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santa pod #1414303
04/03/2013 23:14
04/03/2013 23:14
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berkshire england
liam_gill Offline OP
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anyone going, or up for going to santa pod 16th march?

run what you brung saturday 16th , fast show sunday 17th.

be me im my 20vt and i'm going up there with 2 astra coupe turbos from the west london neck of the woods!

be nice to see few coupes up there

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1414307
05/03/2013 00:01
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No mention of coupes going. You may get there and see some that dont frequent the Forum,

Whats your Coupes spec?

A standard ish 20vt should waste your buddies if they're only stage 1.

Have fun!

Chrissy,

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1414496
05/03/2013 22:05
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Quite a few fiat Punto Gt's a will be up there and also a few 12second ones as well smile

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1414670
06/03/2013 20:17
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berkshire england
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standard turbo, flea remap before i baught the car,, pannel air filter , and i have just fitted a large front mount fitted with cable ties for the moment !! (just for testing purposes)

not sure weather to leave the large intercooler on or standard .......

one astra is stage 2 the other is 3.5 or 4 (310) bhp

should be good fun as long as i dont blow the coupe up!

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1415079
08/03/2013 18:32
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If I can get out of DIY for the weekend I'll be there on Sunday.


Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1415134
08/03/2013 22:44
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I may be up for this one, workload allowing smile

Re: santa pod [Re: ] #1415201
09/03/2013 12:55
09/03/2013 12:55
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Come on Barbz, the quarter mile record gotta be there for the taking with the shape your cars in at the mo??
Flea & Maverick will be shittin it..... As will your gearbox!! laugh

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Re: santa pod [Re: nick_d] #1415298
09/03/2013 22:02
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Been itching all over to get down there but up to me eyeballs with work. smile

I try my best.

You going?

Re: santa pod [Re: ] #1415335
10/03/2013 07:37
10/03/2013 07:37
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Never done quarter mile, but definitely wanna have ago!! The horror stories put me off a little though, i.e Nigel's car left parts of his gearbox on the line iirc last time he did one?!
Cars not back on the road till April 1st though..... No jokes!! smile
How often are these open days at pod on??
Shakespeare race way is prob a better bet for me I think!?

Nick



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Re: santa pod [Re: nick_d] #1415470
11/03/2013 09:13
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Originally Posted By: nick_d
Never done quarter mile, but definitely wanna have ago!! The horror stories put me off a little though, i.e Nigel's car left parts of his gearbox on the line iirc last time he did one?!
Cars not back on the road till April 1st though..... No jokes!! smile
How often are these open days at pod on??
Shakespeare race way is prob a better bet for me I think!?

Nick

First of all, you have to turn up. Marco the 2nd hehe


Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
Re: santa pod [Re: Begbie] #1415473
11/03/2013 09:23
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laugh



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Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1415763
13/03/2013 06:31
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Santa Pod are currently resurfacing the entire track - from the piccie I saw yesterday, I rather doubt it will be ready for the weekend and even if it is, it will be completely "green"


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Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1415810
13/03/2013 13:58
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green??

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1415817
13/03/2013 14:59
13/03/2013 14:59
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Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
Re: santa pod [Re: Begbie] #1415852
13/03/2013 18:28
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Only "Green" Marco knows is the stuff he's out selling in his Pimpmobile M3! laugh



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Re: santa pod [Re: nick_d] #1415888
13/03/2013 22:32
13/03/2013 22:32
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Originally Posted By: nick_d
Only "Green" Marco knows is the stuff he's out selling in his Pimpmobile Hair-dressers chariot M3! laugh
laugh


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Re: santa pod [Re: MCMike] #1415914
14/03/2013 07:49
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Lol!!



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Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1416143
15/03/2013 18:56
15/03/2013 18:56
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berkshire england
liam_gill Offline OP
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weather is looking pretty s##t!

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1416496
17/03/2013 22:06
17/03/2013 22:06
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How did it go?

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1416803
19/03/2013 19:13
19/03/2013 19:13
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liam_gill Offline OP
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not the best!! managed to get one run down the strip when it decided to stop raining for 2 hours .

14.5 with seats and some luggage not too bad

only saw a few coupe's down there and mine didnt get much attention , probibly because it dont have a massive spoiler and a bumper thats been ripped of from a little bump!

going to go back again in the summer time (if we ever get one)

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1424833
30/04/2013 08:48
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Tempted to head down to the Pod this Saturday (4th May) if this nice weather holds up.

Its been a very long time since I last went. Im hoping to beat my personal best of 15.1 seconds set in a Honda Prelude tongue

Anyone else planning on going?

Re: santa pod [Re: ] #1424851
30/04/2013 10:30
30/04/2013 10:30
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Originally Posted By: Deme
Tempted to head down to the Pod this Saturday (4th May) if this nice weather holds up.

Its been a very long time since I last went. Im hoping to beat my personal best of 15.1 seconds set in a Honda Prelude tongue

Anyone else planning on going?

Errr.. think you'll find the majority of coupe owners are Auto Italia laugh


Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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Good point B!

I guess it'll be myself and the tumbleweed fighting the coupe corner! rolleyes

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1425619
04/05/2013 19:47
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Back from the Pod! Was a good day!.... but mainly for everyone else! My clutch let me down a bit today. It has been the Achilles heel of my setup for a while as its not quite man enough and to top it off it has started slipping quite badly when i launch the car. Today I couldn't launch the car at any revs over 2k and had to ensure the clutch had fully engaged before accelerating. Once engaged it to coped with the torque ok. As you can expect this is not ideal for drag racing. It bogged down every time.

My best time was 14.1 seconds which was not that bad I guess but I reckon I should be seeing mid to high 13's.

Watch this space for a "which clutch" thread in the tuning section! wink

Re: santa pod [Re: liam_gill] #1435603
29/06/2013 11:29
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Is anyone on here going to Santa Pod tomorrow for the japshow? (yes I know we drive italian cars) but the weather should be good smile


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