Starion at Qld Jamboree

[davidbek95]

Cox"s Automotive Services phone 54433507

[WidebodyWoody]

More pics from the weekend

[MrBishi]

The camera tripod needs some work. Seems to be missing a leg!

[gotrice?]

LOL whats up with the pics? frogot one of your shoes?

[WidebodyWoody]

They are not mine, I took them from www.qldstreetcar.com

[NXTIME]

Nice coincidence there - two of the 80s rare rwd turbo Jap cars. Starion and Piazza.

[Darkelf]

this car is STOCK, thats right STOCK, 20psi :)

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Since when has a stock Starion run 20 PSI???

I always thought above 14 PSI equaled blown engine unless you have forgies.

And what about the ECU surely the stock ECU was never capable of 20psi??

[JD_Stazza_Brendan]

I thought the fatory fuel pump couldnt handle anything over 15psi, And the ECU doesnt map over 15psi..FCD doesnt map for more fuel.
Wouldnt this run lean if it was STOCK.

[Chryzla]

13.9 is impressive, but at 20psi standard internals it wont last long.

[starion007]

The amount of boost you can run on a stock engine varies . One of the variables which can help one stock engine run higher boost than another is the folw rate of the stock injectors.
The biggest enemy of a stock motor is detonation . If you can supply the fuel either by way of more volume and to a lesser extent higher octane fuel eg BP 100 a stock motor will be able to handle a little more than 1 bar of boost . Though this will depend on application i.e street or track (where the heat loads are higher and periods of sustained boost are longer).
The stock mitsubishi head gasket is a quality product and will take some punishment. You are more likely to break a ringland on the piston than blow a head gasket if you run too much boost an detonate.

[Chryzla]

or blow the head....

[Mr Ralliart]

To put those in doubt out of their misery and for those being anal about the definition of "Stock" or "Standard" , I will shed some light . The orange Starion IS running 20psi and it does have a VL Commodore fuel pump (wow) and standard (non forged) VR4 pistons . Oh and a fuel cut defender (wow again) .Other than that , it has the STOCK computer , STOCK Turbo, STOCK Injection , STOCK Ignition , a STOCK (and very 2nd hand) JD intercooler , STOCK Engine internals etc. etc. To anyone who tunes engines this is for all intents and purposes a STOCK setup . This is what EVO JB meant when he said stock . OF COURSE it has some mods . The reason this car is relatively quick is PROPER TUNING . The secret to power AND reliability in Mitsubishi Engines is not throwing as much money at it as you can , but KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. In the case of this car , I advised Dave what would work from a combination of hints from Ralliart and LOTS and LOTS of trial and error (and a few new swear words invented along the way). Dave also really knows what he's doing when it comes to Turbocharged Cars and is quickly getting good with Starions .

[CussCuss]

sorry, but stock means stock
if its almost stock say almost stock

[WidebodyWoody]

Even boost means Stock Starion running more boost.

But the car is quite good. Blows slight bit of smoke but still is good.

[NXTIME]

Who gives a rats if it is stock or not. It is close enough to being factory stock and runs 13.9 with the STOCK ECU and ECI ( not many around here can do better). That in itself is an excellent achievement, not to mention that most others have to do a shitload of work to get into the 14s.