jonny s2

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thats awesome

stevieturbo

The difference between 9.2 at 164mph and 9.8 at 148mph is well and truly massive, and then some !

Rick

Ironically, 4wd are actually the slowest over the 1/4 at top level!

Fast Guy

What do you call top level? Top fuel?

WENNY

nice 1 specky im chasing you now lol

Luca

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Awesome time, he was trying last weekend so was bound to happen soon.

Wish I could have seen tht, good bunch of lads the Specky crew.

DazS1Turbo

That's very impressive

Is there a build thread for this beast in vauxhall land somewhere?

Christian and Beccy

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Regardless of the terminals, there is 0.6 seconds between the times. I wouldn't call that massive by anyones standards. If so, what hope have some of the guys that are doing 11's got of ever getting into the 10's?

Whatever way you look at it, this Tigra has 300bhp less and is FWD. It is awesome to be only 0.6 seconds off the time of what is regarded as being one of, if not THE, best Evo in the UK, which was also built as a demo car for a tuning company.

WENNY

0.6 at the 9 sec mark is massive

specky tigra

thanks everyone i was very happy to say the least when i got a phone call saying had done it. just shame i was having problems with my brakes cos i needed to back the time up..... a link to my runhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEwowyJW9ys

stevieturbo

Then you dont know much about drag racing.

~nomad~

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absolutly mental, my mate said he wouldnt be shocked if it did a 9 last week, looks like he was right! well done Specky

stevieturbo

Maybe no brakes is the key to going faster :P

worked for you ? lol Maybe remove the rears too

congrats tho, it's so hard to get those 1/10ths !!

Chip

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No, not top fuel, just top level drag cars based about road going cars.

RWD do 5's, FWD do 6's, 4WD do 7's

Chip

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Congrats mate, I was doubtful you would get to a track that was in good enough nick this late in the year to get the 9 it so blatantly had in it before the closed season, so its great that it did it and you didnt have to wait till next year.

specky tigra

i think the brakes need a good coat of looking at. lol
i did very nearly get a close up off the gravel

turnover

what Stevie is saying to go from a 10 to a 9 is massive achievement but the lower you go in time the harder it gets where as an extra 100hp if you were running 11s would make a big difference but if you were running say 9.5 and to say get a 9.0 you may need another 200 to 250hp its so much harder the lower times you run to try and better it,Well done speccy awesome time ,i think its time i put nos on the old escort next year to see what time difference it will make

WENNY

specky was it with nos, thats cheating lol

dearing5

YouTube - Specky 9.868 @ 148mph

turnover

Wenny when your old escort going to be finished

specky tigra

no mate still only engine and still on pump fuel was hoping to get the gas working but didnt get time to

turnover

you sure lol ,,if you have it surely you use it

Christian and Beccy

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Believe me, I accept the point about the gains in power needed to improve upon times being exponential. It's the same with top speed, which I do happen to have some knowledge of. Massive gains in power are needed for an extra 1-2mph.

However, my point is that if you are saying that there is a world of difference between a 9.2 and 9.8, then it just makes a 10.2 sound MUCH less impressive and the FWD Ford boys best times of high 11's just seem positively snail-paced. Similarly, the chances of an already nigh-on 1000bhp 9.2 second car ever breaking into the 8's as highly unlikely.

It's all academic though, well done Specky.

Christian and Beccy

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Not if its not set up properly for it.

specky tigra

i dont like gas so i chose not to finish off fitting it. i did have it on last year but it wasnt working rite and slowed the car down

turnover

well thats impresive then mate as i was trying to do a 9 this year but only got 10.1 ,but will have a few more goes next year before i put any gas on,what power is it at the mo

WENNY

awesome mate, my aim is 9.5 but will take me a while i reckon, even once the car is finished. with everything ive chanced will take a while to get used to the car again.slao no nos and road legal tyres

easter hopefully

specky tigra

its around 600bhp @fly.
next year should be intresting

specky tigra

be nice to see it out again we havent had our little battle this year

WENNY

lol i know i was allways wining but not now, i took a year out to save up for the bits lol

Shonky

Absolutely outstanding!

COCHYN

Holy shit! That's epic!!!

vaughant

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As above,any links to the build of this remarkable car?just wondering if its vaux engine based,c20let or z20let or something different?

Would it be much quicker twin engined?could be the next step if you want to go further?some nice sponsorship from Vauxhall would be handy!!!!

massivewangers

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Very very impressive. Did see it in the fire up lane but didn't get to see it run sadly, the time table of events seemed to totally go to shit so didn't know what was running and when!

Was hoping to see a few good times today, but the weather spoilt it!

dave cos4x4

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awesome time.

SiST

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Is there a build topic up anywhere for the car?

specky tigra

theres no build tread for it as am shit with computers and dont have a clue how to upoad pics

its a C20LET with nortech inlet and exhaust mani's' gt35 low comp pistons' steel rods' standard crank , block gridle, piper cams solid lifters' +1 valves ported and polished head 2000cc injectors, thats about it i think

WENNY

specky what box is it, didnt you tell me it was a standard f28 with a uprated diff

-beefy-

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specky


do you wear glasses or summit mate ,


awesome achivement !!! any future plans for the car ?



beef

specky tigra

still on the standard box with a diff mate