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[alwaysinboost]

yeah, so along with the geo metro in my profile I also have a couple other cars at the moment. First, this is my daily driver that also doubles as a track car because these things are so versital

Bought this car brand new in October 2004 from a dealer in MA, got a smokin deal on it. Only had 4 miles on the odo at the time. I was doing a lot of traveling for work at the time and wanted a reliable, fun car to get me to and from work in any weather. I could have made a better choice IMO.




















These cars are really amazing. 3 years later I've put over 85k miles on the stock motor including about 200 1/4mile passes, a few hard days doing HPDE's and about half a dozen autox's without a single issue.

Modificaitons for the EVO include:
ECUFlash tuned by yours truely
Hallman MBC @ 24psi
EBAY TBE
K&N cone filter
MR BOV

Best time with the stock turbo and the above mods on pumpgas is 12.0 @ 113 w/ 1.71 - 60' on blizzack WS-50 snow tires.

I've also got a 35r turbo sitting in the garage. I had it on the car back in 06 but took it off because it was too much power for me. Maybe next winter after I learn to out drive the stock turbo and use all the power I'm making now I'll reinstall it.

[alwaysinboost]

Videos of my various track events in the EVO:

10/6 - shenandoah (these vids DO NOT do the track justice, it was much harder then it looked)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xFmexpvgVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CYj8lC-9wY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1bZTpc_gYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqS03qD3Dp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz0AC5t56fw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQwXm_XoSDw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmjw8oKP0sg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg8MZ_uJMXs


10/13 - Ripkin 10/13



10/20 - etown NJ SCCA



10/28 - Warminster Philly SCCA



11/11 - Ripken Philly SCCA *this was the last event of the season and also the last event the PHILLY SCCA will be having there. I took first in Novice class, a nice way to end the season*

[JNZTuning]

You have some nice rides Mark. Definitely done well!

[alwaysinboost]

Next up is my fun car. I got this car earlier this year after lusting over them since then came out in 01. I was debating whether or not to buy a bone stock Z06 and modify it as I went along, or to buy a fully built car with all the toys and save a bunch of money in the process. Needless to say I picked the latter.
























The guy I bought it from went thru a couple of different setups trying to get the car in the 10's but never quite made it there. I think it had a total of 3 different motors and just as many broken rears in the process. His best pass ever was an 11.0 @ 135 with a 1.9 60'. I picked the car up from him in Janurary of this year and as soon as the tracks opened up again, about two months later, I went to etown. On my very first shakedown pass I went an 11.0 @ 135 with a sissy launch:



You can see I just kind of rolled out and then whacked it. When I hit the gas the car felt like it got pulled by an F14 the way it accelerated, I'd never felt anything like that before in my life. what a rush.

On the very next pass I launched the car for the first time ever and went 10.40 @ 135 w/ 1.50 - 60'.



That was done with all the proper safety equipment installed (5point bar/harnesses) on straight pump gas with me driving the car to and from the track w/o changing tires or anything.

I went to a track rental later on that month and with a little more practice got the launch down and did a 10.41 @ 130 w/ 1.44 - 60'.



Couple other mid 10 second passes from that day:







That was all done back in mid March of this year. The car was down on power a few MPH that day because the weather was surprisingly hot and humid, I figured it was only a matter of time until I get back in the right conditions and beat my ET.

I drove the car around for a few months after that and just enjoyed it. In the mean time I worked out a couple of bugs that had been annoying me from the previous build. Once I got everything squared away to my liking I had the car re-aligned by RT Tuning in Lansdale and headed back to the track once more to try and beat my previous best time.

On 11/24/07 I went to Atco, the weather that day was is in the low 40s and they were running their "drill-em 1/8th mile program" so the track was prepped well. I made a total of 5 passes, the first two were shakedown runs in the left lane and i couldn't hook for crap past the 330'. the car kept on getting sideways at the top of second and I was about to call it a day when I decided to try the right lane.

The first pass out of the box was a 10.4 @ 138 with a 1.6 - 60'. Almost the same ET as my previous best pass but with a 60' thats 2/10th's worse. I knew if I launched the car like usualy I would be able to get a 10.20, on the next pass thats exactly what I did.

10.20 @ 138 w/1.47 60'. That was my best ET to date but I knew I had more in it as I've 60' better then that. So I decided to give it one more shot and really come out of the hole hard. The result was something I never expected to see.



9.980 @ 140.25 w/ 1.410 60'. I had offically run a nine second pass in a 6 speed street driven car.


The rest of the slips from that day:





those runs, just like all the other passes I've every made with the car, were done with straight 93 octain pump gas with all the safety equpiment installed. There is also ZERO weight reduction done to the car and it has a bone stock suspension with all the sway bars still intact. It even has ice cold A/C.

The car dynoed 730whp & 625wtq the next week @ RT Tuning exactly the way I ran it at the track.







Here is an in-car vid of the speedo on one of the pulls:

[alwaysinboost]

picked up a set of Nitto 555RII tires for the z06, and had RT Tuning due there thing on the hunter rack.

Pics of the old stock GoodYear F1 Super Cup tires compared to the nittos.



Got a chance to try them out on 3/29 @ the NNJR autox.



more to come.

[TalonTsi97]

Nice to see you finally made a journal. I knew what cars you had but never knew the full story on either. I look forward to seeing them in person at some point, especially the vette. Is it ever out on the streets for some fun?

[SpendOne]

Mark car looks good. Hope to see ya at the track again soon. Hopefully Stefan will get his **** box together too.

[malloyboy1]

nice cars

[alwaysinboost]

Originally Posted by JNZTuning

You have some nice rides Mark. Definitely done well!

thanks. hopefully I see you at more auto-x's in 08. I'm going to need some friendly competition in BSP.

Originally Posted by TalonTsi97

Nice to see you finally made a journal. I knew what cars you had but never knew the full story on either. I look forward to seeing them in person at some point, especially the vette. Is it ever out on the streets for some fun?

I try and drive both cars, especially the z06, as much as I can. I'll take it to work or just out for a spin if I need to run an errand or whatever. its a 100% street car. I even had it out yesterday in the rain, some vette owners would try to revoke my liscense if they knew that . Thats one of my rules about owning any car, it has to be able to be driven on the street, otherwise I see no point in having it. If you have to trailer it everywhere, and can only drive it a 1/4mile at a time, whats the point.

the only problem with the Z06 is that with all the power it puts down getting traction is hard to do with anything other then a true street slick like the MT ET Streets. so when I have those tires on I obviously can't drive it in the rain. but if I see a bike and want to have some fun, look out!

Here is a pic of my giving it a bath with the drag pack.







and this is what happens on street tires.

[alwaysinboost]

Originally Posted by SpendOne

Mark car looks good. Hope to see ya at the track again soon. Hopefully Stefan will get his **** box together too.

I'm sure he's working on that POS over the winter, but for now he has a few 10ths to catchup.

I'm trying to get him make that a street car so he can take it out on the road course and have some fun, but thats one stubborn M-F'er.

[D Money]

Holy **** Dude.

[boostedfury]

wow man awesome cars and time slips. I am in love with those zo6s dude I def would love to get one in the future.

[PaleDSM]

I knew you had the Evo obviousy but I didn't know anything about the Z06. Wicked.

[turbo4g63]

i love WW evo's...def. my favorite color. What the hell is done to that vette...is it supercharged? that thing is absolutely wicked

[foss]

Originally Posted by turbo4g63

i love WW evo's...def. my favorite color. What the hell is done to that vette...is it supercharged? that thing is absolutely wicked

Sounds like it's all motor from the videos. ****in' sweet.

[JNZTuning]

Originally Posted by PaleDSM

I knew you had the Evo obviousy but I didn't know anything about the Z06. Wicked.

Where've you been? It was even at the shop not too long ago.

[BIRD]

Evo: its so pritty

vette: can i have the rims for my camaro? lol jk.

nice and great cars, keep up the good work with the photography too.

[alwaysinboost]

Originally Posted by turbo4g63

i love WW evo's...def. my favorite color. What the hell is done to that vette...is it supercharged? that thing is absolutely wicked

na its not NA, got an F1 procharger on it running ~14psi peak.
here is a shot of the engine:



the motor is stock cubed in size but its fully forged to handle the power.

[97TurboDSM]

<--jealous. two awesome cars. nice photography too.

[alwaysinboost]

Originally Posted by BIRD

Evo: its so pritty

vette: can i have the rims for my camaro? lol jk.

nice and great cars, keep up the good work with the photography too.

I can't take credit for the pics, they were taken by phil97m3blue