thanks Steven, no rear passengers then

 

I reckon realistically if I had launch control to assist the launches & got the gear changes bang on it would run very low 12's maybe high 11's. skull rcm had a 440bhp newage featured in evo mag in a tuners newage shootout, it won did 12.4 and that was with very heavy "ice" in the boot, so your "500" classic should easily be in the 11s

 

I feel there is an eleven in the car. Once it hooked up it pulled well. My gear changes were terrible too..

 

Dont mean to burst any bubbles here but just as an example as i think some of you have just far to much money.(dont mean to be cheeky or offend anyone)

I am speaking about a friend here as i havent yet had a go at the drag racing as my car wont be ready for a few weeks. When the friends car (p1) was built 3 years ago he dragged it, full road car weight running around 500/500 with no anti lag and no launch control, toyo r888 and got 10.99 at 124.

You guys are saying that you cant achieve this because you dont have the driver aids, i find it hard to beleive espically when you are all well over 500bhp.

 

its a funny one steve the feel of the classic is old shakey and feels dangerous
newage feels strong solid but not as quick even though the newage has big power over the classic i put it down to the newage being refined but after your post i now know its the stiffness of the chassis
driving the classic reminds me of my old cossie i dont know if its the old twisty chassis that makes it feel so exiting

spoke to paul a while ago re changing all parts from newage onto classic and he said same as you mate he would stick with newage every time on a fast road/track car

tein coilovers on newage/hks coilovers on classic

steve

 

skull i meant pound for pound, not drivers

 

sounds like a good driver

 

would be interesting too see just how many fast road newages there are about and how they compare against the classics

 

Why do people not want to improve as drivers instead of throwing money at equipment that does some of the driving for you.

In MY eyes its pointless unless you reached the cars limit but with so many of the cars on this thread they are nowhere near there limits.

When i get my car finished and begin drag racing i will be dissappointted until i reach the 10's and it wont be the cars fault if i dont get there, ill just have to keep practising an hopefully improving.

 

good luck on the 10s keep us informed

 

thanks for the info as always. dam those 2 look good

 

Im doing 12.012@ 115mph with just over 400bhp, so im sure theres a very low 11 in your P1 fudge

 

thats what i meant

 

When I had my old classic shaped impreza running around 400bhp it felt really quick and gave you the butterflies in your stomach on acceleration. This doesn't happen with my current car and I have always said its still too slow after mapping but I know for certain its far faster that my old car even if it doesn't seem it. So it must be the chassis making the car feel safer

 

k

 

When my p1 was In the 500 bhp mark I was doing 11.6 in the coldness of the winter. Still thought I could of done better

 

Steve, when your next mods are complete (rotated turbo etc), we shall have to both attend a track day at Brands.

Will be a good comparison as both will be running similar power mate

 

Would be nice Anger

 

Driving Impreza's with with 400 ish is ok. When you reach 500+ it becomes very different and takes a while to get everything right mate.

 

Well your last sentence just says it all.We are all practising trying to improve along with the drivers aids

I hope i will be in the 10s too with my round of mods in a fat newage

 

1500+Hits on www.nasioc.com member car gallery,well done Clive.
I have asked Marty to put up some pics of his car.

 

Well, I put my car on the nasioc as you requested Chris and some of the remarks are funny They word things a little different in the States such as
"I hate you, that's sick" and "That's tighter than a facelift"

 

Like also I would ask you "Sir are you finished with you dinner" but they say "Are you done"

The States is a funny place but looking forward to comming back home

Skull..your car is looking spot on and abit like a mini Gobbstopper.It def has show and go

Where as mines looks like a battered newage

 

Thank you squire

You in the States now Pete??

 

Yeah man.....got a few bits and bobs here for my toy

Weather is a bit gloom in Boston but have been to the beach 2 times for a top up in my tan department.

Have only clocked 1 NASIOC car but a few other scoobies here...loads of Corvetts and V8 rumble everywhere.

V power is $299.99 for a gallon here

 

Bloody hell that's expensive

 

That's what I was thinking!

 

sounds about right its on par with their bhp figures

 

"V power is $299.99 for a gallon here"

Sounds about right. The lb weight of the average American

 

I have just been browsing the S.I.D.C. forum and a newbie has just posted.

"Hi all, just bought my first bla bla bla". 25 people read it and ONE replied.

(Nice Club)

Should be like this thread. Full of insane adults sharing the love of a very non profitable interest