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Here is a video of my turbo timer, wooooooooooooooooo:

(high quality version on youtube.com).

OLD SCHOOL VIDEO TIME!!!! Found this on YouTube, sweet:

blurry video, but I think it’s worth it, haha.

My super secret weapon I’ve been working on this past month… well, past 4 years, haha… finally unveiled, TURBOOOOOOO is complete. I broke the setup in @ last weekend’s autox. Only running 5 lbs of boost (thanks to the GReddy/Tial 350z TT wastegate I have), but speed is definitely not the bottleneck anymore. Actual pictures of the setup will be taken later this month; I still plan on making a few changes, as well as increasing boost just a little ;). I was sad that I could only run 5 lbs, but it worked out really well because the power band was a lot smoother than I had expected (no sudden crazy torque pulling wheel spinning action like the other guys when they first started running turbo).

I was still able to floor the car leaving the turns & through a couple sections. Throttle modulating is something completely new now, hee hee, but I’m glad I’m able to actually need to modulate the throttle as opposed to just flooring it most everywhere before when I was n/a.

My basically fully prepped 240sx (everything but the 5-speed) still lost to Chris’ stock 350z. Though I had a lead pre-lunch, Chris pulled away by over a second by the end of the day. I think Chris is finally getting used to his car - can’t wait to see what he can do w/ the Z once it has nicer tires. I really need to pick up the pace and get my head back into this - the only consolation is that I am faster relative my previous performances (comparing the times I’m ahead/behind most people through the past few events, with the exception of Chris, of course, since he’s been improving as well).

The video below is my first run with the turbo setup. Jenny finally took a ride-a-long with me after accompanying me to a few events.

Higher quality version is available if you watch it directly on YouTube.com.

By the end of the run, the car is on fire… literally! Luckily it was very small & easily put out. After lunch, I finally figured out why (a few different factors):
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Super late update - been getting my ass kicked by school & work.

Chris & I headed out for the SCCA CSCC AutoX event on September 13, 2008. Super fun, ran into a few other autocross buddies there. Chris took out his stock 350z, still burning off the crappy performance whatever they are tires he currently has on. Not much has changed to Kandi at this point other than retarding timing slightly from last time.

During the straights, the car just didn’t want to move, especially after a few runs. I began turning off the car & letting it sit in between runs - felt a little better.

The course, as always, was very fun. Before lunch I was able to get within .2 seconds of Chris’ time, but he pulled away by almost a full second by the end of the day. Couple of my runs are shown in my gallery, runs from much faster people & some pictures available at the solo2.com forums.

Not my fastest run, but video of Chris & me being silly @ launch time (higher quality version available directly on youtube - couldn’t embed it):

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