Joe's Twin Turbo FGT movie full length

Great video Nate...thank you for posting!!

 

amazing.

 

wow, great vid and organization on the clips/segments...My wife was grinning ear to ear also....Can't wait to see future vids or his "bigger" motor he's planning on.

 

Haha... he got spanked by a better driver on a bike... and now he's crying for a bigger motor ^_^

 

not to mention that the Busa also had the air/hydro shifter...you lose little to no time between gears/rpms...also the fact that straight-aways are the Busa's forte....either way, sweet ride and video....

 

Ershank, Do you know the specific mods the Busa has? Thanks.

 

Probably a lowered front and rear, extended swingarm, quickshifter, turbo, and other bits. Usually people that have enough money/drive to turbo their drag bike start adding some carbon fiber bits too. I just think it was comical when he was nearly crying at the end of the video because he wasn't the fastest in a street race. And no, it's not impressive at all that he beat a literbike with his car. Bikes are much harder to drag race, and since he's doing the bull**** 75mph roll ons he's taking advantage of the whole "bikes have the drag coefficient equivalent to a parachute" thing.

7 second Busa? Suuuure. Maybe mid 8 for a turbo busa with a PROFESSIONAL rider. Mid 8 car? Who cares? They're a 1000:1 in comparison.

Next Level Racing / Larry Laye
AMA Prostar West Coast 8.07 second 1/4 @ 183.21 mph - SBS Turbo Hayabusa 1/4 MPH -Record Fastest Hayabusa

So it's impressive he bought a FGT, then paid a shop to do the work for him, made a self glorifying movie about his "accomplishments(?)" and then cries at the end how he needs to blow even more cash to beat some thug on a busa...

But whatever. Even though he had a distinct advantage in that race, it's his money. He should be allowed to offset his lack of skill with more engine if he wants to.


edit- Also, saying the bikes are for straight line only? What do you think that car is, especially with that driver? Thought so. And turbo'd busa's are driven quite a bit too (infact probably much more in comparison to this weekend only garage queen). We can really see a car enthusiast that dumps $ into the "ultimate street rod" and then probably only drives it on the weekends, at night, during street races- racing his higher skilled lower budget opponents who could probably care less if he wins as long as they have fun... Except he has to document his wins and cry when he loses ^_^

 

Yup, and bikes hook up so much better below 75. Stay off the crack thanks

 

Well, then I guess they'll just have to go for top end.

 

Pretty impressive! Great quality vid too!

 

Note that I said the Busa, NOT every bike....Put a Busa against a R1 or GSXR1000 in the corners with the same skill level rider and see what happens. The Busa has a longer chasis vs some other street bikes and is also a lot bulkier than most...Relax, it was just my observation...Still awesome to see him beat some of the others raced. I'd like to see the actual vid of the race. Curious to see if the bike lost him immediately on the line or if it was all top end.

 

"the" not "that". I was referring to Busa's. Of course they're not race bikes, they're "sport tourers".

 

Great Video!
I actually watched 18 min of it (I think)

 

ah cmon! I gotta watch it all over again?

Is there a way to fast forward it?

 

i was skipping through it and going back to certain parts with no problems....

 

Funny vid, the quality was great. However I think some of the other people in the thread made valid points...

1. He didn't do ****. He payed for a car, and then payed for the work. He deserves no credit.

2. Going crazy over the power he is making cracks me up. I mean its big power, don't get me wrong. But its going to be a sad day for him when he figures out that 1000 whp isn't all that crazy anymore, even less special if you can't put it down. Are there not awd TT 911's putting down 900hp?

3. Its been done before, TT'ing big engines has been done for years. Vipers have been doing it for years, with much more torque. Now doing it on stock fuel systems is pretty cool, but on a stock block, eh kind of cool. The new cobra uses an Iron block version and should be able to handle quite a bit more.

4. Sounds like he wants to be cool instead of being fast. First thing he should note is that being a great driver will add to your times a lot quicker then just dumping money into a car for more hp. Also why not a large single turbo setup? Does TT sounds cooler? I mean all he wants to do is drag, so a single turbo setup would be awesome. Only reason I ask is because I think GT35r are put on STIs, so I figure he could handle a tad more.

5. All this, and all he wants to do is street race? And on top of that I bet he really can't handle that car, hell I doubt a really seasoned driver could handle it. So why in the world is he taking it down roads with peolpe on them going 170 mph? Take it to the TRACK, not my way home. I just can't think of what I would do if he blew past me at 210 mph with my family in the car.... most likely catch him at a stop sign, rip him out of his car, beat his ass, and then make him watch as a set his car on fire........... lol, no but really think about it, getting hit at 150mph is instant death, much less 200

 

I've read that the Ford GT's block is good for 2000+ hp (this was on SVTperformance.com earlier in the year). Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

 

yeah...