A few spots still open.
http://racetherunway.com/

Im not racing.. But Im planning on going.. And I can bring the trailer. If that gives anyone a bit more curage!!

I'm not racing as well but gonna drive the Colt up to watch.

I'll try it next year when I can trust the car won't implode at those speeds

Isn't this the race that Paul did last year?

So this Saturday is the racetherunway.
I can't wait to go just hope my trans holds up

I'm anxious to see your results! Good luck man!

I've got another wedding IN SF this Saturday. I'll see if I can make it too. Wouldn't hold my breath though, this whole season has been a bust for me.

Still trying to get the Colt together for the ride up, should be a nice drive.

Will be fun to see a DSM give er. Is there a place to see this years line up?

Racetherunway.com
Under the gallery section

You're taking both cars? I assume that's your Green one (#207).

Looks like some nice Evo's too.

One of these years I want to get to this, unfortunately I'll be in the maritimes during it this year.

I'll be there. Just without my car unfortunately!

Yes i will be talking 2 cars up.

Maybe you'll let me drive one...? I've forgotten what boost and awd feel like

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So, Congrats to Paul for taking fastest Japanese car??? And Congrats to Perry in the red Talon for taking fastest overall. And congrats to Magnus.. the car held together for 3 runs... and taking the win!

Had a great time... lots of really cool cars!

Yeah wicked job Paul, he even kept up with the non street cars which is wicked!!

Seems Paul and I have a friend in common as I just saw this posted on facebook.

Yeah great day but really hot and muggy, car run great had lots left over(only 35.5psi) but i didn't want to beat on it too much.

Great runs!

I love the powerslide into the pits after the second run

It was SO hot! But nonetheless, a great turnout..I wish I didn't have that wedding to attend to, otherwise I would have stayed a lot later.

But it was definitely nice to see Jay (as usual), and to finally meet you Paul.

Your car is beast!

247 km/h top speed? Awesome! must be the magic of evo 5th

That was my first question too..

Really need to install mine.

On my last run i did 254. You don't need
Evo 5th for that. Had the car up to 300kph
At 7500rpm with the evo 5th.

Stock gear is good to 270km at 7500.

You can always run taller tires if you don't want to switch 5th gears (that's part of why a lot of high HP drag cars go to 26" tires besides better availability).

I have the 25% taller 5th gear (for comparison, Evo 3 is about 10% taller than stock) which is what you want if you're really doing top-speed runs.

Or like Paul said - you can rev out to 7.5-8k+ in 5th and get not that far off the magical 300kph mark.

What's that out of Salomon? I thought the evo was the tallest.

These were custom made. Not many ever got sold. They're straight-cut gears (not helical).

See here:

http://www.teamrip.com/5th%20gear.html

Good luck finding a set. I bought mine from another member on here a number of years ago and I know of no one else that has or has ever even seen a set.

Doesn't just drop in like the Evo 5th, though, as it requires a little machining/clearancing.

Oh man, how bad is the whine?

Haven't installed it. May put it in my next tranny build when I decide to spend some money and do a really high-level build (steel forks, all new everything, etc.)

Like I mentioned - this isn't just a 'drop in and go' type deal like the Evo 3 where you can install it with the tranny in the car.

Yeah I read the description in the link. Bet your car would be the crazy screaming 1G once you get it all done, since it whines, haha

I can imagine it'd be pretty nutty listening to it whine down the street or highway or dragstrip if you could hit 5th gear.

Late to the party, but congrats Paul!

I also missed this earlier...awesome...congrats!

Oops, I completely missed the point of this, sorry!

Congratulations! That's insane!