| The arguement about too much power for the street is an interesting discussion. No doubt I see what you are saying; it makes sense that at some point you will not be able to actually hook up. You have to keep in mind that going from a dead dig is a bit different than going from a roll (which is what we will be doing most of the time). The previous round of mods on the yellow car (TD 05's etc) put down 530 ish rwhp at 20 psi on the dyno (wouldnt' make any more boost). On the street, the car would make 27 psi and this should have been good for high 500's rwhp. Even with the boost turned up and rolling from 2nd gear, the car hooked VERY well. This was on the stock 16's and 245 Potenza rubber. It has always been my feeling that by getting away from the stock exhaust manifold and going to the Greddy log style manifold (or Pentroof), the car becomes much easier to hookup. You nolonger get that serious low-end torque bump, the car comes on much more smoother (linear), and the tires break loose with less frequency. Compare this to the T25/T28's we had (440 rwhp/460 rwtq), the tires would always blow up in second gear. This T25/T28 setup was the toughest setup with respect to high boost and keeping the tires planted. If the current combination is good for 600 rwhp on pump gas, I do not see that traction will be much of an issue. If 800 rwhp is achieved, then traction will be more of a challenge. We will put a set of CCW wheels with some good sticky meat on there for that. This should take care of any traction issue (from the highway roll) as this was a similar combination run by various 750 rwhp Supras in the area. Bottom line: We will tackle the traction issue when we get there. I can assure you though that the power will in no way be 'useless'. Bryan
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17:15:25 03/09/03
