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Crail today (with pics and vid)


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Posted

Took the corsa and the impreza up to crail today...

Both cars struggled a bit for grip

I had my first shot on the handling track with my car.

The impreza was a bit slidy on the sprint track...quite a lot of understeer but the bum was easy to catch an control

Adam managed to snap the throttle cable on the corsa whilst on it :D the bodge repair (as usual!! ) meant that I couldnt get full throttle and that it idled at 3k revs :) Doh! Dont think the car was affected by the lack of full throttle too much.

The corsa has a better time in it...he should have let the pressure in the front tyres down a bit to help grip. there's still a bit more weight to come out as well and the remap to come...

so all in all...not too bad for 185BHP

Times

Corsa

RT 2.22

60ft 2.291

TV 101.1mph

ET 13.944

RT 2.324

60ft 2.271

TV 100.9mph

ET 13.936

 

RT 0.585

60ft 2.284

TV 101.1mph

ET 13.908

Best RT - 0.174 (done by me :D ) Adam's was 0.305

Best 60ft - 2.270

Best TV - 101.4

Best ET - 13.908

Impreza

RT 0.213

60ft 2.1

TV 106.4

ET 13.449

RT 0.227

60ft 2.028

TV 104.9

ET 13.426

RT 0.106

60ft 2.024

TV 106.1

ET 13.346

Best RT - 0.064

Best 60ft - 1.906 (done by Adam :D ) my best 2.024

Best TV - 106.4

Best ET - 13.346

I'm pretty happy with that...an improvement on my last time [:)]

Thank you Colin (I think that's your name, but if not sorry! I've got it into my head that that is your name!!!) for telling me how to launch it properly...I was doing MUCH better by the end once I had remembered to change gear before redlining...switch the diff to open and look where I'm going!!!

 

video...

the second part is with the camera in the corsa....you cant really see much :D but you can hear it :P

http://media.putfile.com/Crail-23

http://uploadfile.putfile.com/videos/9815250393.avi

direct link to video.

right click, save as

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Posted

Na....they only seemed to race each other...I think they were there for some charity events...giving some kids a few passenger runs

Posted

Looks like it was a good day nice weather, wish i had gone excuse to really but the stamp of death on the tyres well then they would be slicks, maybe next time.

Martin

Posted

Raddish... funnily enough the bike won

Fee.. your correct his name is Colin who was a bit miffed he couldn't run but with the engine only showing 200 miles and filled with crap oil there was no way i was letting him run it today.

Well done to Scot (coulty's bro) who posted a 14.7 in his 1.3 polo (unfortunately blew the gearbox at the same time).

Posted

I'd be gutted sitting there with a big new engine in my car and not being able to do anything with it!!!

 

Posted

Why were you struggling for grip? Is the strip still covered in crap? [:@]

At least it doesnt look too busy to not too long queues then?

I think I will take Puggy to the next non mag day for a try out

Daz :D

Posted

Someone spilt something on the start line for one of the lanes...so they just dumped a load of cement dust down on it....meant that it was really hard to get grip

the other lane was still pretty slidy too though....

Posted

hold the revs steady at 5 to 6 k then as the lights change dump the clutch and nail it, need good tyres though, as colins car spins all 4 wheels for the first 40 feet (cheap crap tyres).

Posted

Raddish - Unfortunately the motorbike did indeed get the better of me

in the end, although for a while i was in the lead and almost believed

i may pull of the impossible [:P]

Adam - Ever thought about an upgrade to a scooby for some 4wd bliss

[:)] Still a very respectable time of 13.9, i remember that was what my

scooby was doing prior to the remap so not bad at all. Was annoyed

about that last run as i miss shifted into 4th and given the 1.887s

60ft time it could have been a sweet run, maybe one day i will learn

how to drive!! [:)]

Fee - My 60ft time for the run that you mentioned was actually 0.4s quicker, hehehehe [:D]

JonnyR6 were you driving the grey scooby that was roasting me on the strip?

Posted

I don.t think you'll be needing any more tips from me Fee as knocking almost half a second of your personal best is a fantastic result.  Tell me, did you even get beat once??? When the decat goes on you'll be in the 12's easy.

It was a real struggle not to put in on the strip but the next time things will be different. As for my tyres, engine and all the other excuses I had for not running on Sunday....well that'll all be taken care of by the end of the month. Hopefully.

Iqy - I'm afraid I don't know who was in the Cool Grey Type R but Johnny was up with me (a.k.a. Colin) in the other black Type R.

 

Posted

Oh don't!!! I had just decided for definite not to get  a full decat just now....and then you go and say something like that LOL

The guy in the grey TypeR was Kenny....not sure if he's on here though

Posted

As colin said i left my car at home, with him running his in and mine hitting fuel cut all the time i thought it was better to leave it at home.

 

Next time

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