Riptide

To beat this guys car. The track is at an elevation of 3720 feet.

Timeslip in the first post of the thread and hes pulling a 12.08 at this altitude. Pretty fast yes? If you read the whole thing hes thinking high 11s are possible soon.

As a reference Mishri ran a 14.7 at the same track a few weeks ago with his 07 GT w/CAI and Tune. After DA adjustment it was a 13.4 I think.

http://wrxmodders.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6826

okbfd

14.7 - 12.1 = 2.6 seconds at that altitude.......you have some work to do.......FI or N2O perhaps?

Riptide

That's what I was thinking and if he gets any quicker (he's predicting 11.8) then it's nearly 3 seconds worth of time needing to be cut off just to keep up with him.

With full bolt ons and FI is that going to cut it?

blackS197

I say you need tohave FI with around460rwhp with full suspension and drag tires.

Black Mamba GTT

You should be able to beat him if he spontaniously combusts I would suppose.[&:]

Riptide

lol

I'm just trying to get opinions on whether or not an s197 without a built block and ridiculous boost is going to be able to cut it here or not.

Sarge_13

Spray that bitch til your engine cries.

nyc06gt

if thats what its going to take, and you dont have a built block, youll be pushing it - 450rwhp is supposedly the "cut off " sure its onyl 10 hp so it may be fine but i wouldnt go into this without knowing it is probably youll need a rebuild in the future

Gene K

S197 with Stock Short Block, Whipple (15-16 psi! Ouch!)and Alky Injection has been 10s at low altitude.
Its still running but its harder than I would want to push it.

My guess is your simplest method to get their with stock short-block intact would be

1. Series II Whipple pulleyed for 12.5 psi at your altitude (They have seen this with stock pulley at low altitude).
2. Kooks Headers with Full Exhaust.
3. Custom Tune
4. Good Suspension + Fats and Skinnies.
5. Aluminum Driveshaft + Safety Loops (Dont trust the stock two piece)
6. Good Motor mounts and trans torque limiters.
7. Spec Stage III+ Clutch with new stock slave cylinder.

The stock input shaft and slave cylinder may be suspect but im trying to keep the price under control.

PS a Tuned Whipple Series II has made 490 rwhp with stock pulleys and exhaust excepting an Axle-Back.
It may be a bit of overkill but you can always use a larger pulley to detune.

bluebeastsrt

I'd just say your always going to be faster than me and let it goIt'll take ALOT of money to cut 3 seconds of your ride.