Thats a much much better vid set up

 

Delivered today

 

Nice

 

That is a most impressive piece of kit.

 

Very nice

 

Just waiting for my supersized Denso DBW Throttle body now

 

Weather looks good for tomorrow, deffo be down the Pod.

 

That IM is very pretty...how big's the Denso TB Sy?

 

It arrived then Sy........nice !!

 

C u there Clive

Sy

 

Not sure Ian, should have it next wednesday.

Sy

 

Ok mate, you aiming for sub 10.5 I take it ?

 

Up and down day at the pod today. Really busy and only got 4 runs. 2 new PB's though @ 11.3 then 11.2 and then................broken driveshaft ! Luckily for me Sy was there with his trailer and took me down to Zen and Paul fixed it straight away so I could drive home.

So 2 massive thanks, one to Sy for missing out on a couple of runs himself to get me to Zen (what an absolute star!) and to Paul for sorting my car as always.

Subarus are great, but today proves that the people you meet through our shared interest in these cars are even better.

Clive

 

Good to have met you today at The Pod Hammer. I have your time slips. PM me your address and I will post them to you mate.
Good ET's too (11.27 @ 128.05mph) good stuff !.

I too would like to say a huge thanks to Sy for letting me have 5 runs in his monster.
Never been on the strip before so it was a big learning curve for me trying to cope with 600 lb/ft, NO2 and ALS.
Sy did provide me with basic instructions "just watch the lights, floor the thing and hold on" which helped considerably !
My best ET was an 11.3.


Sy had a couple of runs in the 10's again

Truely awesome car you have there Sy ! and well done again Hammer.

 

Likewise Clive thanks for the food and drink delivery too

11.3 ! Well done mate, you nearly beat me ! Impressive stuff considering your first ever go at driving one of these monsters.

 

11.3 I am impressed Clive. First timer too.
What do you think Eleanor would make with No2 high 11's?

 

 

Wish I had taken a pic of Clive before his first run, think he was a little nervous

 

Yes - it was a good day - didnt improve on PB of 10.6 from the week before - lots of fun thou.

Mad - I like your style when putting your car on the trailer - im on the winch - pulling me nuts out - your misses and kid are straining their backs pushing your car - and youre in the driving seat reading NUTS magazine!

My last run was about 6.30 pm - dark, so headlights on - prestaged - ALS on, full throttle - edge forward - staged, see the yellows in my periferal vision, bang, dumped the clutch - im off - flat shifting and flying - what i didnt account for was im using a small light weight 24ah battery in the boot - all the power was sapped by the engine and the lights dimmed to less than 1 millionth of a lit match - but keep my foot in and praied that I dont hit something - over the line - off the power lights come back on!!! PMSL

Sy

 

It was a little more rude than Nuts

Excellent decription of your last run, love it

Out with the spanners again today, off with the blowing headers to get them welded again before new injectors and map tweak on Friday.......never ends

 

My 2 runs from yesterday

MOV005_x264.flv video by clive1973 - Photobucket

MOV002_x264.flv video by clive1973 - Photobucket

 

MH..your username on Photobucket is Clive1973,i take that is your year of birth?

Snap if it is as i'm born in 1973 and year of the OX....it's the year of the OX this year as it runs on a 12yearly cycle...36 year old this year

And welldone on the new PB.

 

Well past my bday already, 40 isn't far away

 

Thanks Hugh

Difficult to say mate regarding the Mustang. Big & Heavy. High 11's we be a good guess, maybe low 12's.

 

You would be correct Hammer

We are not talking about an average 300 - 350bhp Scoob here.
I realise as you do the money involved with big power, and I also realise that in this case that costs would not have been an issue, but it's the principle of destroying a guys pride & joy and if I were truthful I was really concerned about that.

However, nothing happened and I really enjoyed the day, and as you mentioned in your pm our cars will be fairly close I guess.

Now doubt we shall be in competition somewhere some day and enjoy some good fun.

Are you running NO2 Hammer? and did you feel your 11.2 run was a good run regarding start and shifts ?? or do you know it could have been a tadge quicker ?
That was a good time mate when considering you were only two tenths away from a 10 second run !!!!

Slips in the post.

 

The weight is the big issue with yanks and larger cars.

There were plenty of Skylines present at The Pod some with big power, by Sy's car made them look totally stupid.

His Impreza is mighty quick. You realise how quick it is once you have gone over the finish line and check you centre mirror to see the guy you were up against is still flat but only half way up the strip, not to mention the fact your ********* are very nearly entering your **** passage

 

Peter, you must have your dates wrong - my misses was born in 1967 and shes definatly an OX

 

great commentry on the second vid;

"daddy's not gonna win against this is he..."

"only of it spins out and blows up...that's the only way he's gonna win!"

pmsl, great vids and times

 

Thanks for the slips mate your a star !

My car has no NO2 I just run V-Power + 20% meth. There is deffo more time in the car, my second run was better but my change to second could have been better tbh. Was chatting to Paul (Zen) when he was popping my new driveshaft in and he said with my terminal speeds it will do 10's. I just need to practice. I felt my best launch of the day was the last one when the shaft broke...typical

 

I know great comentry pair my Mrs and son I was going to edit them but made me smile so had to share.

Clive