Austarion

Link to to the interview at Summernats 2024 on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhDUMBo60ns Link to the longer article. https://performancegarage.com.au/news/summernats-spotlight-peters-1985-mitsubishi-starion/ If you have never been to Summernats you should make the effort to get along at l...

Hi,
Yes most activity is on FB (unfortunately). This is more of a repository of searchable data.
Welcome back.
Cheers,
Pete

Yeah, the stage 4 (billet) did help it to rev over the stage 2 (regrind). Others recommend a Ralliart? copy as a better grind for revs… I don’t know really.

Actually this is a better dyno that was done back in 2014 with the same set up just with more timing. Note it only travelled 1,065km in 3 years. Most of which would have been driven to the drag strip and back.

Dyno update (from 2017)...

Great thread! Great work fixing all of the photos...

http://austarion.net/ was switeched off before I could get a copy of all the other files from the website. and austarion.com is now pointing here. Might be able to get some of it useing the way back time machine thinggy. Alternatively Deeks, Alspos or Woody might have a copy. Also Aaron 1320ft has t...

Nice work. Is there anyway to adjust it and back it off? Got any pics of the shim? If you were in Sydney, I would suggested you to have a chat with Jason from "Gear Exchange" Diffs. Good luck and keep the updates coming as my LSD needs adjustment after being punished on the drag strip (run...

Surely we can update the list on the first post... ?
I'll have to dig out my best timeslip 12.8ish... Off to the garage BRB

Updated the first post of this *favourite* thread

Testing 1,2,3, need to clean out the cobwebs... :) :D

LS1 coil packs - supplied by Shannon at Bursons MSD LS1 streetfire leads - supplied by Aaron at VPW Custom bracket - fabricated by me and TIGed by John Thanks guys. I was going to get a pre made bracket like the spec one but I don't think it will work with standard length leads. Hence why my bracket...

That would be great.

Also what were the rules for a group e car?

The old cam was a camtech stage 2. New cam (installed but not run yet) is a camtech stage 4, duration 292. See page 7 for full cam specs. As for drive train losses, people say you can lose quite a bit 10 or 20%. Nothing is going to melt but heat is generated through the losses. Hence diff oil cooler...