Rod-Tarry

Am glad have not got to make the decision to run or not. Weather looks grim. Such a pity cos I was looking forward to a great day if we could have run. You are the only car there at near 200 mph level but as you say not in the wet

stevieturbo

Although...pity its so far apart.

Straightliners are running a top speed day at Elvington at the weekend...Sat and Sun.

Sun's weather forecast there is dry :S

Not exactly a 5 min drive from Ipswich though, or vica versa.

It is on my way to and from it though......

Mark Shead

Your all poofs if you dont run if its wetI have run over 200mph several times in the wet, the last was big puddles and heavy rain,
Was it big nowas it clever noam I stupid yes.

Mark

PeterLucas

Rod

If you dont mind me asking, what trans and diff do you run to handle that power and torque?

lead_foot

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Well done lads!

stevieturbo

On 888's ? , dont care, I still aint doing it !!!!

Mark Shead

1 Was on Dunlop supersport the other should have been on Dunlop DO1j on read, All on normal front tyres, The car did move around a bit

Mark

andrewg

they go better in the wet!!

stevieturbo

I have limited traction in the dry....Any time Ive tried to accelerate on a wet road.....well....it doesnt lol.

It does grip in 6th, but thats too tall to be useful for anything other than motorway driving.

Mark Shead

Try that with 800hp and 2wd and 1.7miles, so I think that pissed on your fireworks

Mark

Rod-Tarry

Tremec TKO 600, Helix triple plate, Jaguar 10.5" diff, Zoo rear beam, Adlenaline connector rods.

Mark Shead

When I did the 5th gear run I had wheelspin at 185mph nice graph on the datalogging that proved it

Mark

bigchez

Fucking loony!

andrewg

bet it wasn't dark thou!

PeterLucas

thanks Rod, good luck by the way.

Rod-Tarry

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...86112234248460

201.2mph in the rain with standing puddles no grip whatsoever & a 0-150 time of 24.4secs, Nitrous on at 190 to nudge it on a bit.
The comment says it all.

bigchez

Fairplay Rod, your car is a monster. I hope you can get it reliable again and set some more records.

Does it still feel fast to you on acceleration? I've found when you get used to a certain amount of power it doesn't feel fast anymore, although I don't have even half the grunt you have.

Mark Shead

You never get used to itbut everything else feels slow nowbloody things spoilt me.

Mark

costina

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Mark u need to change your user name to LARRY LEADFOOT!!!

NUTTER

Paul

Mark Shead

my aim was always to do it on the first run to limit the danger, So I never lifted from one end to the other on the straight

Mark

Rod-Tarry

At this level its crazy quick & it dont slow down 170-180 = 1.9sec proves that & at that speed its a lot of ground being travelled in 1sec. Just ask Mark my reaction the first time I drove the car with over 850 horses, it really was a big shock. The A308 aint the place for that .

Steven_RW

Standing water and part worn do1j's is mad. I remember thinking it must be really windy when I was driving at 163mph in the evo on Do1j's, as the car was getting blown across the lanes. But it was just the puddles there wasn't a breath of wind, the car was aqua planing so I lifted and gave up a couple of mph before the rev limiter.

200 mph, all that bhp through the rears and reasonable standing water is a tall ask and takes serious guts

I love it!

RW

dovboy

what power does stevieturbo's granada have?

stevieturbo

not enough

dovboy

not enough to do what!?? take flight!


the times in your sig say its a weapon,kev sharp told me it was a monster on the 1/4 mile but never said anything about the power it ran


spill the beans!

costina

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Thats the reply we all give LOL

Too much is never enough

Paul

frog

You forgot to add no helmet, fireproof clothing or roll cage

costina

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And only one hand on the wheel until 160 plus

BALLS OF STEEL!!!

Paul

Staffi

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Reminds me of when we were out mapping my Mak then ya mad fooker..

mk3cosworth

spill the beans then lol

CossieRich

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Mark is utterly fearless. Have known him 7 years and he has never changed. Although i think since he became a dad he may have eased up a tad

MikeR

And me he kept saying stop lifting of you need to keep it in lol

Mike

stevieturbo

Simple answer is, I dont know, nor do I care very much.

I just want to go faster

Chip

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Its more like 500 or 600 for me by the time I get to my place, but yeah whatever not bothered at all and dave is up for it.

mk3cosworth

lol you must have a ruff idea and waht shot of nos do you use or you keepeing it a secret

love your motor by the way

vikingboy

Rod, funny you bring that video up.
It was me who drove your son up the strip to film that fly-by and I'm sure Neal will remember that at the time in my 380hp, 4wd Evo with fresh D02's on, we nearly spun as I accelerated away from the edge of the runway. You would not believe how slippy that surface was and it is testament to Mark's ability and balls to keep that thing straight and true .... (and also my ability that I caught my sideways and didnt embarrass myself at 30mph by spinning off LOL

fair play to Mark - he is a talented driver WITH balls.

rapidcossie

I agree the surface at Brunters is a nightmare in the wet!

It took me about 3 attempts just to get round the corner at the bottom fast enough to do a top speed run, the slightest look at the throttle and it just went round.

Stavros

The thread on GTR forum is still going it seems-
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/101217-72...4500-good.html

Pail Blamire from Zen Performance (ie the batshit fast Impreza Time Attack car etc) made an interesting post I jus noticed though, but its way over my head with regard to how dynos work, so needs some expert commentary, or maybe Sheady or someone to reply on there...

It's worth noting the results for ROd's engine come from an engine dyno where you can hold the RPM until the boost rises. Unless you hold it on the brakes you're not going to see those torque levels at 4500rpm with normal driving.

Basically saying its working as a transbrake, and just like a transbrake you get tons more spoolup, and i mean tons, than you would normally. Wether thats true or not, dunno, i dont have a clue about dynos.

Then Robbie from R.I.P.S. (ie legendary NZ Skyline tuner replied with...

I was thinking there'd have to be something like that going on but didn't want to start anything.

I think it would be a pretty safe bet to say that if he drove along in 4th gear at 4000rpm and nailed it, not alot would happen for quite some time.
Rob

Does Sheady or someone wanna reply on there to explain? I know fook all about dynos to know what the trusth is.

dumped

not if he had been driving along with his foot on the brake lol!!!!

I remember StevenRW on here winning many a side by side race with such tactics lol.

I did it in the cossie with the nos armed and almost killed myself one night on the motorway, live and learn lol

rapidcossie

Stav, AVA's rollers are similar to the dyno but its not as big a difference as Paul is saying.

I have driven my car on the rollers while doing the turbo testing and with the rollers set to hold the revs at 3k.

We could hold there all day and the boost will only rise to a certain level.

The way Paul is putting across is that if you hold it long enough the boost just rises and rises.