Drag Racing and Your Story

[Slash]

Heh, I missed this thread completely.

Where to start...

When I was little, I played GT/GT2 on PS1, then got GT3 and a PS3. Somewhere in here I have memories of doing so much gearing tuning to a Cougar in GT2 that it would lose about .050 over the 1/4 mile if I adjusted the final drive by 0.001 using automatic. It was still very slow (12s I think lol) but I knew nothing and probably had everything done as wrong as possible.

GT3 I didn't do any drag tuning, or really any tuning at all, just sorta derped around with easy races to get more cars.

Somewhere in here I picked up the game that named me, Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3. Beat all but two rivals at one point (the two with stupid high money requirements), made a GameFaqs account under the name of Rotary_Junkie_R and the name carried over when I started playing GT4 and posting in the GT4 boards. That eventually led to me joining GTP, which led me into the tuning forum. Then MFT opened and not long after inspired me to start doing my own circuit tuning (I was pretty bad at it). After a while I got into drag and top speed tuning, wound up being the first to prove the Spec-C could hit 300mph (though either I-Runner or MasterStorm had already done it, just hadn't pointed it out), as well as the non Spec-C though I don't believe I ever did a proof pic.

Also started drag tuning a bit, wound up focusing on the RX-7. First it was the '92 RZ, then I started monkeying around with all the others and settled on the Spirit R, which I wound up fighting MadMax86 and mcsqueegy for the record, wound up being the first into the 8.0s, a record which still stands... But might be defeatable. I should fire up GT4 and see if I can.

GT5 was a new game for me and my interest in drag tuning was completely squashed at first by the lack of a speed test, then squashed by the fact I wasn't really figuring out tunnel runs all that well. Anyway, SSRX came out, I figured it out, got quick, PS3 died for the 2nd time.

Now I... Well, I can still blind-tune with the best but that's not saying a whole hell of a lot. Should track down my GT4 disc, fire it up, and reset my RX-7 rec...

That is one hell of a record you hold XD

As a little kid, I grew up loving the Gran Turismo series until I lost interest when all my old PS2 discs broke. I bought more copies and they broke too because I was playing it way too much. On April 29, 2012, reunited with Gran Turismo after Need for Speed didn't fill my racing interest. I started drag racing in GT5 on May 9 and joined GTPlanet looking for some advice. I opened up my tuning garage on May 29 trying to help out GTPLANET's new drag tuners but it came to be a big fail as on June 24 I closed my garage permanently after discovering my "tune" was KaroSVTR's. I also was denied entrance to Team Hydro.
So here I am, thinking I am washed up. My support for Hydro is basically an obsession now. On July 6 I was accepted into Team Hydro as an honorary member, I was really stunned by this as everyone puts me at the bottom of the world. I am getting better and better at tuning as time goes on, and hopefully I can live up to my high expectations.

Everyone knows it's an obsession XD. It won't be much longer but that honorary status will be over however.

I bought my 69 Falcon for $500 in cherry condition sans and engine. I then found a fresh 351w out of a 69 mach 1 for $500. With the time and parts I have nearly $5000 into the car but it still isn't running yet. Oh well. I still have it though. I'm having the exhaust and interior done by a pal. It should be done soon.

Meanwhile I've picked up a 74 Chevy Luv for $500 with a 350. That 350 was weak and tired so I bought a 355 all built up for about $800. With parts and my labor I'm in it at about $2500. This truck is bad. I was on the freeway when a nasty looking Lexus came blasting through traffic. Right when he got next to me I dropped into second mashed the pedal. He was on it too, I know because our eyes met. I didn't even get into 3rd gear, but it looked like he stopped in the middle of the freeway. Later I come to find out that this Lexus that I ran was built to about 450hp. I have had some other successful encounters around town an on the freeway.

You have to see mine. 351W stroked 393 with a Boss 302 intake, Holley 650 4bbl and a bunch of other crap (400 rods etc). Thing is BAD. Not to mention 3 inch lift on 33s with roll bars, whole thing is red black and white.Left stock exhaust on it though so it looks stock over built. '69 302 heads and both exhaust and heads are ported/polished w/ hardened valve seats and the block is .030 over (cubes about 402). MSD ignition etc etc. And it looks STOCK. lol.

I have yet to get it to the track to get a legitimize time, but my gps says low 12s. I'm running open diff, so when I get a rear end and some tire I'll easily be in the 11s. Then it'll be time for some nitrous... Hahaha.

High 11s aren't hard to do with 450 horse.

Started the night it came out. No individual gear customization yet.

Used different tracks, from la sarthe to the ferrari track-monza?

Ended up discovering SSR7 and even then we didnt even use the tunnel yet. Ran right where the game drops you, by the bridge.

Found the tunnel and blew up from there.

I think the original drag racers started from the tunnel, the awe of long straights just attracted a lot of straight line racers. And because no one had a track with a close to accurate representation of 1/4 mile till someone measured Indy

That someone would be Mafiaboy lol

 

[ripcurl]

Yeah he may have measured via a car in the game, some measured via google earth.

 

[Slash]

Yeah both ways have been done.

 

[GuitarHack]

High 11s aren't hard to do with 450 horse.

I don't have 450 horse. Maybe 350. The engine was rebuilt and the guy put in a 286 cam and all the goodies with that. It's still got a stock bottom end, iron double humps, and exhaust manifolds. The truck weighs nothing so 350 is plenty since its my daily. One I get the falcon on the road though, then I'll start building a real engine!

 

[Slash]

I don't have 450 horse. Maybe 350. The engine was rebuilt and the guy put in a 286 cam and all the goodies with that. It's still got a stock bottom end, iron double humps, and exhaust manifolds. The truck weighs nothing so 350 is plenty since its my daily. One I get the falcon on the road though, then I'll start building a real engine!

You're truck is light compared to mine. Mine dry is about 6600 lbs. I got an RV cam in mine too. It will wind to 6000rpm but makes max hp at 4500. All the torque is from 2500-3500 rpm. Spins all four 33's no problem.

 

[GuitarHack]

You're truck is light compared to mine. Mine dry is about 6600 lbs. I got an RV cam in mine too. It will wind to 6000rpm but makes max hp at 4500. All the torque is from 2500-3500 rpm. Spins all four 33's no problem.

Hahaha sounds like fun. I bet you get a lot of attention in that. Do you do mud runs in it?

 

[ionstriker]

well i was a big fan of gt5 and used to enjoy gt2 in all its glory.I came to know that gt5 was being released only after watching a few trailers on you tube.After watching those trailers i was like WTF this is an EPPIC game.I got the game the day after it launched ie on 27th november or october (dont remember )2010.first car was a civic and slowly did some races and bought a superveloce. I wanted to check out how online was and entered a room at ssr7 with some guys who were racing only at the tunnel.Then when asked they told me they were having drag races.So i got my superveloce out and raced his meclaren f1.AT the point had no idea that you could tune transmission,break a car in and all that good stuff.And then after getting beaten left the room bought an enzo(first car i started tuning for drag racing) did some transmission tuning (basic stuff)and joined another room.Thats when i first met mafia and cooldude.Became good friends with them.Later on met d24689 and they told me they were in a team.So i decided to go solo anyways.They were racing acrs and i thought the point of drag racing was not to race with the same cars.But then i realised .From then on i was intent on beating those two badly lol.After a few days i was able to tune a few more cars slightly and met chriscoupe.And damn was he fast.From then on i was totally addicted to making my cars perfect and here i am today still trying to make them perfect lol.

 

[Slash]

Hahaha sounds like fun. I bet you get a lot of attention in that. Do you do mud runs in it?

Never competitively raced it, just took it out to the fields every now and then. Actually made it through 6 foot deep water before, no idea how that got managed. Everyone knows who we are because of it, problem is, it's a 1985 and it's now rusted to hell and missing a floor on the drivers side (despite being fixed before). It sits now and barely gets drivin eanymore because of the 3-6mpg. Check your PM's, I sent a pic of the engine.

well i was a big fan of gt5 and used to enjoy gt2 in all its glory.I came to know that gt5 was being released only after watching a few trailers on you tube.After watching those trailers i was like WTF this is an EPPIC game.I got the game the day after it launched ie on 27th november or october (dont remember )2010.first car was a civic and slowly did some races and bought a superveloce. I wanted to check out how online was and entered a room at ssr7 with some guys who were racing only at the tunnel.Then when asked they told me they were having drag races.So i got my superveloce out and raced his meclaren f1.AT the point had no idea that you could tune transmission,break a car in and all that good stuff.And then after getting beaten left the room bought an enzo(first car i started tuning for drag racing) did some transmission tuning (basic stuff)and joined another room.Thats when i first met mafia and cooldude.Became good friends with them.Later on met d24689 and they told me they were in a team.So i decided to go solo anyways.They were racing acrs and i thought the point of drag racing was not to race with the same cars.But then i realised .From then on i was intent on beating those two badly lol.After a few days i was able to tune a few more cars slightly and met chriscoupe.And damn was he fast.From then on i was totally addicted to making my cars perfect and here i am today still trying to make them perfect lol.

Very nice!