bud-weis

what a day....firstly the car ran faultlessly, not a missfire or a breakage at all.....in fact i felt kinda sad that the screwdrivers didn't have to come out at all

the track was shit!! although it was my first time up the 1/4, i was expecting loads of grip, so i launch at 5.5k,and spin halfway up the track i honestly could have done faster on the road

only got 3 runs in too, i was progressively faster,and with a little more practice i'd be in the 12's piss easy, i just couldn't get it off the line with any momentum whatsoever

my times were;

ET 14.96 @ 109.8mph 60ft =2.81

ET 13.62 @ 113.9mph 60ft =2.59

ET 13.32 @ 114.8mph 60ft = 2.54

so kinda pissed off,but happy in the knowledge it will go much faster than that,maybe some slicks would be a good idea too

gonna just go to Stratford next time though,see what the surface is like there

DAN P

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nice one m8 glad you did not brake any thing times are not that bad for first time

big_wig_074

with those terminals you'll piss a high 12,just get a decent set of tyres on there and learn to launch right!

bud-weis

cheers mate.....and for those that don't know, it's RWD

Cossie Helen

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Not santa Pod LOL


But my best time from Elvington

14.37 @ 100mph


Not the best, but i'm slowly getting there, just need to work more on my launches !


I let Dave have a run he got 13.2

dave cos4x4

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not bad times really.

you will get a lot better with a bit more practice.

don't be moaning either because the car did not break.

col cos1

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launch........this is what im going to have to do at crail as i always had 4x4`s up the strip before

bud-weis

i knew it wouldn't break to be honest

i can defo see a 12, in fact if i'd have stuck around i reckon i'd have got one today, all 3 runs were rubbish driving on my part, so just one good run and i'd have done it

my aim is low 12's really....i'll be delighted with that i WILL do it

danneth

thought i saw you, you seemed to be taking it steady !!!

RWD_cossie_wil

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whats done to your rear end bud? is it near enough std? just poly bushes, konis etc?

Cossie Helen

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Should have come and said Hello !

Yeah was taking it easy, as 280 miles away from home did not really want the diff to go bang LOL We in a travel inn for the night tonight near Elvington, but would have been a pain in the ass getting a broken Cossie home tomorrow. So off the line i wasent the best

Had fun tho and its given me a bit more experience !

danneth

yeah cant blame you, did looked like the car went well after it finally got off the line keep it up

Staffi

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Nice one matey, not bad at all that, especially the last one it`s hitting 100mph in nice time aswell.......

Cossie Helen

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Cheers


I had i really good day There was only 2 saff's there, the guy out the Moonstone one came over for a chat just before i left.

dave cos4x4

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you should have plenty of practice before Central day.

Mike Rainbird

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Martin,
You should have experimented with launching at less and less revs. With my 0.48 a/r housing, the optimium was 3500rpm to get the best compromise between grip / wheelspin. I could get the 60fts to 2.0s to high 2.1s. Did 12s runs all the time.

The 0.63 a/r was a different kettle of tuna, and 3500rpm and it would bog, and 3750rpm and it would light the tyres up. Anything in between would get a fraction of wheelspin followed by bogging - it was much more difficult to modulate and the 60 ft times went to pot and it would only see 12s runs every now and again when you managed to control the wheelspin, but still prevent it from bogging.

I think you will need a Grp A rear beam or drag radials to get it to grip - normal track slicks are a waste of time at Santa Pod, unless you can do several runs back to back without queuing (where they just cool down).

Fagin

Yep... I can relate to that. Even with 4WD and locking my centre diff, when I ran at Stratford the back end of last year it was a cold day, I had cold R888's and road tyre pressures. I lit the wheels up in 1st and 2nd and the car was all over the place. The only saving grace is that I still managed a 12.5s pass and 0-60ft in 1.6s..... imagine how the fooker would of gone had it been better conditions.

bud-weis

Mike Rainbird

thanks for the info,useful as ever

my first disastrous run was from 5.5k,and just slid and slid til i hit 3rd gear, my second was around 3750,and i bogged it

third time was a little higher but with more wheelspin,too much by far...but that said i think had the track been grippier it would have been a good run??

i'd like to hear other opinions about the track today, there was a subaru legacy that was fairly tame,but he was lighting all 4 tyres up with ease
RWD_cossie_wil

at the moment just standard with polys,koni's with ahmed springs

i suffered from tramping too..how dya cure this???

next time i run i'll have more power (end of march at stratford) so i'll either suffer more wheelspin but with higher terminal, or i'll break summat

RWD_cossie_wil

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as Mike R says, gotta be looking at a decent rear beam set-up, try and get more than 1/8 of the tyres on the track , my 360BHP 2wd was exactly the same spec as yours rear end wise, and it was a mare' to launch cleanly, and I bet you find the inside edges of your tyres wear massivly compared to the rest of the rear tyres?

cossie4i+

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Can you post up the full details from your best slip please

Steve.

M K

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i run the xr2 at pod today

best time of the day was

13.9 @ 104.6mph

alot of wheelspin in 1st/2nd so room for improvement

getting the power down with FWD on the newly laid tarmac was fooking mission impossable

bud-weis

nah it doesn't wear too bad like that,much less than they normally do anyway

bud-weis

here you go matey,pretty unimpressive

reaction - 1.4311 (i was just going when i was ready lol)
60ft - 2.5436
330ft - 6.1979
ET@594ft - 8.5228
1/8th ET - 9.0228
1/8th mph - 90mph
1000ft ET - 11.2907
1/4 ET - 13.3218
1/4 mph - 114.84

Dan

Good times matey! Nice one!

cossie4i+

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Heres my figures from the 1/8th, this was on greens with a T34.55.

1/8th = 90.55mph
1000ft = 11.110
1/4 = 13.127 @ 115.59mph

Im a bit suprised yours does not pull harder than mine over the last 1/8th

Mine put on 25.04mph and yours was 24.84mph.

Steve.

xr2i-carl

what bhp u got son?

cossie4i+

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Just had another look at the figures

Your 2nd 1/8th is 4.299sec

My 2nd 1/8th is 4.298 sec

Strange how they can be so close with such different specs.

Steve.

bud-weis

i wouldn't read too much into that...i gained 28mph on my slowest run

Red16

14.885s @ 94.01mph in my Clio 16v

not been up the strip in anything else yet

Mike Rainbird

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You haven't posted up you 60ft times though, as every 0.1s you gain here is worth 0.2 by the end, so if you went on a grippier day, that could be the reason .

cossie4i+

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What was your best time then for the last 1/8th ?

Steve.

bud-weis

xr2i-carl

around 420bhp at the moment...

although i have to admit i've managed to lose a bit of boost since fitting my air box..

cossie4i

i agree to an extent, but it's hard to compare it like that, i mean yours could have arrived at the 1/8th higher up the revs,with more momentum and that gave you a good run to the line.....

so although the speed may have been the same, we may have been at different points in the revs etc.

post your slip now, i'm intrigued

i will get a 12 though trust me,that track sucked

cossie4i+

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60ft = 2.395
330ft = 6.052
1/8th = 8.829
1/8th = 90.55mph
1000ft = 11.110
1/4 = 13.127
1/4 = 115.59mph

I run 17s with 205/40 tyres

I am more interested in the last 1/8th time, the first 1/8th is so hard to get right

Steve.

bud-weis

how many goes did it take to get that time then?

remember these were my first 3 EVER

i am massively impressed with yours though,especially for the spec

cossie4i+

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That was 1 of 3 runs @ the Classic Ford Show on 12th June 2005.

Have done it before a few times

Steve.

glancy2081

whats the camber like on your back wheels

AJC

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12.7 1/4

JohnW

I was there in my Rover, ran a 13.7 @ 104mph, managed to get a 2.3s 60ft on my normal road tyres running them at just under 20psi pressure.

To be honest I didn't find the track 'too' slippery although there was a hell of a head wind, think that must be worth at least 0.3 - 0.5secs.

M K

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the head wind was very strong i agree,


good times for fwd

i managed 13.9 @ 104

JohnW

Cheers, saw your car there, managed to see you on one run, looked very nice.

That's a good time too, same terminal as me which is impressive, what sort of power are you running?

My terminals were similar to what I was running at last years totb and 0.5secs slower.

Although I was running full interior and crappy road tyres I'm 50-70bhp more now, so just shows how the conditions can effect it.

Think I'm gonna go to the fast show in a couple of weeks see if I can improve.