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Steve Ueligger, 1999 TNT GTS

NO, I don't have respect for a car which has NO drivability due to a HUGE turbo (drag only). Most, if not all, of these Vipers, Vettes, V8's etc....have great drivability, responce, etc....and could be road raced even in the 931RWHP TT Viper's case with ease....what can be said for a supra running even high 130's in the 1/4 ?? Nothing, becuase the powerband of supras (anything over 600RW)kick in too abruptly to be good for any serious road racing (always an extreme between a lack of responce/power, and too much wheelspin/power). And if drag racing was the most important criteria well then I would just buy a mustang and absolutely blow the doors off your rice rocket or other cars at 1/4 the price. If you're a serious drag racer as people (supra groopies) build you up to be then you should know TEN street mustangs (turbo/or procharged) that could blow the doors off anything you own (these are not the fastest in the country, just fellow drag racers in your area). Pick up ANY issue of "5.0" or "mustangs & Fast Fords" and you'll see over a dozen STREET Outlaw 5.0's in the mid-to-high 7's @186+MPH on 10.5 street e/t' slicks and gasoline (114oct., 1900+HP) I can hear you're brain now ("Those don't count cause they're not 'classy' sportcars") Ok, then how about Eddie Bello's Street tire equipped 8 sec 162+MPH full interior 911 Turbo ?? You show me a "TT ZR1" thats not faster than a (ANY) supra, and I'll show you a sportscar that's displacement hasn't been taken advantage of enough. For apples-vs.-apples you'll always lose in the long run in a supra (or any low displacement 6 cylinder heavy weight) And don't site bias supras races with some guy running 30 PSI w/ a huge, drag only, T88-T72-etc. AND 70+ shot NOS vs. a domestic at say 12psi, no NOS. Becuase I could easily site 30 PSI small-blocks as well....but they would obviously skin your toyota alive being that I'd be talking about a mid-7 sec (175-185+MPH) full weight car.

As I mentioned, if you're who people say you are, you would know what I wrote above to be facts and wouldn't interpret them as a "flame" ...as you are supposedly a "seasoned veteran" at drag racing. ...I would be surprised if this post wasn't even by S.W. and was typed by a pressed "supra groopy" (I have a couple in mind) simply from the immature tone and ingorance conveyed in the post. Go back back to the smack talking at "supraforums.com" and stop wasting this bandwith on non-Viper related flames, you can e-mail me personally. If not for me, respect this board.

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Kevin D.

Hi Ron, I have heard of Maxton, an old airbase runway in NC? When do they run? Any special rules, cage, parachute, etc? I think Ed would love something like that. Thanks and let me know.

BTW, anyone who really wants a deal on a blower, Vortech is coming out with a DIY mailorder kit that anyone can buy and bolt on 100 rw hp for about $5k in a few months, FYI for anyone wanting to go the blower route.

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

Kevin,
Man, back off on S.W.! He's the real deal here, along with a few others -- guys with extremely fast tuner cars who race their cars on the track instead of the dyno. I've scratched the surface of drag racing myself, and there's a lot of driver skill involved in getting a roadrace-oriented car into the 9s.
While we're on the topic of your post, I also disagree about the big-turbo Supras. My old '97 made 619 RWHP, and it was surprisingly easy to drive on roadrace courses. Once the tires were good and warm it would get traction in 2nd, and the big turbos meant you could play the lag coming out of corners. The tiny stock turbos, with their instant-on action, were much more challenging on corner exits; one guy in a BPU stuffed his car into the outside of turn 4 at Laguna for just that reason.

BTW, do you think the cry baby peanut gallery would get mad if I put up a new thread with a new dyno sheet showing more than 931 rw hp from a TT Viper? Yeah, I think the cry baby club would not like to see that at all......

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

Hennessey- I am not here to talk smack with you, I simply couldn't compete. You are the King of Bullsh*t! I am just here to help out on the boards when I can and expose a criminal who deserves to be behind bars.

And you are going to show me a lesson how?

Kevin, first off you don't know me very well. I'm more into road racing than drag racing. I can buy a 7 sec car, a cheap mustang or camaro if I wanted to, but thats not what I'm into. Your the one started this with a post you pulled out of your a.. My fast Supra is a full street car with a/c and no cage, and I can drive it daily. You talk about Eddie Bellos' Porsche, it's a FULL race car. You forget I DO OWN Vettes and Vipers also, and have raced all of them. You talk about TT ZR1s, I set up the deal with John Lingenfelter for the building of the only 4 TT ZR1s to be built. The TT ZR1 can only take so much boost before it blows the cylinder walls out, thats why they make the power they do. You need to do some research before you open your mouth or key board.

FYI, if you want to see a real 9 sec street car, visit www.TurboImports.com

SW

Its 2 EZ.. Like taking candy from a baby...!!!!!

Gerald
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1998 Red GTS, Supercharged by Doug Levin Motorsports

Lublin, you are a jerk and everyone on here knows it.

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

Venom 800 Twin Turbo
Best 1/4 Mile ET: 10.11 sec.
Best 1/4 Mile Trap Speed: 143.6 mph

John,

It's easy for people to talk a lot of smack because #1 they're on a keyboard & #2 they're so far away.
But when you took the race to them......well you saw what happened! People are being exposed left & right. I always say, Keep it Real, but that's just me.

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Trey Pullen

01 GTS/Serpent 505

+ TNT 3" Stainless Exhaust
+ 1 3/4" TNT Headers
+ TNT 65mm Throttle Bodies
+ Ported Intake manifold
+ Race Air Induction
+ 1.7 Billet Shaft Rockers
+ Hardened Pushrods
+ 8.5 mm Plug Wires
+ 3.45 Rear End
+ TNT Aluminum Flywheel
+ Eibach Lowering Springs

quote:

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Originally posted by John Hennessey / HMS:
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, Yawn.

Lublin, you are a jerk and everyone on here knows it.

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WOW!
And potential customers read this site as well.....

Gerald

As one of the former "Supra groupies" as you call it I have to agree with you on the capabilities of the Supra and cars like it. However there are several things that you and several other people are wrong about.

Eddie Bellow's Porsche: Far from a full interior car, actually completely back halved, if he still had the car you could go see it. I raced with him at many events and have looked at the car up close and everything is covered very well but its still obvious if you know what you are looking at. And besides he would not be in the outlaw class if he was a full interior race car. That class belongs to back halved race cars.

Supras: All these supra guys who come on the internet and claim these amazing hp numbers and super fast 1/4 mile times are all delusional. In the past I have had my run ins with these types at supra events and track events. Every time the result was the same, they got spanked horribly. Even their amazing dyno jet numbers cant save them from reality. Don't get me wrong there are a few of them who do have fast cars, but for the most part they don't go bragging about how fast their car is on the internet or on their website, they are the ones who go to the import events and actually run the times they claim. And to date none of these Powerhouse or SP or any of the others have bothered to actually come out and prove their cars on the track.

Grants performance Twin Turbo viper: The car is truly awesome, I just saw it the other day its basically done just waiting for the wiring to be made. The owner of the car wanted some personal changes to be made which slowed the project down but it is on its way to completion.

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Originally posted by Marc Lublin:
For anyone reading this post now, Hennessey edited out that I am a New York Jerk, I guess other New Yorkers might get offended by that.

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Sorry but keyboard racers put me to sleep. If anyone wants to race, then wake me up

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

Looks like everyone in Houston uses your accounting methods...

Thanks for keeping the board interesting and "litterate" (sic)

Gerald...thanks for the entertainment!!

OK, for my drag strip event the day after the VOI, we will be having a "Keyboard Racer" class. This is for the guys who talk smack online from their keyboards without ever having to go back anything up in real life. So far the competitors in this class include: Gerald (FL), Lublin (NY), BurnR8P (WA) and a few others. The winner of your class gets a free bottle of Prozac that is going to be donated by Lublin. Hopefully the winner will share his medication with his other class members so they can all smile every once in a while

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

John, you are by FAR THE MOST EASIEST PERSON TO MANIPULATE online..
I've done what I've wanted to do....

...end of story...

bwhahahahah

2 e-z

Thanks John!

Gerald

I'm sure you car is fast but that is not what I wanted to get "out"...

hee hee
p.s.
When I said taking candy from a baby, did you think I meant racing!!????? OMG! LOL!!! See whuttamean!? It was to show ppl the real deal... Stop now John, for yourself and future customers online..

------------------1998 Red GTS, Supercharged by Doug Levin Motorsports

BTW (John, that means By The Way) Your Mom and her girlfriend look good. Looks like Mom(left) has lost a few LBS....

And your wife went on the trip too....were they celebrating Ellen getting her show back on the air? What a nice family photo for you to share with the board...and you took such a nice shot....that wide angle lens must have cost you a great deal of one of your customers money...

All the best to you .....BTW(oh you know what that is now) When does Ken Lay come to pick up the Enron Viper? Make sure you get the money first.....oh...you already do that....never mind...cannot use Visa though....hahaha

Luv Ya Cuz....

Yawn

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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John Hennessey
Texas VCA Member
"Too Much Horsepower is Never Enough"

John....wake up....your phone is ringing again....

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Originally posted by LT-5@redline:
S.W.... BLAH BLAH BLAH .........this board.

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Awww, has somebody been getting spanked by a local supra owner?

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Clint
97 SC300TT 6spd/NOS/otherstuff
TurboLexus.com
TurboImports.com