Garage Shenanigans (with the MKIV)

[Poodles]

no, valve float kills power

low compression = crap power

at the point of valve float it will stop making power, so there is no reason to get up there in the RPM's unless it's fixed

 

[Figit090]

oh yeah i probably wouldnt really get it up that high at all. I figure anything above 400hp is overkill for a college student =P

heck i'm happy with less than 200 I just want a bit more sometimes...and no fear of rod knock =P

 

[DreamerTheresa]

Looks great except for the FM adapter for the iPod. Get that hardwired into that deck!

HELL NO. That's MY goddamn iPod that Mike won't give back. :icon_evil

 

[Supracentral]

HELL NO. That's MY goddamn iPod that Mike won't give back. :icon_evil

You gave it to me. Deal wit it woman... :evil2:

 

[honestabe]

You gave it to me. Deal wit it woman... :evil2:

:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh: Nice Mike, way to steal from the wife. I've seen people killed for less than a stolen IPod.:biglaugh:

Adam

 

[DreamerTheresa]

You gave it to me. Deal wit it woman... :evil2:

I gave it to you to FIX IT.

 

[buckshotglass]

Sounds like he fixed it.

 

[Doward]

Details, details

 

[Poodles]

he's testing it...

for an extended period of time, gotta stress test it yah know...

 

[CTsupra]

looks great!

 

[Brewster]

 

[Poodles]

:rofl:

 

[Skam9685]

I gave it to you to FIX IT.

I say he fixed it so he gets to keep it. Apparently when you had it it wasn't taken care of properly and had to be fixed by him so therefore it's better off with him. :icon_bigg

 

[Element256]

He probably just dropped it on the floor and it fixed it.
That's what I tell my friends to do once their iPods break and it works everytime.

 

[Adjuster]

Speaking of 220mph speedo's...

Few years back, I was going to Vegas with 5 MK4's in a caravan from Boise.

We were in the middle of nowwhere, and crossing what used to be a dry lake, and it was the perfect place to do a high speed run.

SO, redline on the 7MGTE for my 88, in 5th gear, and I'm going about 173mph or so...

Get passed by a built MK4 who's going over 190mph... Talked to the owner later, and he had the redline at 9k, but was not that high when he passed me.. somewhere in the 7500-8000rpm range he said IIRC. His car had a T-88 on it, and was on pump gas, so low boost and mid 500rwhp he said too.

Long legs on the Supra is an understatement. They don't feel stressed at that speed, and that's what is really quite funny. When you slow down to a more sedate 120mph, and set the cruise control, it seems perfectly normal..

 

[Supracentral]

Long legs on the Supra is an understatement. They don't feel stressed at that speed, and that's what is really quite funny. When you slow down to a more sedate 120mph, and set the cruise control, it seems perfectly normal..

The thing that has ALWAYS amazed me is how stable they are. At those speeds they don't feel any different than they do at 120. Which feels no different than 80...

 

[Poodles]

they just get a little louder from wind noise...

fastest I've ever been in my car was around 5500 in 5th gear with stock everything (stock tire size, rear end ratio of an 89, ect..) just got loud from the wind

 

[Wills7MGTE]

MK4's are fun because of thier great highway performance. My cousin had one with just over 700 to the wheels and it went to 160 without any resistance it felt like, just bam you're there. Good looking guages supra central, one of the fem mk4 people I have seen that A. Works on thier own stuff, and B. Drives thier car a lot (most of the ones I see call them "investments" and garage them to death).

Nice mod man, keep it up.

 

[Figit090]

The thing that has ALWAYS amazed me is how stable they are. At those speeds they don't feel any different than they do at 120. Which feels no different than 80...

how do mk3's do at those speeds?

 

[tlo86]

if i had an mkiv id drive it everywhere too. or at least put it on a trailer and drive the truck pulling it around Lol