Re: Bought a Ty and made it back home!!!!
HOLY MOTHER OF ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
UPDATE!!!!!
So today I went to the NW Supra meet and showed up with my Ty, cursed my broken Supra sitting in the shop's parking lot while all the other Supra owners happily dyno well into the 600's and 700's, while mine blew up on the dyno making a pathetic 520 rwhp with twice the mods as the other cars. I felt like ass and wanted to pour gas on my Supra and light that son of a bitch on fire! I swear... seriously.... burn that POS....
...so to avoid going ballistic and lighting said POS on fire, I decided to do something positive and change my plugs. The girlfriend was wearing a low cut tank top with ample boobage, and she purposefully got greasy and dirty with me. She actually changed the passenger side plugs all by herself! woot! That was the first good thing about today. Well, second, boobage the first. One of the mechanics there checked the plugs that came out and said that it looked like the truck was running pretty rich, and that the timing on the engine was probably very conservative by the marks on the electrode. So then I got the truck all together and watched some dynos and socialized. After awhile I grew tired again of all the running Supras and decided to drop the girl off at work. On the way home I give it a few times and find that it's only putting out 10 psi. I figure it has to do with the boost controller so I didn't bother messing with it too much, I had it pushing 15 psi by the time I got her to work and that was it.
After I dropped her off, I went and filled up on 94 octane being the paranoid-of-detonation guy I am. Filled the methanol tank up full, and then proceeded to double check that the methanol was actually spraying, again. Ok, checked, it works. I get to a lonely stretch of road and slowly begin cranking up the boost using the controller. I only dared to crank it up to about 24 psi, but DAMN, did that bastard pull! Wow!!!!!!!!!!
Holy crap, Jer was right, this thing is positively SICK!!!!! Here I am, not brake-boosting it, and when I punch it from a stop the whole truck feels like it got kicked the ass and just LAUNCHES and GOES! DAMN! WOW! SHIT!!!! I have rode in a 475+/- hp AWD Talon that didn't move like this. ( and several other high HP AWD cars )
With the biggest grin on my face I decided it was in my best interest to drive home slowly, and I pulled onto one of the commuter routes in Vancouver and headed home. On the way home, I think all the planets aligned, stars crossed, and the Gods smiled upon me, and blessed me with a 96-98 GT Mustang sacrifice. Yes, it happened. On a divided part of a highway, with only 3-4 cars behind us and nobody in front and no pedestrians, I was given a red light. I nearly pissed myself with excitement. The highway goes from 3 lanes to 2, and the Mustang was in the 3rd lane, myself in the 2nd. This was destiny.
The light turned green, and time nearly came to a stop. I had been holding the brake lightly and been making 1-2 psi pressure on the gauge. The Mustang roared to life, but too little, too late. The Typhoon leaned back like Fat Joe and just jumped across the intersection. Hittjng full boost within a second or so, and by the time the Mustang was even across the intersection, the Ty was about 4-5 lengths ahead. I had barely hit the speed limit and it was all over. No contest, not even close. Of course the Mustang got behind me, and proceeded to Honda fly-by me and cut me off, but the damage was done. The Typhoon has ate the first unsuspecting Ford.
Damn.
Seriously.
Damn. This truck is everything I thought it would be, and more. I cannot believe how damn fast it is.
It's so fast it scares me a little. Especially with the sloppy steering, hehe. Damn. Damn. Damn.
Damn.
