some of you know that I attended the Fun Ford weekend here in Ennis like I always do every year. I was gonna race in the Focus Frenzy and I even rented a 4-dr automatic focus since it was bracket racing. The bad thing is that I wasnt able to race because I got there when the 1st round of eliminations started. I did this because the payout was $1500 and the guy that won had a rented focus. hehe

I saw Gary Kubo there and we chatted a few.
Here are some pics:
Dan Millen


Elenor


My buddy chip haveman








The points leader: mike murillo


Gary and Art checking out the precision turbo car(all the heavy hitters use precision)


Cobra with an indentity crisis?

 

LOL!!! I didn't think you were really gonna rent a focus! That's funny man!!! Too bad you didn't get to race....

 

awesome, looks like fun Art. To bad you couldnt race.


rob

 

Art, heh, that reminds me of the time we tried to take my buddy's mercedes C class loaner car to the track, lol they wouldnt let us race it cuz they knew it was a loaner.....

 

OMG what if a piece of debris gets sucked into there???
*a kitten dies somwhere in the world*

 

These cars are full blown race cars.

 

I like the Skytang 5.0 GTR.

 

Hmmmm....13" turbo housings....bout as big as my wheels!


[Modified by Prelude_RCR, 5:08 AM 9/24/2002]

 

i think it's funny how mustang suppose to be "pure" muscle and now they have all the technologies......big engine + boost = scary fast

Jeff-

 

AWESOME

 

These cars are crazy fast!!

 

I wonder what they run on the 1/4 mile...

 

My good buddy Joe DaSilva from J&P Performance walked away with all the goods. I was going to roll down with him but I couldn't get out of work. He ran 6.54 @217 in the finals against Chuck Samuels for the win. Joe told me there is still more left in that bad boy. He still is not running the same size turbo as Chuck but that will soon change. Check out Joe's webpage at http://www.dasilvaracing.com Look for 6.40's next time out. His shop is 2 min from my work so I am always there at lunch time.

 

i know that
but comeon
a tiny pebble gets sucked into the impeller side
BOOM

 

hey art,
maybe you can anwser this...why do the compressor housing pipes always go straight into the fire wall?

maybe im just not understanding

 

maybe theres a liquid to air intercooler in there or something? i dont know!! just a shot in the dark

 

those turbos are used as high powered blow dryers... they blow right into the compartment dry and style their hair!! didnt you know mustang owners are gay hairsylists (joking..no offence to mustang owners or any male hair stylist)

 

Hell yeh. good pics Art. Fun Ford Kicked ***. It was my first one to attend and WOW was it bad ***. I have never seen so many huge turbos in my life. It wasnt a complete domestic weekend though, a bunch of the cars were running HKS wastegates hehe. It was a lil wierd rolling into the Fun Ford parking lot in my integra.

 

Im drooling over here. I want a single turbo V8. Preferably a 71 Pontiac ram air bird with the two nostrils feeding the turbo

 

bingo! I bet its to keep the weight as close to the rear wheels as possible.


[Modified by 5speedv6, 11:05 PM 9/24/2002]

 

MIKES, you should have come it was alot of fun. Joe's car is soooo fast, well all the outlaw cars are fast and so are the Pro 5.0 cars.

As for the quater mile, you are looking at 6sec 200+mph cars.

And yes, the pipiping goes into the firewall because the huge liquid to air IC sits where the passanger seat used to be.

Do you guys notice anything about the picture with Gary Kubo in it? Look real good.... The guys that went with me to fun ford and Joe dont say anything.

art

 

nothing other than it looks like garden hose for spark plug wires!


Rob

 

damn...........i gotta go change my shorts!!!!!!!!!

 

I want to drive one of those on the street.

Kyle

 

A couple of us like Falcongsr, DIRep972, Viren, and myself know this guy who has a 88 LX with a Precision turbo the size of my wheels and its a street car. I think its 1400whp on a freaking street car. He run low 10's at 150mph on street tires. SICK!!