Stats:
Driver: Billy Johnson
Car: Daily driven 1993 Factor X Racing FX500 NSX in Street Trim
Horsepower: 550rwhp-620rwhp
Tires: Toyo RA-1 235/275
Timeline:
Dec. 2nd
3:30am load up the car and drive to Buttonwillow
10:30am unload the car and tech in
11:00am Car goes out for TnT 1st lap resulting in 2:01
11:03am Car comes in smoking!
11:05am Car is diagnosed with catastrophic engine failure
11:30am Decision is made to take the car back and install our clone motor
6:00pm We arrive back in Las Vegas
9:00pm FX500 Turbo System and Engine are dropped
9:05pm Harmonic Balancer is not happy…
Dec 3rd
2:00am FX500 Turbo System Re-installed
3:00am Car is dyno tested resulting in 550rwhp/ 460ftlbs
4:00am Car is loaded on the trailer to go back to Buttonwillow
10:30am Arrive back at Buttonwillow Raceway
11:00am Unload the car and tech in
11:45am Car goes out for warm-up session yielding positive runs
1:00pm 1st Official session begins resulting in consistent 1:55.5-9 secs
3:00pm Driver instructs us to up the boost (600rwhp)
3:15pm 2nd Official session begins resulting in a best 1:55.01 secs
5:30pm Awards are presented 1st Place Modified Class RWD 1st
Place Overall Modified Class. 2nd Place Overall in
Competition
Dec 4th 2:00am Arrive back in Las Vegas with the Hardware:biggrin:
Big thanks to Billy Johnson for driving our FX500 and believing in the car. Thanks to MJ at Daliracing for over-nighting a new set of RB two piece rotors, NEO synthetics for providing us with all of our fluid needs, Downforce for all of the CF goodies, Autovation for the functional pedal set, Lahaina Grill for keeping us well fed, Seamless Gentlemen’s Club for keeping us warm at night, RC Engineering for our fuel delivery needs, Toyo Tires, Lawless Machine Shop, SRK Fabrications, Science of Speed, and Upgrade Motoring for stellar service and products!
Last but not certainly not least, thanks to all those that helped during our time of need. Rad, Capt, Ian, Shawn, Tree, Fifty, and Brunswick. You guys are the reason we came back home victorious!