I almost watched TD last night... but was too stinking tired to risk getting wound up by asian girls in school uniforms ...lol

 

If the newly re-turbo'd 2.4 is running tonight I might come out later on to spectate. Will depend on stress and tiredness levels when I get home from work.

As for the questions....

Can you post pics up of the STBs? That might help.
Shifter wise, I prefer the Hurst but they're all fairly similar, it comes down to personal preference.
Hawk HPS pads are not noisy. Not sure about with D/S rotors. As far as warming up, the time isn't significant but you will want to get some heat in them to get the full braking performance out of the pads, yes. Worth the money - pads, yes absolutely I love them. D&S rotors, no, unless you want them strictly as a visual mod.

 

Sweet and lawl.

 

I'll go if the turbo cobalt runs. I think its gonna rain tonight tho...

 

I would go but work says no.

Trying to switch my Tuesday offday to a Wednesday for next week.

 

There's no way I'm going tonight. There are still some issues that need ironed out.

 

If you need people to take it out on, I'll loan you some co-workers...........

 

No anger to take out. Just need to work out some mechanical/tuning issues.

 

i know i asked once already but one more time for those that may have missed it. i have a ttr tranny mount that i don't want. anyone wanna buy it? brand new never used. if not i'll post it up on a FS thread.

 

Are you sure? Maybe feeling a little stressed? Offer is open for anyone - human punching bags, come one come all......

 

Yea I think PRP Test & Tune is cancelled tonight due to the rain...

 

This looks about good for a GT3071R doesn't it?

 

Holy **** ANOTHER turbo of yours bites the dust?

 

oh snapz dan!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wow Dan... you have about the same amount of luck with Turbos on that car as I do with women...

 

Yeah. I don't even know what to say.

 

i say you need banned again lol

 

For those of you who know who Eric with the Silver Evo 9 is (also drives his cousins orange Corvette around) this thread is so worth the 4 page (at this point) read.....

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=365990

 

Uhhhhggg Dan that sucks! As terribly sad as it is, please tell the story...

 

There's no real story to tell yet since I don't know what caused it. I lost boost yesterday morning on the way to work. It wouldn't build any positive pressure. I thought it was just a loose coupler before the MAF sensor in the charge piping. When I got home and turned the car off, I heard the death rattle as it spooled down. Unfortunately, I know that sound. Sure enough, when I popped the hood and took off the intake piping, I saw what you see in the picture above.

I talked to ATP. They said there's no way surge caused that. I could've had surge out the ass and that turbo would've still lasted three years. They said it's gotta be one of the following:
-Foreign object entering the compressor
-Foreign object entering the turbine side
-Oil starvation
-Coolant starvation

I know it wasn't a foreign object. That's usually accompanied by damage to the face of the blades. There's nothing to indicate that on the compressor side. There's no way there was anything in the hot side. We had checked for oil and coolant flow. I know it was getting both. So I'm stumped.

It's gonna get ripped off the car and sent back to ATP for inspection. They said they'll take it apart and figure out what happened. As of right now, my options are a $900 rebuild or a $450 replacement plan option.

 

anyone happen to know a kid from the kittaning area that drives a black evo? i seen him and a kid in a mustang pull onto 422 and they were hot doggin it so i caught up to them and we had gotten to a point where all three of us were side by side. the mustang pulled out onto a loonng exit lane and we pulled from a 45mph roll. the evo jumped hard and was about 2car lenghts ahead of me before i started catchin up..i had a bad start, too low of an rpm range. the mustang held his own but i had him beat. afterward we all stopped to chat and the evo is turboed with NOS, didnt' get the kids name. the mustang isn't boosted just some bolt ons. my car is stock motor/sc with bolt ons. i knew i wouldn't have a chance vs the evo but it was still a good time. normally i woudn't have street raced but there wasn't another vehicle in sight. we only did it once for less than a mile. no harm no foul.

 

anyone here no people that want rims for a CTS-V? I have four of em...

 

Wowzerz!.. Well best of luck... Hopefully you can get that back on the road ASAP and rip it up!

Dan Testa, did you ever get your oil cooler to finish the Redline?..

 

Hes figuring on it coming today and Jeffs for install tomorrow.

Lets hope.

 

ya...fedex truck normally arrived at my paps around 2 so well see...the guy that shipped it from cali told me the service told him thursday delivery