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Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

I will be taking the XR-7 and seeing what it will do..  expecting a high 15 @ around 88mph.:hick:

Will post video and pics of it, and the timeslips, later today:burnout:

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #2 –
well that was embarassing...  although not as embarrassing as the 2000 Mustang GT that I beat... lol

Ran five runs, with the 4th being my best, on run five I switched sides and spun hard off the line...  the track was unpreped and slippery even for my cougar.  I only managed to run a 16.105 @84.95MPH

Well at least I know have a baseline....  time to dig in and swap in a HO

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #3 –
Almost as slow as my RX-7 :hick:

What were your 60's?

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #4 –
Here is my best pass:

R/T:________  0.242
60':_________  2.210
330':________  6.632
1/8:_________10.288
MPH:________  65.49
1000':_______ 13.444
1/4:_________ 16.105
MPH:_________ 84.95

I didn't get anypics or video as my battery died in the burnout box.  I may go back tomorrow and try again...

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #5 –
Try again, the MPH is there for a mid-15. Like you said though, not a bad baseline ;)

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #6 –
That's what my old 88 ran with a k&n,intake spacer and true duals.
Could not break 16.1.

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #7 –
k, going back to try again tomorrow, it's high 15's or bust...

I Might take a buddy with me and race my XR-7 against my MN12 bird...  would make for a cool video...

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #8 –
Well it sounds like you had fun at Cayuga.

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #9 –
well that sucked....  the track was so well prepped, that the cougar dead hooked everytime and just bogged...  poor Cat had a tough time trying to put some heat in them,,,

Best run was only a 16.5 at 82MPH....

Tha was way too embarrassing, but I did rock a "VTEC civic" by a full second.  Time to start the HO/T5 swap VERY soon....

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #10 –
Went back to the track yesterday to try and improve my times...  Entered the street eliminator class to see how many rounds I could go in the bracket class.

first run the car could barely do a burnout, and only ran a 17.7 @77MPH!!  WTF?!!?  It was missing badly.  Came back to the pits and check all plug wires, one was lose on the cap....  Problem fixed so I thought, but in the burnout box it had lost so much power that it couldnt even spin the tires....  "Oh, something is seriously wrong" I thought.
So I called it a day before qualifing started, and headed home.  I stopped along the way and tryied to do a burnout again, still barely able to do one.  When I got home I decided to pull the plugs.  This is what greeted me:


BINGO there is my problem!  so I wire wheeled them and threw them back in and flew back to the track to see if it was too late to get in on the action.  It was but they let me Test and Tune.  ran 3 16.3's @ 84MPH.  Thats better!  Going to get a set of 4.10's installed next weekend and run a short belt next saturday and see what happens.

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #11 –
Just so you know i do have extra parts kicking around for a cat.
I think i have a set of south sides with the plates and dubble ajustable uppers for back and i make my own K member and controle arms. So i still have my jig to make more :)
Hint hint to all.

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #12 –
Why are you running plugs for a rotary in a 5.0?

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #13 –
Why are they so oil fouled?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Toronto Motorsports Park opening day today

Reply #14 –
Quote from: P71;215013
Why are you running plugs for a rotary in a 5.0?

huh?  :confused: :dunno: I dunno what you mean but they ARE 5.0L plugs... and if you are refering to the +4's...  I am running them, because they have been dyno proven to add 6hp on a stock 302.  Every little bit helps when you are dealing with the SO motor....
Quote from: thunderjet302;215054
Why are they so oil fouled?

I guess that is a down side to the aftermarket (chinese :nannerbang: ) Cobra intakes.  the baffles underneath the PCV Valve aren't big enough and the motor burns some oil because of it.  Ford sells a repair baffle that I will be putting on it when I swap the HO into it.