well i bought it, 900 hp . vid added page 17 :) breaking for parts ! 29/07/2012
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Sounds good mate, personally I would be "that" bothered about the prop and diff issue. Go and let it have it and if it breaks fix it, no point trying to run good 1/4 mile times if your going to nurse it off the line IMO
Its a extremely well specced car, if certain parts aren't upto it change them rather than keep buying tyres that may or may not be any good. I'd expect to see this car deep into the 10's with that power as I'm sure you do so get it sorted !
Not a dig just looking at you buying tyres when realistcially if you want to prove its fast fit something fit for the job, 11's isn't quick by todays standards and certainly doesn't show its full potential.
Its a extremely well specced car, if certain parts aren't upto it change them rather than keep buying tyres that may or may not be any good. I'd expect to see this car deep into the 10's with that power as I'm sure you do so get it sorted !
Not a dig just looking at you buying tyres when realistcially if you want to prove its fast fit something fit for the job, 11's isn't quick by todays standards and certainly doesn't show its full potential.
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Not a great example but this was my mates old Vette against a Supra, thats on a ancient diff and single leaf spring setup which did end up breaking on several occasions so he eventually fitted a 9" rear and it went straight into the 9's.
PB with stock diff was 10.1 @ 134, tyres are MT street's, power was 533hp off gas with circa 300hp shot of gas. 11.8 off gas and thats far heavier than a Supra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1itjKDpQqk
I love your car Karl but I really wish you would just get it up there and let it have it, the cost of a good diff and prop is really fook all in the grand scheme of things and thats if you even need it, don't always take what people say as gospel IMO, that vette running gear is apparently very weak yet it ran for 3 or more years on it at that power before he started to have issues.
With that much power your car must have huge potential
PB with stock diff was 10.1 @ 134, tyres are MT street's, power was 533hp off gas with circa 300hp shot of gas. 11.8 off gas and thats far heavier than a Supra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1itjKDpQqk
I love your car Karl but I really wish you would just get it up there and let it have it, the cost of a good diff and prop is really fook all in the grand scheme of things and thats if you even need it, don't always take what people say as gospel IMO, that vette running gear is apparently very weak yet it ran for 3 or more years on it at that power before he started to have issues.
With that much power your car must have huge potential
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Sounds good mate, personally I would be "that" bothered about the prop and diff issue. Go and let it have it and if it breaks fix it, no point trying to run good 1/4 mile times if your going to nurse it off the line IMO
Its a extremely well specced car, if certain parts aren't upto it change them rather than keep buying tyres that may or may not be any good. I'd expect to see this car deep into the 10's with that power as I'm sure you do so get it sorted !
Not a dig just looking at you buying tyres when realistcially if you want to prove its fast fit something fit for the job, 11's isn't quick by todays standards and certainly doesn't show its full potential.
Its a extremely well specced car, if certain parts aren't upto it change them rather than keep buying tyres that may or may not be any good. I'd expect to see this car deep into the 10's with that power as I'm sure you do so get it sorted !
Not a dig just looking at you buying tyres when realistcially if you want to prove its fast fit something fit for the job, 11's isn't quick by todays standards and certainly doesn't show its full potential.
i can buy the diff and prop now 10 times over its not about the cost, the issue is the diff is brand spanking new but being small case worth naff all to resell so i want some use out of it before i give it away for peanuts.
there is no question the car is capable of a 10 on the right setup.
mainly im in no rush first time out in 3 weeks so will be good to try and get a feel of it, nothing serious about it just enjoy it, i was fully prepared at road launching in the skyline but when i hit santa pod it was completely different surface and my launches were crap lol
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Thats cool, there is no reason why your car still can't be fine on the road and good up the strip, we simply drove the Vette to the pod, let the tyres down and Nick gave it everything.
Typically after it broke the same thing twice he fitted 2 proper shafts and on the next attempt snapped the ends off both of them on his 1st launch It was at that point he fitted the 9", funny how the original shafts and diff took the abuse for so bloody long ! clearly weathered well through the years ha ha
I hope the new tyres work out well for you, I'd love to see you give that 6k and side step the clutch
Typically after it broke the same thing twice he fitted 2 proper shafts and on the next attempt snapped the ends off both of them on his 1st launch It was at that point he fitted the 9", funny how the original shafts and diff took the abuse for so bloody long ! clearly weathered well through the years ha ha
I hope the new tyres work out well for you, I'd love to see you give that 6k and side step the clutch
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Thats cool, there is no reason why your car still can't be fine on the road and good up the strip, we simply drove the Vette to the pod, let the tyres down and Nick gave it everything.
Typically after it broke the same thing twice he fitted 2 proper shafts and on the next attempt snapped the ends off both of them on his 1st launch It was at that point he fitted the 9", funny how the original shafts and diff took the abuse for so bloody long ! clearly weathered well through the years ha ha
I hope the new tyres work out well for you, I'd love to see you give that 6k and side step the clutch
Typically after it broke the same thing twice he fitted 2 proper shafts and on the next attempt snapped the ends off both of them on his 1st launch It was at that point he fitted the 9", funny how the original shafts and diff took the abuse for so bloody long ! clearly weathered well through the years ha ha
I hope the new tyres work out well for you, I'd love to see you give that 6k and side step the clutch
it will come mate, if i do get excited and brake it theres all my family and a few friends coming up for the show and to watch me so therel be hands about to help me get it off pod premises and ring the aa lol
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i have also just read that the earlier bigger case diffs require a different prop and shafts, so i cant upgrade my prop on current diff as it wont fit the bigger one when i change it
i only fancy buying 1 at £1000 tbh lol
have also found a ford 9" diff converted by boostlogic with bigger shafts that a dirrect fit but it cost £5000 fit and forget though i suppose.
i only fancy buying 1 at £1000 tbh lol
have also found a ford 9" diff converted by boostlogic with bigger shafts that a dirrect fit but it cost £5000 fit and forget though i suppose.
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i have also just read that the earlier bigger case diffs require a different prop and shafts, so i cant upgrade my prop on current diff as it wont fit the bigger one when i change it
i only fancy buying 1 at £1000 tbh lol
have also found a ford 9" diff converted by boostlogic with bigger shafts that a dirrect fit but it cost £5000 fit and forget though i suppose.
i only fancy buying 1 at £1000 tbh lol
have also found a ford 9" diff converted by boostlogic with bigger shafts that a dirrect fit but it cost £5000 fit and forget though i suppose.
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its something i gotta decide either early big case and prop or go whole hog on 9", if big case gets jamiep in the 9s though without breaking i guess thatl proove its more than adequate for my car
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just got a bit of a bargain, looking on ebay and saw 2 275/40/17 mt et streets they have 3mm left so got some proper drags for the 17"s now aswell, just covering myself as the nittos are a big tyre, hopefully not too big so they rub but its gonna be a tight fit for sure
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just got a bit of a bargain, looking on ebay and saw 2 275/40/17 mt et streets they have 3mm left so got some proper drags for the 17"s now aswell, just covering myself as the nittos are a big tyre, hopefully not too big so they rub but its gonna be a tight fit for sure
Dunlop DO1J were simply the best we ever found & all our rather impressive accleration figures were achieved with those. I hope the Nittos work better than they did on mine .
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We tried the Nittos, Mark ripped them to shreds during launches simply fell apart, the pictures made a Calendar that i have here somewhere.
Dunlop DO1J were simply the best we ever found & all our rather impressive accleration figures were achieved with those. I hope the Nittos work better than they did on mine .
Dunlop DO1J were simply the best we ever found & all our rather impressive accleration figures were achieved with those. I hope the Nittos work better than they did on mine .
you got me kinda worried now, they cost me a bomb
hopefully it wasnt these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-NEW-305-40-18-Nitto-NT-555R-Drag-Tires-40R-18-305-/300348319919?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &hash=item45ee27a8af
there £480 delivered and il no dought get raped by the customs lot aswell lol
ive done 0 - 100 in 7.3 on the r888s so anything above that will be good.
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We tried the Nittos, Mark ripped them to shreds during launches simply fell apart, the pictures made a Calendar that i have here somewhere.
Dunlop DO1J were simply the best we ever found & all our rather impressive accleration figures were achieved with those. I hope the Nittos work better than they did on mine .
Dunlop DO1J were simply the best we ever found & all our rather impressive accleration figures were achieved with those. I hope the Nittos work better than they did on mine .
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just remember if you get a descent 60ft your terminals will be alot lower,just stick the drag radials on mate,im on standby if you need a driver as im car less lol
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iirc your 9.7 was in the 140s wasnt it ?
the whole run comes into play aswell doesnt it, all the gearchanges and shiftpoints etc.
in the skyline on my best run i yielded my best 60ft and my best mph in the same run
will be good to have a go in the supra and get a feel for the car on the strip, wont be launching like you do yet though mate
why you carless whats happened to the mk2 ?
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if you ran a 1.9 60ft and say 145mph ,if you did a 1.6 60ft your terminal will be lower and also your time will be probably 0.5 secs quicker,i did 143 mph at 9.7 but i have also done 145 mph with a 10.0 and a 2th slower 60ft ,its all about the 60ft if you can get that as low as you can and obviously complete a good run ie gear changes and keep it straight you will achieve your time,some cars run 9s with low 130 ish mph its all about how long it takes from a to b.grip being the main issue lol
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if you ran a 1.9 60ft and say 145mph ,if you did a 1.6 60ft your terminal will be lower and also your time will be probably 0.5 secs quicker,i did 143 mph at 9.7 but i have also done 145 mph with a 10.0 and a 2th slower 60ft ,its all about the 60ft if you can get that as low as you can and obviously complete a good run ie gear changes and keep it straight you will achieve your time,some cars run 9s with low 130 ish mph its all about how long it takes from a to b.grip being the main issue lol
il just grab 1 of the replys i got from rob about 60fts and terminals
Well there's been whole threads on the subject and I'm still on the fence with this one.
I have been as low as a 1.10 60ft and ran my highest 1/2 track mph (150) and full track mph (181) with it although with slightly slower 60fts the mph wasn't effected much at all but it definatly didn't go up for me.
Seeing as you win races with R/T and ET and ET is directly related to the 60ft thats where I concentrate my efforts first and if you get that right, the rest has a much better chance of taking care of itself.
Rob
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From "some" experience of helping with that corvette through the years a tenth gained on the 60ft is worth 2 tenths at the end, power was rarely changed on the vette and the speed didn't often vary, when it went 9" the 60foot improved a lot and it went straight into the 9's, 9.9 @ 134mph from memory.
Speed would vary most due to the air quality or headwind etc
Lots of variables on a drag strip, more than your box of tricks can probably work out.
It's all about real on track data, we were there every other weekend gathering what we could, it's got far more serious now with the camaro but same applies, it just happens a shitload faster ha ha
Speed would vary most due to the air quality or headwind etc
Lots of variables on a drag strip, more than your box of tricks can probably work out.
It's all about real on track data, we were there every other weekend gathering what we could, it's got far more serious now with the camaro but same applies, it just happens a shitload faster ha ha
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ive shyed away from launch practicing in the supra, as in just launch preparation for pod in the skyline i destroyed a twin plate clutch
and then got to pod and was still shit
one thing i learnt though is just get used to it at pod as its diifferent to on rough tarmac.
and then got to pod and was still shit
one thing i learnt though is just get used to it at pod as its diifferent to on rough tarmac.
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ive shyed away from launch practicing in the supra, as in just launch preparation for pod in the skyline i destroyed a twin plate clutch
and then got to pod and was still shit
one thing i learnt though is just get used to it at pod as its diifferent to on rough tarmac.
and then got to pod and was still shit
one thing i learnt though is just get used to it at pod as its diifferent to on rough tarmac.
To run well at the pod you really need the correct tyres for the job, especially with that much power !
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i guess some 15" rims would be best just a pita as rear brakes are 330mm 4 pots so would have to keep swapping them over.
as long as they all get delivered before 1st october il have 295/30/19 r888s, 305/40/18 nittos and 275/40/17 mt streets, hopefully nittos will be all i need but the missus will be there in the estate so il have all wheels there with me.
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well all the tyres are here
the nittos are frickin huge, its gonna be tight there 27.6" wheels !
il get them on the rims saturday and try them out up the track if its dry
they feel proper soft to touch should aid my grip
the nittos are frickin huge, its gonna be tight there 27.6" wheels !
il get them on the rims saturday and try them out up the track if its dry
they feel proper soft to touch should aid my grip
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if i can just get it right i could get off the line with some clutch slip fairly good, just hopeing the 18s dont rub as there the ones i want for gearing me up abit.
im planning on 5k revs with abit of clutch slip, i have been getting major wheel hop in second gear on the r888s on the street at full boost 760 rwhp but nothing has broken yet so must be quite tough as it has been really bad a couple of times
the tyres certainly are tall so will give alot more than the 888s, sidewalls are 34mm taller and will be 10 psi lower pressure
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fingers crossed fella, they do feel mega soft to the touch, much more give than the 888s.
yes there 555rs thats the only dr i could find in 305/40/18, i just need practice now in the car, ive done a 2.1 on the 888s so hopefully il better that at pod, or maybe not lol
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First time I used Nittos I got 1.8x 60fts and ran 10.5. That was some 5 years ago or more.
That wasnt even trying overly hard on a launch, and with tiny 245/50x16 tyres
As I say, there really is no comparison whatsoever. Ive only ever used 888's once at Santa pod, and TBH it was a waste of time. Mid 11's and still no traction all way through 3rd gear.
That wasnt even trying overly hard on a launch, and with tiny 245/50x16 tyres
As I say, there really is no comparison whatsoever. Ive only ever used 888's once at Santa pod, and TBH it was a waste of time. Mid 11's and still no traction all way through 3rd gear.