February 17, 200719 yr you must getvideos of this, and they better be high quality too. that thing is nuts, i love it!! i would pay for a dvd of the event
February 17, 200719 yr Hey James the St. Helens mud run site is expired. Can you give us any details on how to get there? BTW the soob looks mean! PM sent..
February 17, 200719 yr James your pm's are full, I can't send you anything! I will try giving you a ring this Monday. -Chris
February 18, 200719 yr damn JesZek that was some serious quoting:grin: D- Oh!, Thanx! i would pay for a dvd of the event Me Too!, of Sure, I´ll like to watch that Race on a DVD!
February 19, 200719 yr Author Chris PM Box cleaned, hit me up. I'm in Australia right now, so calling and checking messages won't be any good for a couple days when I get back. I'm sending a pm your way now.
February 19, 200719 yr Chris PM Box cleaned, hit me up. I'm in Australia right now, so calling and checking messages won't be any good for a couple days when I get back. I'm sending a pm your way now. PM sent:headbang:
February 19, 200719 yr I'm not 100% sure on this with EJ's, but I think you may be wrong here. See, when they turbo a car they usualy reduce the compression of the motor. This in turn leaves you with less torque unless the turbo is spooled and is making up for the lack in compression. But like I say, this may not be the case with this motor his running. But I know it is for the EA turbos. I'm not saying the turbo is a bad thing, and I agree it would have plenty of power all the time. But still I like high comp N/A engines. It's a bit like riding a 250cc 2stroke vs a 400cc 4 stroke, I like constant power, and lots of it. The issue I have here is the constant "turbo's are bad for 4x4" cause they don't have any low end torque. Which I think is baloney. Really if we compare a _properly tuned_ mpfi turbo motor to a spfi or carb, the torque lost to compression is negligible. Then add a proper exhaust system and boost control, and you have way more torque as early as 2000 rpm. I think most people confuse the issue with the torque perception. NA motors have a more linear torque curve. Turbos can be more exponential before leveling off. So it _seemed_ like the turbo motor had no balls off turbo, when really it was pretty much the same as stock NA motor. I like constant power too but cc for cc, NA just cannot do it vs turbo/super. I'd rather have a 300hp v8 vs a 300hp i4/h4. Problem is stuffing the v8 in the same car a turbo i4/h4 will fit in.
February 19, 200719 yr I don't care how you tune it, a low compression, turbo'd car will always have a very crappy torque curve compared to an N/A or supercharged build.
February 20, 200719 yr i always thought my EA82T had quite alot of torque for it being turbo. My little N/A Mazda 323 was mush slower from a stop.
February 22, 200719 yr Can somebody post info on this mudfest; the link is down and I would like to attend. Thanks, R.Augur
February 23, 200719 yr A group of us including the rig in this post will be meeting and leaving from Allied Armament's shop at this address: 55948 Columbia River Hwy, Scappoose, OR 97056 at 8:00am this Saturday. I can't remember the exact directions to the Mud Run so meet us there by 8 and you can follow us in. Just put the address in Google maps or whatever to find the shop. From HWY 30 look for a sign that reads: Malarkey Ranch Inn Bed & Breakfast on the North side of the hwy. PM me for any details, questions, etc...
February 23, 200719 yr Must be nice to live in the north west, having fellow subie nuts to hang with, im all alone in the great state of michigan, been driving camo subies since 1985, this one is awsome heck its only a 3 day drive to allied armarment..
February 23, 200719 yr Must be nice to live in the north west, having fellow subie nuts to hang with, im all alone in the great state of michigan, been driving camo subies since 1985, this one is awsome heck its only a 3 day drive to allied armarment.. Yup...it is...and our junkyards are awesome, too! HAAAAA!
February 23, 200719 yr :::Update::: All St. Helens Mud Run info is now posted in the appropriate forum at this link: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=71762 See you all out there tomorrow!
February 26, 200719 yr Well... How was the Race? ... Anyone has Videos / Pics of That? I´ll Love to see it!
February 27, 200719 yr Word on the street here in Scappoose is he blew up a rear end RIGHT AWAY, went back to the shop and got another one - swapped it out at the mud run. Then blew it up. Then trying to get out without a rear end he snaped a front axle. 300 hp sounds nice in type, but it seems in practice it just breaks stuff. YAY for my 69 hp!!!!
March 1, 200719 yr Pics of the Mud Run can be seen here: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=71762 Word on the street here in Scappoose is he blew up a rear end RIGHT AWAY, went back to the shop and got another one - swapped it out at the mud run. Then blew it up. Then trying to get out without a rear end he snaped a front axle. 300 hp sounds nice in type, but it seems in practice it just breaks stuff. YAY for my 69 hp!!!! So yes there was one toasted rear end, and one broken front axel. From watching it all happen, then going back and reviewing the footage, it looks like the breaks were from the tires hitting the wheel wells at high rpm. Resulting in a sudden stop of the tire... breaking a diff and an axel. Having that power was great for the mud, allowed enough umph to get up the hills. Just need to make more room for that tire size on the rig (with more lift and trimming). Otherwise Albie went everywhere in that rig. I know that this gave him a chance to test it out and an idea of what needs to be modified to the rig for next time. Hope to get more subies out there next time too!
March 1, 200719 yr How's he plan on stopping the tires from tearing the fenders off after the first few inches of suspension compression? Hmm. Didn't think it would blow an axle before it tore the fenders up.
March 1, 200719 yr Hmm. Didn't think it would blow an axle before it tore the fenders up. The fenders were all cut away, it was the wheel well that the tires would hit upon compression. More lift or a smaller tire size would have prevented that.:cool:
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