steve bt has a trippleplate he dont need

 

Well done John ,

Would have loved to have made it up there, but it's a 700 mile round trip. Maybe next year we'll book a hotel, make a long weekend of it and bring along a couple of our cars.

Martyn

 

Next year ......... whats up with the next round

Whilst your here, or was. What i the typical thought choice when going for a built 2.0, 2.1, 2.35, or 2.5?

Im going to do a search now, so no need to clog this thread up, but im hearing so many contradicting stories about 2.35 & 2.5's being lazy, yet this is quite easily proved wrong..... I want to start putting a little more away for our wedding (engine) fund .

Rob. . . Just going to start searching

 

My cars did very well. 9.69 @ 137 into 30mph headwind, lost to banana in shootout but I still did 9.81.

Type R with slippy clutch did 11.4 Handling I am not sure where we finished with Type R

Me vs Banana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_mdTUBOwu8

 

Fast moving objects were the spectators when the rain came down

 

Lol, we have a fair few engines to build at the moment, so my own car has been pushed to one side for the next few months at least.

If you want a chat re engine configurations feel free to give me a call, we are here 9-5.30 weekdays.

Martyn

 

Not yet, I think I need more practice but I will do it

 

What did you end up getting then?

 

Dunno Shaun as I never saw the times from my last three runs but 11.4 was run a few times.

 

to have 4 cars (and five drivers) in the 9's given the head wind was a phenomenal result.........and some of the handling times were cracking also

well done guys, alyn

 

why would anyone check mods? the cars should have been scrutinised to ensure safety after that you race in brackets

top car
10.3
11.3
12.3
13.3
14.3
15.3

top 4 times in each bracket race off at the end of the day. usual straightliner's affair.

 

He is referring to Handling Neil.

 

Were you there? The classes were standard, modified and pro. No one checked where you fitted, it was just whatever you submitted your entry as.

It was not split by time class as done previously. It was a bit of a strange setup for the classes. But again, it didn't take away from the day for me as I wasn't there to compete but to have fun! I think it's probably worth reassessing the classes for next time that's all.

 

Was a great day, was lacking a few extra's but the driving standards where high & good fun to watch. Check out my photos HERE

 

ahh right no probs apologies then

 

With practice I'm sure the 10 will come mate.

 

has anyone got a copy of the final times?

 

Good times Clive regardless of who won. Is there much difference between your best times and times on the day with the 30mph headwind?

Does anyone know how much of a difference these head winds make to 1/4 mile times and terminals? It was the first time on the strip for my new engine and turbo and my times were a second faster than my old setup was in 2009 even with the 30mph head wind. Is there a calculation to work out roughly what they would be without the head winds etc..............
cheers guys

 

I think Lisa was a bit gutted we never got a chance to run the car to its potential, I've been racing way too long to let that bother me lol.

Here's a vid of the cars first ever run in the dry, on wastegate pressure of 1 bar boost, normal clutch shifts.

9.9 secs on 1 bar boost

 

seeing as most people (quick cars anyhows) ran PB's on the day its hard to understand exactly how the wind affected things.......

alyn

 

I don't think it has that much effect on ET, probably drops a few mph off the terminal speed. That nutter on the bike still done over 190mph at the 1/2 mile lol.

Thanks for lending a hand on Sunday Alyn

 

Car looks and sounds great, highlight of the day for me

 

Can imagine such an head wind being nice for the intercoolers. Leveller? Probably not.

 

Results:

http://straightliners-events.co.uk/f...php?f=23&t=246

 

Looks like you had a good day Arf, shame you couldn't run in the drag shootout. Did you not fancy a quick crack at the top speed ?

Martyn

 

Thanks Mark, the Banana looks top banana this year

Martyn

 

That motor sounds f'kin awesome Andy, any chance of seeing your logged data

Martyn

 

So I won the top speed in modified class? No award for that I take it?

PS do we or do we not think the wind affected times etc? For me I felt it held me back after 80ish mph. My car just seemed to struggle.

 

Could have been a better day for me. Strarted out with an incident in scruitinering, where by my bonnet ended up buggerd (Trevor is in the process of helping me sort this out). Then went on to have fun on the strip, new PB 12.4@105, and 130.3 flyer, happy with that for a lardy new age with only 343bhp. Then I was just getting used to the handeling circuit when I managed to snap the offside rear driveshaft, wasn`t even a hard launch. Went home on a flatbed, but never mind.

Was fun for a while, and good to meet a few people, ScoobyDoo, your car is sweet, good fun racing down the strip.

 

Great to meet you too mate I need me some JDM gear ratios I think

I'm glad it was just a driveshaft, come to think of it, the noise is something I have heard before on a youtube video where a guy breaks his rear drive shaft. Hopefully you can get it sorted soon, same for the bonnet incident!

I loved your orange wheels, definitely cool on the white. Well done for being so calm about your misfortunes, shows great character. I hope to meet you again soon.