13sfor1300

so a couple of guys on another forum decided it would be fun to have a forumwide challenge

so the forum owner put up a wooden niggerdick ashtray for the winners

the challenge: 13 for 1300
make a 13s or faster car, for a budget of max 1300 AUD

so quite a few people started a project, but so far only 4 people ran their cars at the dragstrip

first one:

run down, 1000 dollars
1JZGTE
quite a bit of small mods (read: repairs)

this one was the first one to run,

but didn't get in the 13s

another guy got a great deal on a ford,

100 bucks
4.0 engine
throw out 106kg of shit
nos, cyl head, headers, diff gears
1200 dollars spent
end up at 13.4 at 95mph
guy made step by step vids, too :)

ascona wrote:so a couple of guys on another forum decided it would be fun to have a forumwide challenge

so the forum owner put up a wooden niggerdick ashtray for the winners

the challenge: 13 for 1300
make a 13s or faster car, for a budget of max 1300 AUD

so quite a few people started a project, but so far only 4 people ran their cars at the dragstrip

number three;
vn of fury

weight reduction, little things and they turboed it, did a lot of self fabrication, budget of 1281 aud
their first attempt

13.953 @ 99.88mph

then, a week later:

13.596@100.67

then, they added a different stall converter, and practiced launches

13.0000000002

just great fun this is!

then the final team, "the red streak"

100 bucks of car
$36 for a fan belt
$100 for a set of 4.11's
$90 for a mini spool from ebay I bought like 5 years ago, but I may just weld the diff.
$200 for the nitrous kit (I think - may have been $150. Seriously don't remember). May be irrelevant if nitrous is not allowed.
$30 for the hotdog
$10 for the downpipe exhaust
$195 for the stall converter (Guy was shitty haha his offsider fucked up the ad as it was meant to be $100 more.)
$40 Corvette servo
$50 carton of beer (EEPROM reprogram)
some other fiddly shit I don't remember. (spark plugs/tek screws)

Running total: $890

these guys also took out all reinforcements from the trunk lid, and basicly cut out everything they could.

first try: 13.5 @ 100mph, having issues with mixture

but after a couple of weeks of tuning and re adjusting and shit



that's right! 12.4s quarter mile car, with a budget of under 1000 AUD

i actually feel sad that we don't have drag strips here...

So you're trying to get a car to run 13s for $1,300 bucks. That's cool.

that's awesome, its like a global ghetto version of GRM.

Talon wrote:So you're trying to get a car to run 13s for $1,300 bucks. That's cool.

i know right? and the current best is at 12.5 for 900 dollars

Pretty cool idea. Sounds like a lot of fun. The Aussies have a lot to work with in stock vehicle form. Lots of straight sixes and V8s to work with out there. Wish I had money, I'd jump on this.