2002 Ultimate Street Car Challenge results
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The second Ultimate Street Car Challenge was published in the March 2002 Sport Compact Car
Sport Compact Car
Sport Compact Car was an American car magazine that lasted from 1988 to 2009. Sport Compact Car focused on modifying and racing sport compacts, usually import model cars. This publication was known for having a more technical approach than most other typical import car magazines and for the...

 magazine.

Competitors:
Year/Make/Model Owner Notes
1999 Acura Integra Type R Mark Allen, Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

 
1972 Datsun 510
Datsun 510
The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...

 
Tod Kaneko, Torrance, CA
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...

 
13B
Mazda Wankel engine
The Mazda Wankel engines are family of car engines derived from experiments in the early 1960s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer...

 turbocharged
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...

 rotary
Rotary engine
The rotary engine was an early type of internal-combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary and the entire cylinder block rotated around it...

1999 Ferrari 360 Modena  Jay Chen, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Santa Fe Springs, California
Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. The population was 16,223 at the 2010 census, down from 17,438 at the 2000 census....

 
Nearly stock
1988 Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A...

 LX
Geoff Bennett, Annandale, VA
Annandale, Virginia
Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:...

 
Supercharged
Supercharger
A supercharger is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine.The greater mass flow-rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally aspirated engine, which allows more fuel to be burned and more work to be done per cycle,...

1998 Hyundai Tiburon
Hyundai Tiburon
-RC :Tiburon first began production in late 1996. It was available in a few foreign markets with engine choices of either 1.6L or 1.8L. In the United States, the Tiburon was first offered in 1997 with base models using the Elantra's 1.8L engine while the upscale FX received a 2.0L four-cylinder...

 
Michael McIntrye, El Paso, TX
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

 
Twin-engined, turbocharged, methanol
Methanol
Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH . It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor very similar to, but slightly sweeter than, ethanol...

1990 Nissan 300ZX
Nissan 300ZX
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX in the US only. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped...

 Twin-Turbo
Jason Kopocs, Vermilion, OH
Vermilion, Ohio
Vermilion is a city in Erie and Lorain counties in Ohio, on the North Coast of the U.S.A. The population was 10,927 at the 2000 census. The current mayor is Eileen Bulan...

 
2000 Nissan Sentra
Nissan Sentra
The Nissan Sentra is a compact car produced by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. The name "Sentra" is not used in Japan....

 SE
Steve Mitchell, Torrance, CA
1996 Nissan Skyline GT-R
Nissan Skyline GT-R
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.The first GT-Rs were produced from 1969–1973. After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. This car was nicknamed "Godzilla" by the Australian motoring...

 
Justin Sykes, Torrance, CA
1985 Toyota MR2
Toyota MR2
The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Central Motors, a part of Toyota, from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan...

 
Mike Carwin, Poway, CA
Poway, California
Poway is a city in San Diego County, California. Originally an unincorporated community in San Diego County, Poway officially became a city in December 1980. Even though Poway lies geographically in the middle of San Diego County, most consider its relative location as north county inland...

 
Twincharged
Twincharger
Twincharger refers to a compound forced induction system used on some piston-type internal combustion engines. It is a combination of an exhaust-driven turbocharger and an engine-driven supercharger, each mitigating the weaknesses of the other...

 + nitrous
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic...

1994 Toyota Supra
Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...

 Turbo
Mani Jayasinghe, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, CA


All events are worth 100 points except for the driveability event which is measured in negative points (0 being the maximum score) and the gross display of horsepower
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...

 (30 is the maximum score) Click on the arrow by any column to sort results by that event.
Car Show Engr Grandma Driveability Fuel Econ
Fuel economy in automobiles
Fuel usage in automobiles refers to the fuel efficiency relationship between distance traveled by an automobile and the amount of fuel consumed....

 
Emissions  Dyno
Dynamometer
A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for measuring force, moment of force , or power. For example, the power produced by an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover can be calculated by simultaneously measuring torque and rotational speed .A dynamometer can also be used to determine...

 (whp)
Power band 60-0 mph
Braking distance
Braking distance refers to the distance a vehicle will travel from the point where its brakes are fully applied to when it comes to a complete stop...

 
1320 ft !! 0-60 mph !! Skidpad
Skidpad
A skidpad or skidpan is a large, circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling. The most common skidpad use is testing lateral acceleration, measured in g....

 
Road course !! GDoHP Overall Points
Acura Type R 88 82 85 -64 23.5 mpg 50 242 64 117.82 ft (35.9 m) 14.75 sec. 6.49 sec. 1.046g 67.0 sec. 6 801
Datsun 510 100 100 18 -100 19.8 mpg 30 318 75 168.35 ft (51.3 m) 13.15 sec. 5.13 sec. 1.092g 67.0 sec. 0 752
Ferrari 360 97 71 93 0 30.4 mpg 100 338 79 120.7 ft (36.8 m) 13.29 sec. 5.09 sec. 1.082g 61.8 sec. 13 1012
Ford Mustang 49 84 89 -36 20.8 mpg 40 534 84 135.68 ft (41.4 m) 12.19 sec. 4.31 sec. 0.874g 70.0 sec. 15 885
Hyundai Tiburon 41 64 70 -100 13.8 mpg 80 627 100 157.77 ft (48.1 m) 10.96 sec. 3.33 sec. 0.661g 79.1 sec. 28 839
Nissan 300ZX 98 82 75 -45 23.5 mpg 40 509 83 135.59 ft (41.3 m) 13.19 sec. 5.26 sec. 0.913g 69.4 sec. 18 908
Nissan Sentra 58 83 100 -18 30.3 mpg 90 276 71 146.49 ft (44.7 m) 14.34 sec. 6.49 sec. 0.937g 69.5 sec. 21 896
Nissan Skyline 82 79 86 -91 22.5 mpg 0 440 82 131.28 ft (40 m) 11.99 sec. 4.11 sec. 0.956g 67.0 sec. 19 819
Toyota MR2 18 67 53 -64 36.1 mpg 70 320 67 160.35 ft (48.9 m) 13.09 sec. 4.86 sec. 0.956g 68.0 sec. 18 777
Toyota Supra 75 75 93 -36 32.2 mpg 60 507 82 118.57 ft (36.1 m) 12.77 sec. 5.02 sec. 1.065g 67.5 sec. 18 967


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"Sport Compact Car" Sport Compact Car Magazine, March 2002
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