1/4 mi. competition (real life simulator) ($ 30k limit)

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dont worry, I dont know if i can do-it again.....
I am gonna have to fudge with my gearing and also the rear suspension, and balast...lol.... I'll be back!
 
FF NOS
'97 Mitsu. Mirage Cyborg ZR
230hp W/O NOS
Cost: $ 6,677
Km's: 38,718 km
Modifications
- Oil Change $ 50
- Twin-Plate Clutch $ 2,700
- N2O $5000
- Stage 1 Turbo $ 4,600
- R2 Tires $ 10,250
- Racing FlywheelTotal Spent: - $ 29,727
Free items:
- Full transmission customization
- Full limited slip customization
- Racing Suspension
After Modifications:
- Power/Weight Ratio: ?
- Horsepower: 320 HP
- Weight: 1060 KG

My 1/4 mile time:
13.929 NOS
 
My tinkering 30K quarter miles are over. I love it, I really do. But I barely have 15% of the game comleted. Thats right around 15%... I've wasted a lot of days on buying cars and going to the strip. The big 700 day mark is fast approaching (I am on day 290) and I gotta save up 8.4 mil. I might be wierd, but I don't race one race over and over and over just to get money. I get it the hard way.

When I finish the professional races and a few of the endurance races, maybe even get the four black beauties I will return. I saw the 9 second subaru, think cobra427 did it... Grats man, nice run. When I get further along in the game I'll come back and try to break some records, hopefully this thread is still active.

Anyways, was fun. Keep bringing those times down, I want high goals to shoot for. Good luck guys :)
 
semvhu
Sonfadingdang! And I wanted to get in bed early tonight! LOL! :indiff: Oh yeah, it's on!!! :trouble: :sly:

Awesome time, btw! 👍
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Thanks, I think if i could get the gearing to stay in the powerband longer i could go a bit quicker still... and i can still soften the rear a little more if i have to....
So hurry up and beat me!

I still want a damn camaro! I have one I picked up earlier on in the game, but obviously i cant use that one... :(
 
As for the FF competition the best car looks like the "Mitsubishi Eclipse GT ('95)" owns all.
It's only 8800 cr and it has 226 hp, and a weight of 1329 kg
The next best thing would be the "Honda Prelude Type S ('96)" at 11,000 cr, 216 hp, and 1309 kg.

If my monte carlo was in this game ('95 Monte Carlo Z34)
It would sit at 210 HP with a weight of about 2000 kg. And get owned by these little cars. Why isnt there FF heavyweights?

Even the best car in the FF class is 294 HP, and it costs 750,000 cr.

Well off to bed.
- This has been a paid presentation by the committee to state the obvious. :sly:
 
Taneras
My tinkering 30K quarter miles are over. I love it, I really do. But I barely have 15% of the game comleted. Thats right around 15%... I've wasted a lot of days on buying cars and going to the strip. The big 700 day mark is fast approaching (I am on day 290) and I gotta save up 8.4 mil. I might be wierd, but I don't race one race over and over and over just to get money. I get it the hard way.

When I finish the professional races and a few of the endurance races, maybe even get the four black beauties I will return. I saw the 9 second subaru, think cobra427 did it... Grats man, nice run. When I get further along in the game I'll come back and try to break some records, hopefully this thread is still active.

Anyways, was fun. Keep bringing those times down, I want high goals to shoot for. Good luck guys :)
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heh i dont like do'n races over either but till i get a DFP im just play'n around :) im at like 30-40% and i just cant control the faster cars with my DS2 at times so im just do the enduro to get the minolta over and over so i got something to do :)



btw im done with this for a while too ... i might continue tuning my subaru but im not do'n too well at tuning anything else lol
 
Volred
As for the FF competition the best car looks like the "Mitsubishi Eclipse GT ('95)" owns all.
It's only 8800 cr and it has 226 hp, and a weight of 1329 kg
The next best thing would be the "Honda Prelude Type S ('96)" at 11,000 cr, 216 hp, and 1309 kg.

If my monte carlo was in this game ('95 Monte Carlo Z34)
It would sit at 210 HP with a weight of about 2000 kg. And get owned by these little cars. Why isnt there FF heavyweights?

Even the best car in the FF class is 294 HP, and it costs 750,000 cr.

Well off to bed.
- This has been a paid presentation by the committee to state the obvious. :sly:
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heh if my old buick was in here i would be in heaven .... i traded it for a 84 mustang GT350 20th aniv ... ended up the stang was junk but the engine is a beaut :) its in my 4x4 stang right now ...


i had a 1987 buick skylark with a V6 push'n ton of power for a FF car and it was light as heck cause it was made for a 4cyl
 
Has there been a thread similar to this but doing lap times..?
If not maybe we should get it going. Say, 3 classes or something ranging from 30K , 60K and 100K on a particular track that isnt biased towards any particular type of vehicle. This may bring forth a greater range of cars for people to enter rather than just the obvious 4wd's that dominate the strip. Even drivetrain classes could be an option for those wanting to tune ff's they can just compete against other ff's to lead their class..? (having an overall leaderboard as well)
I think its a pretty good idea, if anyone else thinks we should go ahead with it, or if its already being done, please let me know and well start it up.
Soughta like a world wide lap qualifying championship or something.
Using the same descriptions of spending as the strip contest, and obviously honesty based I think this could be very entertaining. :)

Get back to me all,
tom
 
Well, I couldn't improve my times or match my previous records today, so I'm stopping with that. At least I'm near the top of the FR category at the moment. :) We'll see how long I stay there.

I need to take a course on setting up the suspension. My best results came from raising the front and rear all the way up, stiffening the front as much as possible, and lowering the rear stiffness as much as possible. That can't be optimum, but it seemed to work okay.

tomvale, that sounds like a good idea, but I'd be surprised if it hasn't been done yet. If you start one or find one that's already been started, I'm definitely game for such a thing. Heck, someone that has a bunch of time on their hands should start a website dedicated to such a thing. :)

Interesting. A little googling found http://gt3.gttimes.com/, and http://www.gttimes.com/ says it's coming soon. I'll have to check those out later.

Surely there is a better FF car than the Eclipse. That's the car I'm leading that category with at the moment. I have hopes for the FTO being able to knock it off, though, since it comes close in power and weight.

Bah, time to go back to work. :grumpy:
 
GTrackd02, sorry for the off topic, but your car sounds fantastic. Being stuck here in england, i don't get to see any kind of muscle very often, and my god, what a noise.
as a question, i noticed your 8 is a 281 cu in? whats that in good old litres?
 
Not to rain on GT's parade and steal his thunder, but a 281 ci Ford V8 is 4.6 liters of displacement. What, you're from England and you don't think you guys have any muscle? I'll take a TVR over a Mustang any day of the week, thank you very much. 👍 :D
 
semvhu
Not to rain on GT's parade and steal his thunder, but a 281 ci Ford V8 is 4.6 liters of displacement. What, you're from England and you don't think you guys have any muscle? I'll take a TVR over a Mustang any day of the week, thank you very much. 👍 :D
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OK as would I, the point i meant to make was more that we don't get to see muscle as often. Whereas mustangs, camaros etc, are pretty commonplace in a lot of the US, or so it seems, TVRs aren't as easy to find. Unfortunately.


To get back on topic, just started the ol' 1/4mi again, second run, 10.005, time to get tuning.

Impreza WRX Sti '00 15990 26050 miles
weight 1200
turbo 4800
nos 5000
exhaust 1600
flywheel 1050
oil 50

9.735, im gonna get you cobra!
9.683!
 
9.580! I think i can break 9.5 with a bit more tuning, i havnt been very scientific so far.

9.514. A slightly shortened third gear, and i hope to be there!
 
Ya, I was being 50% serious and 50% facetious when I posted that. :dopey: Mustangs, Camaros, even 'Vettes are fairly commonplace around these hyar parts. I figured TVR's were about as common as Vipers are over here.

But I'd still take a TVR over most muscle cars we have. :D But I'll have another 'Vette one of these days. Honest.

Back on subject, good times, guys! Unless I can figure out how to tweak another 10th out of my Camaro, I think I'm done for in the FR category.

We need more folk in the FF category. Just a few of us have tried it. Surely you guys can spank my FF times. :scared: :sly:
 
Volred
As for the FF competition the best car looks like the "Mitsubishi Eclipse GT ('95)" owns all.
It's only 8800 cr and it has 226 hp, and a weight of 1329 kg
The next best thing would be the "Honda Prelude Type S ('96)" at 11,000 cr, 216 hp, and 1309 kg.

If my monte carlo was in this game ('95 Monte Carlo Z34)
It would sit at 210 HP with a weight of about 2000 kg. And get owned by these little cars. Why isnt there FF heavyweights?

Even the best car in the FF class is 294 HP, and it costs 750,000 cr.

Well off to bed.
- This has been a paid presentation by the committee to state the obvious. :sly:
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FF heavyweights don't exist becuase front wheel drive is not logical in the slightest for a vehicle beyond 3200-3500 lbs... and if you mean no really fast 1/4 mile FFs, then well a FR car with the same hp, and weight and gear settings will pummel that FF. And FR is the prefered format for cars, period. McLaren uses it, F1 cars use it, JGTC uses it, drag cars use it, nascar, indy, I oculd go on and on... but still FR is the choice for true sports cars. Sorry kids, Eclipses, Preludes, etc are not sports cars. Hell they are economy cars. Not really made for performance of any kind besides gas ,mileage...
although I get better mpg than my buddy's 4 banger eclipse.
Well on my Olds cutlass, it's a 3.8l v6, carbourated motor. I get 18-21 around town, 27-30 on the highway....
My stang... lets not go there..... :indiff:
 
I'm not sure what you mean by "FF heavyweights don't exist." Surely you've heard of the FF Cadillac Sedan De Villes, Oldsmobile Toronados, etc.

Now if you simply meant that a heavy FF car will not do well in the 1/4 mile, then yes, I agree with you. :)
 
ok.its ten to one in the morning, i havnt managed to repeat my time of 9.514, next best is 9.520, then .521,.522,.523 ! so ill be back tomorrow night to try and break 9.500. Good luck everyone else, well, whoever else is still doing this.
 
Look at my previous post and you'll see that I agreed with you. 👍 :sly:

Although the heavyweights aren't that impressive in the 1/4 mile category, I've seen videos of Civics running 10's and 9's. Somehow I doubt any Civic in GT4 can run 9's.

While my 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado probably ran 17's at 80 mph, it was a dang comfortable car that would knock any little Civic out of its way. :lol:
 
letdown427
GTrackd02, sorry for the off topic, but your car sounds fantastic. Being stuck here in england, i don't get to see any kind of muscle very often, and my god, what a noise.
as a question, i noticed your 8 is a 281 cu in? whats that in good old litres?
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Thanks for the compliment, as semvhu stated its 4.6l of fury!!!!

I love the sound, but also hate it.....
On the road at about 70mph you cannot hardly talk to someone next to you..
But at the same time, when i am by myself, i love to just hear it!.... :)

Oh and GImme a TVR over the stang anyday..... 👍
 
I think i have found the ECLIPSE KILLER! If not, then its damn close.

FF (NOS)

'94 Mitsubishi FTO GPX

Milage: 39,974miles, 40,025 now (thats over 204 1/4 mile passes) LOL
HP: 208 after oil change
Weight: 1170kg

Vehicle cost (used): $ 8,004
Oil Change: $ 50
Racing Flywheel: $ 1,000
Triple Plate Clutch: $ 4,600
Nitrous: $ 5,000
Racing Tires (R1): $ 8,100
Sport Chip: $ 1,250
Spoiler (biggest): $ 1,200

Total Cost: $ 29,204

Total HP: 308hp w/ nos

Best Time to Date: 13.274 w/ nos
 
This is my first atempt at this, i dont think its to bad:

94 subaru impreza WRX STI - 64658 km
Price = $9722

Mods:
Sports exhaust - $1600
Computer Chip - $1200
Turbo stage 1 - $4800
Racing Fly Wheel - $1050
Weight Reduction 1 - $1200
Weight Reduction 2 - $5500
NOS - $5000

Total - 27072

Time with NOS = 10.365 - 2nd gear launch

Gear raitos were all standard i think

I think thats alrite for my first go, im aiming for a 9

Now ive got it down to a 10.235 with nos and 2nd gear launch

Finally i hav done it my suby can run consistant high nines. My fastest to date is a 9.941 with nos and a 2nd gear launch
 
boomboy....... that is a great time for your first run.

but my calculations show that you have a grand total of $ 30,072? also did you change the oil in the car? it only cost $50 to do it and it usually gives your car an extra 10 and 50hp.
 
oil_injected
boomboy....... that is a great time for your first run.

but my calculations show that you have a grand total of $ 30,072? also did you change the oil in the car? it only cost $50 to do it and it usually gives your car an extra 10 and 50hp.
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Oh my bad. i must hav added it up wrong or something.
 
Did some minor tuning and also finally had chance to buy an DFP :drool:
Now my TVR Griffith runs 1/4 @ 11.922 without NOS :D

 

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