I am an A/C contractor and I was working at one of my customer's apartment complexes fixing heaters today. One of their maintenance men was working on his old Toyota truck outside and asked me if I had any metric sockets.
We struck up a conversation while I wait for him to finish and he tells me he races at Gainesville Raceway. I tell him so do I. He asks me what I run and when I tell him I own a white Turbo Regal Limited he says he's seen it (doesn't remember my Gold GS) and asks me what my best time was. I tell him 11.22 @ 123 mph. He tells me he only builds and races Honda's and his CRX's best time is 10 teens but doesn't remember the exact time or mph?
We talk of our build ups and he proceeds to tell me what I'm doing wrong and my Turbonetics 62 turbo is too big and I should go to a smaller one. He says I should also go to smaller injectors as my 50# are too big also. When I tell him about my alky spray and my duel #15 nozzles he tells me his are 45's that he injects into his intercooler as that is the best place to cool the charge. He says the turbo and intercooler out of a Volvo is the way to go as it is cutting edge technology and I should try it because it would spool up faster and let me produce more power.
Now for the best part of his story. He runs a "bone stock" 1.8 liter Honda in a CRX that is stripped to the shell with only the drive train and driver’s seat. He launches with and runs 25# boost with stock original fuel supply, the previously mentioned Volvo turbo and intercooler along with his home made alky spray with the twin #45 nozzles. Says he's making 425 horsepower and spinning the tires through 1st, 2nd and 3rd but having a problem keeping it together though and has only been able to make 18 passes in the last year. He's had to replace head gaskets 4 times and rebuild it twice. He has it together now and wants me to meet him at the track so he can run my Turbo.
Yea, yea, yea.
By now I've had enough and tell him I have to leave and need my ratchet and sockets back.
He filled my head with so much horsepoopy this was all I could remember.
Mikey
We struck up a conversation while I wait for him to finish and he tells me he races at Gainesville Raceway. I tell him so do I. He asks me what I run and when I tell him I own a white Turbo Regal Limited he says he's seen it (doesn't remember my Gold GS) and asks me what my best time was. I tell him 11.22 @ 123 mph. He tells me he only builds and races Honda's and his CRX's best time is 10 teens but doesn't remember the exact time or mph?
We talk of our build ups and he proceeds to tell me what I'm doing wrong and my Turbonetics 62 turbo is too big and I should go to a smaller one. He says I should also go to smaller injectors as my 50# are too big also. When I tell him about my alky spray and my duel #15 nozzles he tells me his are 45's that he injects into his intercooler as that is the best place to cool the charge. He says the turbo and intercooler out of a Volvo is the way to go as it is cutting edge technology and I should try it because it would spool up faster and let me produce more power.
Now for the best part of his story. He runs a "bone stock" 1.8 liter Honda in a CRX that is stripped to the shell with only the drive train and driver’s seat. He launches with and runs 25# boost with stock original fuel supply, the previously mentioned Volvo turbo and intercooler along with his home made alky spray with the twin #45 nozzles. Says he's making 425 horsepower and spinning the tires through 1st, 2nd and 3rd but having a problem keeping it together though and has only been able to make 18 passes in the last year. He's had to replace head gaskets 4 times and rebuild it twice. He has it together now and wants me to meet him at the track so he can run my Turbo.
Yea, yea, yea.
By now I've had enough and tell him I have to leave and need my ratchet and sockets back.
He filled my head with so much horsepoopy this was all I could remember.
Mikey
Almost everything we buy is from another country. I'm as american as apple pie, and drive a nissan. God forbid its good on gas and reliable at the same time. I wish more stuff was made in this country, but they always send the work abroad because of there cheap-ass labor costs.
