Had some cool cars and cool swaps, but the times seemed.. off.

1985 Dodge Omni w/ LSD
321 whp
341 lb-ft torque to the wheels
2440 lbs
12.9 on slicks

1989 Mitsubishi Mirage (built 4g63)
411 whp
368 lb-ft torque to the wheels
2480 lbs
13.5

Is it just me or do these guys not seem to know what they're doing or what?

 

Dyno queens running half the normal boost at the track.... or high altitutes.

 

I saw that. They even had an H22 swapped CRX that I thought ran a bit slow. Like low 13's with slicks and nitrous

 

Yeah, and they spent $8000 on it... That one had 209 hp and 186 lb-ft with nitrous, and ran a 13.5 with slicks and nitrous Blah. I wish we had someone get featured, like BBKA to show you don't need to invest TONS of money to go fast..

 

I honestly think that ctr98's car (I think that's his name), BBKA or someone making good power/times with a homemade setup could easily be featured in a mag. No doubt about it.

 

CTR98's car is definitely a good show/go car, and BBKA shows that the D still has some merit. I don't understand how these Honda-Tech Specials get into magazines.

 

they said the mirage was running the 1/4 on street tires, and had insane wheel hop
the crx was cool and gay at the same time I was impressed at how hasport did such a good job with it but was dissapointed at the money invested.

 

The talon and mirage times were garbage.All that power and they even trapped low?My friends identical mirage with a 14b ran 12.7@113 on pump off the bottle.He was on a stock longblock and put down 298 hp and 327 torque with a 35 shot.There going to get a ton of mail for that issue.I seriously think my black talon would have walked all the cars in that magazine.

 

I have a subscription and I have to admit the magazine is finally taking steps in the right direction now that they have a different editor.

 

That's a good thing.. but these cars had HUGE power, but nothing to get it to the ground? That's just idiotic.