HMMM any one feeling a 1/4 mile race???

I'm still waiting for someone to take on my 11.94 @ 121mph... all these big power boys, it's all show and no go

hum say that to mick with his jun super lemon 2 i have had the pleasure of driving and with a 9.12 and that was last year i am sure he would do a 1/4 with you lol
to be fair though i agree that alot of people have loads of power and no results but i don't want to waste lots of money tuning my coop if i don't see good results.

oh by the way in no way am i slating or anything as that is a amazing achivement and these coops are good :-)

Depends if your end goal is creating a car that will do a quarter in a set time. It's also very possible you might want to have a car that drives nicely on the road, or is more suited to braking and cornering on a track.

I believe Mick now runs the Duke Skyline and managed an 8.0 last weekend at Shakespeare County.

My point was, I'm still waiting for a big power "Coupe" to have a go It's not easy running a fully loaded FWD street car with the same pace over the 1/4 as say... a Ferrari F430, Ford GT, Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911 GT2

It's not all about power. Gearing, weight and frontal area make a massive difference. from memory a gtr is 1650kg, if it's making 500 bhp thats 330 bhp per ton. it's also got extra power losses through the 4wd system. a coupe weights 1300kg if it's making 400bhp that 325 bhp per ton. Anyway I think you can see what i'm getting at, cheers tim

mick used his jun super lemon everyday and has full interior and street spec.
flea like i said i think your car is amazing and to achive that hats of to you and i really mean that.

we all know i boils down to more than bhp per ton and i don't see many cars keeping with a 500bhp r32 gtr to be fair.

the thing is i have been there done that want a new car/ new challange but at the same time i want a capble car thats going to work well as a very fast road car.

mick still has the super lemon but he has just taken the european champs with his white r33, thats over 1200bhp and built and mapped by rob at perfect touch

yepo indeed.he has the duke drag car but he uses the lemon everyday. he also has the r32 tasin racer and r33 top secret as he bought them off tim webster

Out with the Greddy, in with the AVCR. I've turned the boost down for now, although I've still to tweak it a bit, I *only* pushed 1.9 bar so I've got a slightly lower* torque figure but I've got a few things planned.

430BHP and rising....

Yup, still standard internals

*Actually it's pretty much the same.

Loon

FiatCoupeClubUK me Matty everytime u put ur foot down and watch the rev counter rise do u not feel as if your diceing with death and just waitong for the big bang and to see your pistons appear through your bonnet??

random question but when was your last compression test and what was your figures across the cylinders??

Have you got nothing better to do with your time than continue to torture that poor car?

Ach, nah I only worry about things once they happen

I actually did a compression test not long after Knockhill, which was at the end of October, and all cylinders were 11.5bar accross the board.

Gavin (Wallace) is a mate of mine - if your back at his place again tell him said hello!

BTW - 430BHP is nuts

Pretty sure I'll be back, I work there

Not sure if you know, but he's now a fully qualified Pilot!

oh rite well least engine is really healthy for now . . . .. fairplay to you for having Forged balls instead of internals!

I would love to go in a car running such high boost eg 1.8+ just to see what it feels like when it hits full boost if tht makes sense.

now its got me thinking what boost shall i get leighton to map mine too. . .

Nutter! (I'm dead jealous though)

He He, nice one... the joys having your own dyno So what boost are you running at redline Matty?

Still reckon I could outpace you in a car with a far superior engine!

Yes, a 16VT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1.7 bar.

Matty when i rebuild mine i think maybe you should come down and map it for me? We seem to think along the same lines and your mental mapping will compliment my mental driving!!

You have yourself a deal Marco. Oh, I got the wheels yesterday - thanks again!

Matty took me out a few weeks ago,

So quick...! Well done Matty!

Is it true, Matty, that when they put the Det cans on her, all they could hear was tortured screams


Bet there's enough for safe overtaking now, eh!