the r888? I like my tires, but i still think i'm gonna have to try m&h if I really wanna hook some serious power.
Btw, did you have your flat underbody done for tx2k14 or was the setup the same?
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The R888's are an R comp 100 tired wear tire. Don't think the proxies are.

I did Not have my full under body on the car, just the front splitter.
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what was wrong with the car on dyno day? was breakin up real bad
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Bad *** car!!
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Originally Posted by 1lowek2007
what was wrong with the car on dyno day? was breakin up real bad
Just needed plugs. It was odd, left car how it was at the track and it didn't break up but had issues on the dyno.

Changed plugs, ripped on it that night 32psi no issues!

The 587 was at 18psi
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Well done Myles.
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Subd.

How are the headlights done?

Temporary or permanent solution?

Did you try wingless?

What about nascar style or drag style wing?
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The Race i went to this weekend was a 1500ft Roll race event. Just slightly over a 1/4 mile from a 60-65mph roll. My best was 158mph.

The headlights are just black duct tape for the moment, which i kinda dig lol. I might just do that again at the 1/2 mile event which is on april 19th/20th!
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So the R888's worked well. Thats good to hear. Maybe I can get mine to work.
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You thought about removing the rear subframe brace and sway bar?
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I actually like the sway bar brace and the sway bar on the car, i know how the car acts with the sway bar on and would rather keep it on myself.
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awesome job at tx2k. how much boost did you get to when brake boosting against that vette?
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Originally Posted by phantom_bcw84
awesome job at tx2k. how much boost did you get to when brake boosting against that vette?
If i remember right, 15psi on the brakes.



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