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This weekend at the IDRC race (http://www.importdrag.com) in Palmdale took out Big Bird. The yellow R33 from The Fast and Furious - and also the 1999 Pikes Peak Showroom stock record holder.

It has a stock motor , stock headgasket , stock cams , stock exhaust manifolds , HKS intercooler, HKS EVC EZ ,HKS 2530 turbos , Power FC, Direct Port nitrous , BFG Drag Radials (275/50/17) , Nismo twin plate clutch , stock transmission , VP C16 , 550 cc injectors , Nismo intankfuel pump , Bosch pump for the nitrous.

First pass was a disappointing 13.0 @ 107 with about 0.85 - 1.00 bar of boost. Next pass it bogged and ran a 13.4 @ 109 and the boost was up to around 1.4 at the end. The car was popping , starting hard , and having issues. The altitude was horrible . Barometric pressure was really low.

3rd pass I decided to try the nitrous....Got off the line with what felt like a lot of wheel spin...1.90 60 foot... 2nd gear.... more wheel spin?.... 3rd gear.... more wheel spin ?..... 4th gear....more wheel spin??? look down notice I am doing about 120 mph... 120 mph and wheel spin???

11.90 @ 121...... and it wont go into gear...... clutch wasslipping....... can barely get the car into gear.... damn....

Have to race again for our Team Challlenge.... can barely force the car into gear... clutch doesnt seem to be disengageing .. turn the boost controller off... but nitrous on... 12.1 @ 116..... and the clutchdoesn't slip... the car feels better.... can get it and shift it good now....

Turn the boost up.... 11.80 @ 117... 60 foot getting better - car feeling better... 1.79 60 foot.. clutch not slipping...

Last team race of the day.... turn the boost up a little.... 1.60 60foot... 11.55@ 122. Turn the boost up to about 1.9 bar though the traps.... had to beat this 13 second Subaru after his teammate turned the flashers on when it beat our slowest GT-R...

Sunday morning.... didn't qualify for street tires class... the 11.55 didn't count for qualifying.... Have to run an 11.8 or better to make the 8 car field... New nitrous bottle... boost up..... 1.67 60 foot.....10.814 @ 132.616...... my first 10 second pass..... the car feelsgreat... qualify # 3... the #2 car ran a 10.813.......

First round was against a Supra... 12 second car... turn the boost down... dont need to run too much boost... 1.65 60 foot 10.96@129 mph beat him by 1.88 seconds.... and that was the fastest Supra there on street tires..

Next round I was up against Pete from XS Engineerings FD RX-7. XS are some of our friends.... I had been talking a little smack to him. He beats me in reaction time my 0.911 to his 0.848. He gets a 1.564 60foot . I get a 1.611. I get a bit of wheelspin in 1st and 2nd gear... Iam behind about a car length ..3rd gear I crank the boost... catching up.... 4th gear... crank it more...all the way.... 10.717 @ 137.751 - he ran a [email protected]..... I beat him by 0.035....... but I snapped the shaft on the turbo... but I won.....

I bypassed the scales on the way back so I would be disqualified... let Pete run against Ari Yallon in the finals... Pete lost.... but I still am very happy... we had a very good weekend. I made 10 passes on thecar. 3 in the 10 second range...