soooo.... can i run my anti-lag?

[ps13drifter]

sooo, i am one wire away from having the anti-lag wired up in my car. is it legal in em? or any class for that matter?

flame suit on:flame:

p.s. don't bother telling me how i'm gonna blow up my motor running it.;)

[MNbiker]

Originally posted by ps13drifter

sooo, i am one wire away from having the anti-lag wired up in my car. is it legal in em? or any class for that matter?

flame suit on:flame:

p.s. don't bother telling me how i'm gonna blow up my motor running it.;)

Go for it. Legal for SM/SM2/Mod

-Steve

p.s. My Miata don't need no stinkin' anti-lag!:D

[weidnerpaul]

Go Nick Go
See Nick Go
Hear Nick's engine blow

Nick's engine :barf:

Nick's competitors :beer:

Nick,
Is this what you said you didn't want to hear?

Paul

[aansorge]

Anti-lag? You aren't talking Nitrous are you?

[pinhead]

Originally posted by aansorge


Anti-lag? You aren't talking Nitrous are you?

No, actually an anti-lag is much more destructive to your engine than nitrous.

what it basically does is, when you lift off the throttle it retards the ignition like 40 degrees or more, so it doesn't combust the fuel until the exhaust valve has been opened for a while.

Thus, you're igniting the fuel when the mixture is in the exhaust manifold. This keeps the turbo spinning wildly, so that you have boost right away when you get back on the gas.

The constant backfiring that WRC cars do isn't really backfiring, it's supposedly this anti lag gadget doing it's thing.

Nick, I'd make sure that you have a ride back home lined up in advance before you turn that thing on ;)

[Jon Kotek]

well I can see why it is legal, nobody in there right mind would do that to a car that they don't plan on rebuilding the engine after every event LOL


Jon

[rallywrx]

anti-lag! You are nuts. Please come to the rallyx on the 31st, because I have got to see this. What do you drive?

Dan

[MNbiker]

Originally posted by Jon Kotek

well I can see why it is legal, nobody in there right mind would do that to a car that they don't plan on rebuilding the engine after every event LOL

Jon

Not really. However, you DO need to count on replacing the turbo at least once per season. And you might want to run cast-iron manifolds as well......anti-lag has a tendancy to blow out headers. ;)

-Steve

[aansorge]

Just buy a friggin V8.

[Jon Kotek]

wouldn't that pretty much torch your cat too?

Jon

[MNbiker]

Originally posted by Jon Kotek
wouldn't that pretty much torch your cat too?

Jon

Cat? What cat? This is a mod car we're talking about ;)

But yes, it would quickly trash any cats in the way.:barf:

[StevenMosley]

MEOW!!!

I said good bye to my kitties last winter and don't miss them one bit.

Driving a turbo can be very tricky. Some events you are on boost all of the time and others you hit it off and on. It can be really quirky when you are in mid corner under throttle and all of sudden the rush comes and throws you offline, but that is part of the fun. Lucky for Steve he now has the supercharger for smooth forced power delivery.

So does the anit-lag device sound simular to this launch device?

http://zzyzxmotorsports.com/vids/20...urbo-launch.wmv

[ps13drifter]

well, we've never blown a stock sti turbo on doug havir's car.... but you MUST keep a close eye on it.

at first i'll only be running it for giggles (like, maybe the last run of the day). one BIG problem of anti-lag is you loose like the lower 1/3 of your part-throttle. the car just ends up bucking and heeving. keep in mind the ex #1 mechanic for prodrive for like 8 years is helping me tune it... and before prodrive he worked for nissan on their gti-r group a cars (the same basic motor as mine).

usually a setup with a long tube header, beefy exhaust valves, and a turbo with a 360* impact thrust bearing will be relilable (that being a reletive word). but i want to try it on a stock setup (since eventually i'll get rid of the turbo anyway)

[ps13drifter]

Originally posted by Jon Kotek


wouldn't that pretty much torch your cat too?

Jon

yep that's why rally cars have the cat as the very last part of the exhaust system (nope, no mufflers on wrc cars, just a cat at the very end).