UPDATE on full-race's PINKS car

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by Full-Race Geoff

VIDEOS COMING SOON!!!

heres some of the story about the pinks car, sorry i didnt have time to type anything until now.

7/05 One of the guys that used to work here (Cary) had his car jacked last year (stock gsr motor, 2871R FR kit). We got the car back from the insurance company completely gutted. That hatch got even more raped here for parts on everyones personal cars. I Just asked whatever people take off, they put their old parts back on it. so we had a pile of useless civic crap and a busted/gutted/sad eg hatch that we had no idea what to do with.



11/05 we were approached at sema to build a car for the show "pinks." I told the dude no way would I put my civic up. he said to put another car up. so i thought about it and the hatch would be perfect. We built a setup we were willing to lose -- stock sleeve D series.

11/05 Rich calls back, asks me if i want to do it, I talk to the guys here and ask them who wants to try to build a race car to run on the show pinks. Everyone is down, half of them put up their old parts. I made sure that every part of the car that was done, was in-house and that everyone involved learned something new. Everything from the cage that was welded by anthony (sales) to the manifold welded by jason and benson. sean and cj practiced making rollcages and jackson custom fabricated a rad support/traction bar setup.


sean (full race welder and pro bmx-er) giving you a shakka


benson, he welded half of the manifold.


CJ welding the floor plates in (he would rather be a plummer)

jackson welding the rear frame plates in






whoa buddy representing


F-AZ

12/05-1/05 We were sponsored by:

Progress Group suspension -- coilovers
HASport -- motor mounts, diff, intermediate shaft
ERL -- built the motor, pistons/rods
Headgames – Headwork
Ferrea – Valvetrain (SOHC setup that is safe to 9500 rpm)
Evans-Tuning (tuning, tetris, commentary, recomendations, housemates, food)
Tony1 / T1RD (sick driving, saved the car, setup advice + cds exploding in the microwave)
stickerlab.com (vinyl)
brandonssickasspaint.com “LOOK AT THE PINK CAR!!!” (heard it in traffic a lot)
turboXS (boost controller)
panekmechanik (video)
jason hunt (advice)
cortney green (13" Lensos that we ran 11.2 on, crashed into the wall, bent, then made 4
more pases on, then lost. thanks cort =) )
lightning Motorsports – injectors
importparts.com – fuel pump
cary hearn (95 hatch)
my sister -- salvaged '98 EX (engine parts, distro, trans, axles, knuckles, brakes, spindles)
LocashRacing (countless hours of dyno time, pissed off neighbors, angry afghanis)
aaron "aloha" Teague – wrenching (FR mechanic)
NX – nitrous kit (more on this much much later)
Full-Race employees – a lot of work

11/05-1/05 - we (Full-Race) built a sheetmetal intake manifold, prostreet exhaust manifold (didnt want top mount to look too sick on the show) 3" downpipe, 20"x8"x3" pwr core backdoor setup. 5 pt cage, traction bar setup, charge pipe setup, tons of other stuff. The setup was basically an off-the-shelf stage 2 B-series kit (60-1) with a d series head flange. We have seen 641 whp from this kit on a sleeved GSR motor, and expected to see about 530-540 on this stock sleeve d series

11/05 brandon paints the hatch “ballet slipper pink”












05->06 everyone rides their bikes




jason (welded the other half of the manifold) killing it on the ramp. The pink bumper cover is in the background


sean isnt very good at riding bikes


12/05 - Progress shocks and coil overs arrive

12/05 - ERL built the motor for us. They built the motor for my civic (countless 700whp dyno pulls, it just made 790.1whp and 610 tq last night) and it just wont give up, so I wanted them to build this motor too. It used wiseco pistons on crower rods, 100% stock sleeve, stock block, stock head gasket D16A6.
12/05 - Headgames ported the living crap out of the head and intake manifold. It was unreal, i had never imagined a single cam port looking this sick. When he was done with that head, he said it would flow almost as well as a b series. Unfortunatley it took him 3 days to port it that big, but he got it done, and it was off the hook.


12/05 - PWR hooked us up with an aluminum radiator and 20x8x3 intercooler core to use in our backdoor intercooler setup (same as off-the-shelf IC setup)

12/05 - Competition clutch is set to release a b-series trans conversion kit for the d-series, but it wasnt ready in time for our race. We waited and hoped it would, but when it came down to it the race was too close and we needed a solution. Instead they put together a double diaphragm single disc 4 puck "stage 4" clutch that worked very well. I made 511 whp on one of these (after driving it 20k miles) so i knew it was good. The hard part was if we were using a d series trans, what axles would hold up?



1/10/05 Jeff Evans flys in, gets off the plane, comes straight to the dyno. We start making dyno pulls, car runs like crap. It’s a bad FPR. Find another FPR, put it on, this one is bad too. Get another FPR, car is running on our stage 2 kit 60-1. 270 whp at 18 psi, what the hell?!?!?! Rip engine apart, swap cams, swap head gasket, swap cams, swap cam gears, adjust cam gears, swap cams

1/11/05 put car back on dyno. Same thing, no power. Rip engine apart, swap cams, swap head gasket, swap cams, swap cam gears, adjust cam gears, swap cams.

Hasport is amazing. They hooked us up with D series poly motor mounts (ours were jacked with the car) , and even better, some OG D series knowledge -- ZCs use an intermediate shaft setup with a burly diff.... So Brian at hasport pulled off the impossible and found us a ZC diff and a ZC intermediate shaft. He knew the inner CV was as beefy as the B series inner, so we had some work to do. Welded the diff up, turned it into a spool, and put it in our trans.

Get car back on dyno. Car makes no power. We did not sleep for 3 days, taking the head apart, and trying to figure out if a d16a6 block with a d16y8 head and water pump was compatible, and if the timing belt was off, why did it lose power EVERYTIME we moved the cam gear??

We got really pissed, then put a different turbo on. Our off the shelf t3/t4e from a stage 1 kit.

1/11/05 Put car back on dyno with the new turbo, instant power. Jeff tunes the car to 30 psi (yes on STOCK D SLEEVES) --> 460whp, and a FAT powerband.

We put about 20 different axle combinations in the car, and wrecked more cvs in the shop than ever before. It turns out that a b series axle is too short for the D series trans, so if you want this setup to work, you need custom axles. Its 4:30 AM, go to sleep


aaron is tired and pissed, cj is lost

1/12/05 Driveshaft shop saved us. They knew the perfect dimensions of the axles, next day aired them. We get them in the car by thursday, 3 AM.

1/13/05 Put car on dyno to set boost controller. Axles are popping out of trans!! We take axles out, check the diff, turns out an inner CV is bent. Scramble, steal a set of inners from Henry, and swap it out on a 1500 ton press.

Get to track Friday night, Tony1 hops in the car. The first pass the car runs an 11.2 @ 130, with a 1.79 60’, shifting slow and the engine was bogging in between shifts. At the end of the track, a slick blows out and the car smacks the wall. The in-car video of this is insane. We trash both slicks

We stay up all night, put a fake nitrous system in the car, cut the fenders, cut off everything that was scraped by the wall, get our 25s mounted on the lensos (didn’t know they were bent yet). Shop is a wreck, and sean fell off his bike.



1/14/05 wake up, try to get the car started. Figure out a few last minute dumbass things throw the car on the trailer, get to the track. Pinks starts in an hour

super star driver Tony1 etting ready for a blistering 11.2 sec pass into a wall again...






this was the hood off my street civic. now i dont have a hood =(

It begins. We get on the track, and we are racing a white FC rx7. these guys think this thing is a 9 sec car or something!!! They really thought it was FAST, I don’t think they realized it was actually a pile of crap

First race – tony does a 3rd gear burnout, we give them 2 lengths, they bog, we smoke them.

Second race – we “take the bottle out” give them 2 lengths, they bog, tony rips them out of the hole, car slows down at the beginning of the track, the rx7 pulls off the win?

Third race, tony tries to do a 3rd gear burnout, the car can barely spin the tires. He launches, the race is over, RX7 wins

Fourth race, we think the motor is done, I hustle as many lengths as we can, the car is going nowhere. We lose the car.

Torn intercooler coupler is deemed the problem! So even when you think you have your **** together, the simplest and stupidest crap goes and kicks your ass!!

after the weekend settled down, we got my civic on the dyno, and made an early spooling 790.1 whp and 610 ft/lb of tq on our modified GT40R with the prototype divided top mount manifold...



thats it for now! the vids will be here soon


Modified by Full-Race Geoff at 9:58 PM 1/17/2006

i need to up to boost on mine but first i need to switch out the headgasket

[R33P3R007]

Sweet... 30 lbs of boost

[D Money]

wow sucks that you lost the car. What was done to the rx7? So I take it that the show is real, and you really loose your car. Was there any other really nice cars at the show you have pics of?

[S4toSTI]

Nice write up. WHat was their best time or can he not say.

[den9]

whens this going to be on tv?

[Gorilla Unit 33]

wow.... that car is sweet

[R33P3R007]

Originally Posted by Gorilla Unit 33

wow.... that car is sweet

Wow that car WAS sweet.. now it's Gone

[sisforsurfing]

Originally Posted by fullrace

It begins. We get on the track, and we are racing a white FC rx7. these guys think this thing is a 9 sec car or something!!! They really thought it was FAST, I don’t think they realized it was actually a pile of crap

hahaha, I still think it's fast. That's a LOT of power on a non-sleeved D-series, I am very impressed. Sucks they lost, but I guess that's how the show works. Any news on when it airs?

[wonner]

Originally Posted by subwrxkid

.. What was done to the rx7? ...

http://www.speedmachineperformance.c...ject_drag_fc3s



Always remember - The 7 can't lose.

[sesolcSTI]

Wow, that sucks to lose a car that has sooooooo much time and effort into it. I do like the FC better though, but that civic was badass as well.

[igo4bmx]

wow nice rx7!

[Silverfc88]

Both are nice cars. Can't wait to see the show air.

Just read part of thread on FC3S.org and they have never taken the car down the 1/4! Sounds like there bogging was from a lack of experience I think.

http://www.clubfc3s.com/iboard/index.php?showtopic=387

[TurboTagTeam]

I was actually rooting for the honda.

[92eg]

i was waiting for an update...

[KGParts]

Sorry if I missed it, but has it been anounced when this will air?

[Silverfc88]

Feb time I think I read somewhere?