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So he'd got 4 Ferraris there, lucky man. I bet his collection would make Bonkers jealous (if Bonkers still has his collection???).

Fudgey

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They certainly are.
(i had to use google to tell you what they were tho )

Luca

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Bit of web stalking and its this guy

Matthew Munson and an IT whizz!

XRT_si

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Well done, sir!

When I got home I tried a bit of Googling and got no where!

Defo him. And he's only 34!

STAFFY OWNER

He's deffo not short of a few quid, see the link below:

http://m.insidehalton.com/news-story...unson-family-/

Rod-Tarry

Disagree you may but Topspeed running is my bag . You need to gain 100m to get an extra second on the throttle at the bottom end so it makes no difference as speed gained at 200mph in 1 second is rather limited.
MikeR proved it years ago came hacking around the bottom bend best was a 180.3 run. Lined up from a standing start & set a then record of 180.9mph first time.
I agree it helps the clutch which is why we use the bend but much more efficiently than the Vmax boys do.

stevieturbo

That depends how hard the car is still accelerating in that 1 second. From GPS logs back in 2010 when I did mine at Woodbridge,

My car is well off the boil at that point, but even in the 1 second to 200mph, I gained 2mph.
ie 198mph to 200mph was 1 second.

Some cars still accelerating much harder would be gaining a lot more

In the 1 second prior to 190mph I gained a 3.9mph.

1 second prior to 180mph 4.6mph

Datalogs from this year at Elvington, car going much better, but still room for improvement
It was only 1km, so will only sue the 180mph time and 1 second prior it was 7.1mph gained in 1 second and covering 78m

So every little bit of extra distance and time does matter.

turnover

Rod I'm not going to have a debate with you ,But you can't really be stood still and at that point say gain a minimum of say 50 to 60 mph from the starting point and be slower top speed

foreigneRS

if you go from a standing start you can start further back than the point at which you come around the bend and join the straight - it's perfectly feasible that you can accelerate to or beyond the speed at which you come off the bend in that distance.

Rod-Tarry

You got it that's what can happen but with so many Topspeed experts on this thread its a waste of time telling them because they know everything .
Only been my interest for 15 years what the hell do I know .

stevecfrst1

Are you planning to do v max when your car is back together rod?

foreigneRS

i've only been there for a single top speed event, but that was bloody obvious

Caddyshack

Only once pointed out.

I have been there for a drift day and it only became obvious once I was reminded that you start further back from the standing start. If not then the corner would give an advantage if it allowed you to be at a higher speed than crossing the same point at a standing start.

The corners are quite open and we were able to slide the car at over 100mph (Track prepped 911 on road tryes) but the expansion gaps tore the tyres and the paint work suffered.

RS Grant

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Haha, certainly not one of the best things to do en-route to speeds of 200+ is it.


Cheers,
Grant

Caddyshack

Well to be fair we were provoking lots of sideways stuff...I certainly would not do that on the way to 200 mph and my porker was pretty much all said and done by about 150mph on the best runs

turnover

Well if your such an expert Rod ,I suggest you fit a descent clutch so you can do a standing start if that's going to make you faster top end,oh wait you've got around 800 hp and nos surely the clutch can't be that bad then,strange why you'd do a rolling start then?

Caddyshack

Isn't a rolling start just for mechanical sympathy? Why blow a record attempt on such an abrupt launch when you do not need to? Don't all of the bonneville salt flat racers get a push start to aid the long gearing and to help the clutch?

I used to love the launch starts on rally cross though...it is amazing they didn't break more often all those years ago with so much power. I think Will Gollop was around 2.5 seconds to 60 or something daft.

stevieturbo

I guess it depends what you're classing as a record.

Fastest speed over unlimited distance ? fixed distance ? a proper recognised benchmark, ie standing mile etc etc

But a lot of guys dont like launching their cars. It isnt just the clutch, it's the entire drivetrain.

Hence the 30-130 and even in the US a lot will do rolling 1/2 mile events now as well, or I think some of them like 60-130, which is a pretty short stat. Anything with decent power would still have no traction there anyway on an airfield lol

That said, if you're on airfield where most of this shit takes place, I can't see how you'd ever have so much traction at launch the drivetrain would be at risk in the first place.

Caddyshack

Aren't air field rough, high grip to help planes stop or are they poor quality?

foreigneRS

does that help when going downhill?

ajamesc

maybe it's got some thing too do with the fact a rwd 800+ bhp Sierra will just spin it's nuts off in 1st 2nd and 3rd

turnover

Does that mean your saying with a rolling start you will get faster top speed lol

turnover

Very observant,I can't help the ipad predicted spelling and didn't read it back,but you knew what it ment Mr English

J1mbo

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Rod says his car gives full traction in 2nd gear

ajamesc

No not at all you were saying fit a better clutch and do a standing start. Was just saying he no doubt starts with a little mechanical sympathy so not to brake something

Caddyshack

Lol, well spotted and good reply

stevieturbo

Airfields may be rougher than typical roads, but they have anything but good traction, well for 2wd cars anyway.

Even at 180mph at TOTB mine was still breaking traction.

Oddly, with Hoosiers at 20psi, I had to abort 2 runs around 170mph as I had no grip whatseover, could barely even touch the throttle.

888's worked better, just barely hanging on in 5th gear, but they still let go a little around 180mph.

Caddyshack

Blimey....that is pretty scary!

My friend took his Mac F1 to brunters and did not break 200 mph. He had the full Maclaren support package with him. He has since acheived the highest customer recorded speed though on an autobahn.

turnover

Rod says a lot of things jimbo ,it's just wether you believe them or not,but I think you allready know that lol

Jay,

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You were starting to look stupid and then confirmed it with that comment

turnover

Really !!! i don't think so

Jay,

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Come on then Mr know all fuck all what lies has Rod told ?

J1mbo

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Rod says what he has read, learnt or told. It's only opinions I guess and we all have different ones, I wouldn't call him a liar.

Fullflush

Being wrong and a liar are two different things with the same result.

Caddyshack

What an odd thread.!

Jay,

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Yes true but the later being quite insulting


And you sound surprised it is pf

turnover

Jay are you married to Rod as you seem very defensive ,Opinions we all have them ,believe what you want

Jay,

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And that's your only come back LOL brilliant ! Come on explain why he is a liar seeing as you're so quick to call him that

Caddyshack

Rod has only ever seemed nice, genuine and honest when I have seen him on here, he is a nice bloke to talk to and is certainly an asset to this forum as he regularly posts....oh and he did get the record so I too find the comments a little insulting.

ajamesc

Rod will always have haters lol and I don't think it really bothers him. One thing is for sure there hate even more come next year when his old boat sets new records and moves the goal posts yet again