What a two weeks it has been guys

Two Fridays ago Pruven Performance finished the first IX Evo motor swap and 5 speed conversion into a previous 2005 MR with 6 speed.

Props to Pruven for a great job and being on the cutting edge of the scene as usual.

It was a great swap, all that was required was the engine to ecu harness and the ecu its all a bolt in swap and I was amazed by the gains.

In T2 class the cars can only run a cat back exhuast and a reflash

With the swap over to the IX motor we picked up 30 tq and whp across the power band

I had traveled down to Topeka last Tuesday to tune the car at the track for a practice session

Sadly before I had arrived the motor - the used IX motor the customer purchasd on line - had failed due to an oil pump failure.

There we were last tuesday with a blown engine and no spares

Enter Dan from Pruven and myself who went into over time

We ordered all the needed parts - sent the head to Buschur to get cleaned and checked over and rented a local shop to work out of.

Monday all the parts arrived and Dan and I sent into over time mode

Tuesday night a brand new short block and the refreshed head is all assembled in the car and running.

A few test drives up and down Topeka Blvd to dial in the tune on the new engine and its off to the races - having misssed the first to qualifiers of this week and all of last week's practice

STILL - ole Car number 5 was the fastest Evo in the field - beating the AMS and Work's cars best times

It took two weeks of my life to get this car into the race but its all worth while seeing it qualify so well on limited time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Qualifying T2
Sanction No #IDC-06-S
Heartland Park Topeka
2.5 Mile Road Course Thursday, October 12, 2006
Ovr Car 1st Qual. 2nd Qual. 3rd Qual. 4th Qual.
Pos No. Driver/Hometown/Div/Region Sponsor Make/Model Fast Lap Fast Lap Fast Lap Fast Lap
1 12 Robert Schader/Boulder, CO/RM/Colo Hoosier/Red Line/Boulder 05Nissan 350Z 1:55.098 No Time No Time 1:56.300
2 75 Dave Schotz/Phoeniz, AZ/RM/ArzB SCCAForums.com/Kumh 01Pontiac Formula 1:57.439 No Time 1:56.183 1:55.100
3 91 Will Turner/Amesbury, MA/NE/NEng Turner Motorsport/Toyo 05BMW M3 1:57.055 No Time 1:56.020 1:55.103
4 95 Chuck Hemmingson/West Des Moines, 06Subaru WRX Sti 1:55.615 No Time 2:25.000 1:55.355
5 7 Ken Dobson/Sonoma, CA/NP/SanF Temp Control 05Nissan 350Z 1:55.980 No Time 1:55.591 1:55.506
6 44 Rob Hines/Arlington, VA/NE/WDC Kumho/Nissan/RedLine 03Nissan 350Z 1:55.867 No Time 1:56.370 1:55.508
7 69 Kristian Skavnes/Sparta, NJ/NE/NNJ Subaru/Goodyear/Valvoli Subaru WRX Sti 1:56.074 No Time 1:56.327 1:55.653
8 05 William Ziegler/Stamford, CT/NE/NEng Swisher/Phoenix 05Mitsibushi No Time No Time 1:59.078 1:56.253
9 23 Derek Butts/San Bruno, CA/NP/SanF Hoosier 05Subaru WRX Sti 1:58.155 No Time 1:56.816 1:56.334
10 98 Bill Baten/Indianapolis, IN/CE/Indy Online 01Chevrolet 1:56.914 2:16.778 1:57.318 1:56.449
11 99 Jason Henderson/Cincinnati, Trailex 03Nissan 350Z 1:57.157 No Time 1:56.563 1:56.640
12 06 David Rosenblum/Langhorne, PA/SE/FlaSubaru Of America 06Subaru WRX Sti 1:56.898 No Time 1:56.674 1:56.802
13 02 George Biskup/Naperville, IL/CE/Chi Biskup Motorsports 05Dodge SRT4 2:14.845 2:18.001 1:57.606 1:56.729
14 14 Alfred Mitchell/Sugar Land, TX/SW/Tex MSR Houston 02BMW M3 1:56.778 No Time No Time No Time
15 16 Michael Santos/San Lorenzo, Hankook Tire/Works 05Mitsubishi 1:57.408 No Time 1:57.957 1:56.884
16 27 Tony Rivera/Missouri City, MSR 06BMW M3 1:56.932 No Time 1:57.740 No Time
17 04 Paul Barnhart/Houston, TX/SW/Hous Tom Mitchell 02BMW M3 No Time No Time No Time 1:57.112
18 01 Chris Brannon/Mountain Home, TRM 05Pontiac GTO 1:57.723 No Time 1:58.132 1:57.436
19 73 John Buttermore/Bloomfield Hills, Nearbrook Motorsports 04Cadillac CTS-Z 1:58.611 No Time 1:58.787 1:57.721
20 24 Josh Sirota/Cupertino, CA/NP/SanF Hoosier 05Subaru WRX Sti 1:58.154 No Time No Time No Time
21 07 Nathaniel Ellis/Marysville, OH/CE/OhV Team Honda Research 02Honda S2000 1:58.401 No Time 1:59.242 1:58.318
22 34 Marty Grand/Manassas Park, Amsperformance.com 06Mitsubishi 2:02.112 2:13.872 2:00.455 1:58.991
23 74 Gregory Meindl/Levittown, NY/NE/NY Raceshopper.com 01Pontiac Firebird 2:01.276 2:24.750 2:01.000 1:59.040
24 4 Dennis AuBuchon/Arnold, MO/MW/StL Kumho/Weber Chevrolet 01Chevrolet 1:59.046 2:44.495 1:59.053 1:59.166
25 33 William Moore/Chagrin Falls, Msports/Swift Filters/Tim 02Chevrolet 2:00.657 2:25.764 1:59.752 1:59.293
26 5 Tom Nastasi/Stamford, CT/SE/CFla Ford Racing Performance 05Ford Mustang 1:59.601 No Time No Time No Time
27 9 Kumar Viswalingam/Cincinnati, Hoosier/Predatormotorsp 99Pontiac Firebird 1:59.674 No Time No Time No Time
28 15 Richard Roberts/Chicago, IL/CE/Chi Kinetic Energy 03BMW M3 2:01.427 No Time 1:59.763 2:00.656
29 08 Adam Treadway/Findlay, OH/CE/NwOh Treadway Chrysler 04Dodge SRT4 2:03.130 2:14.117 2:00.965 2:00.102
30 2 Steve Valentinetti/Seattle, Cirasport/Airline 98Toyota Supra 2:00.454 No Time No Time No Time
31 22 Joe Hermes/Happy Valley, OR/NP/Ore Gran Prix 03Nissan 350Z 2:01.946 2:25.157 2:01.139 2:01.194
32 86 Jay Culbertson/Portland, OR/NP/Ore Temp Control Mechanical 05Nissan 350Z 2:02.881 No Time 2:01.380 2:01.604
33 46 Mark Boden/Winnetka, IL/CE/Chi Fall-Line Motorsports 04BMW M3 No Time No Time No Time No Time
34 20 Bryan Viviani/Leechburg, PA/NE/StCt 02Pontiac Firebird No Time No Time No Time No Time
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CJ



It was nice to have an emersion in the sport of twisty turning evos and the sports car world

Its good to see my tune working so well in that car making it the fastest evo around the track

I'm excited to see the results of the race on SAt

 

Congrats on getting the car running. I know Bill has a bunch of experience running his car so he should do very well. I wish I could be out there but being gone the week before for GT live left me swamped.
Marty is still learning his new setup (struts & shocks) and I'm sure he'll give it his best during the race. It should be great to watch. Just to clarify Al, it's Marty's car, not our (AMS) car, and I sponsor and support his racing efforts. If Marty wins something, he deserves the credit for all that he did, we're just along for the ride!
Good luck to all racers and have fun out there.

 

A low 1:56 is very respectable give the talent that is in T2.

How is Phoenix involved in Bill's car?

Good luck!, we will be watching all 3 Evo's this weekend.


ps. check out that SRT-4 in 13th.

Dave

 

Sorry for the confusion . .

22 34 Marty Grand/Manassas Park, Amsperformance.com 06Mitsubishi 2:02.112 2:13.872 2:00.455 1:58.991


You can see how its easy to be confused on that one - either way Marty is a great guy and I wish him the best


I have no connection to the # 5 car other than I tuned it and Dan and I put the Evo IX motor in it

The results on the track is 90% the driver 10 % suspension and very litte tuning

BUT

I would like to think my tuning helps make him the fastest at the track of all Evo's (all of them are IX's) but I realize that the driver is 90% of the game

I gave up my NOPI race this weekend with my own car to be there in Kansas to get this car running like a clock so it is very satisfying to see him up on top of all evos there

Al

 

Considering that the T2 class requires a stock turbo and motor and stock cat with 3490 lbs - its a very amazing driving display to see it in that that time range with no practice or testing time

Phoenix built the cage and did the chasis work

 

Bill did a great job and Im very happy for him to have done as well as he did with such limited time, Im only disappointed he didn't beat Rosenblum in his Subie. However, just to clear up the facts, Bill did have a 40 minute practice prior to his engine letting go and he did have two "dry" qual sessions. I unfortunately had issues all week with my suspension (that I just received) and brakes. At that point I only had one good qual day to go out and I tried a new tire choice and it didn't work to say the least, this resulted in my starting way back in the pack. Fortunately I was able to come from 22nd to finish 13th and received the "Hard Charger" award for the driver that improves the most positions. The biggest difference between my car and Bills can be summed up in 3 words-suspension, suspension, suspension. Bill is also a great driver and competitor and has been at this game a long long time, he has been a huge help to me in my rookie season. I hope he sticks around the class with his Evo, we will need to work together if we want to dethrone the Subies. BTW, you guys did a great job getting his car back together in time for the race, My congratulations!!



Marty

 

Yes the Evos need help to beat the sti's in that class - sadly Mitsubishi seems awol

You did great Marty - I am very impressed !