im going people

change of plan my ticket is for sunday! Bonus! See you guys in a few hours!

Weather is looking sweet also!

we are leaving soon, see everybody there

Good luck guys...

Bollox I thought it was sunday I'm sooooo gutted now I'm totaly gutted. I was gonna go sunday. Shiiiiiit

Westcoupe is currently leading the way with a 12.7 @ 112mph

Nice

I'm on my way up

western is striped out as well isn't he? good time.

Sounds like it was a good day, really pleased for West as he's been through the mill with his car the last few months. He managed two 12.7s and two 12.9s running just 1.6bar on road tyres, good to see it's a consistent 12 second car. I know he's not 100% happy though as the elusive tenths are as always left out on the strip.

Not sure how everyone else got on today although I think the second best time of the day was 13.5 by either TurboJ or Squid. I believe there is some good video of the day including a couple of coupe head to heads

just got back and i am burnt and i finished the day with a 12.9 with a boost leak peaking 1.4bar and dropping off really quick,turboj is still there trying to crack a 12,bare in mind its his first time running at santa pod,but is times are getting quicker

just got back from pod, didnt go in the coupe as its wrote off as you may know, seen a few good runs, spoke to westcoupe, good times by the way gt30 serious turbo.

Didnt see marco run-- did he?

oh and the ink black put in a good run im sure I saw a 13.6 and the same time for the Bravo, what set up are they running?
The red coupe was nice who's is that? im still looking for 1

oh and I saw a coupe SPANK a 3.0 gtv 24v it ran a 16.0 and a 15.7 not in the same leauge as a 20vt.
e46 m3 hard top loadsa runs best time 13.9 and the convertable best i saw was 14.0, so slower than mine who was it who said im a deluded liar if I say I kept up with an e46 M3 in my stage 1 coupe, a muppet springs to mind.

hello mate i spoke to you when i was queing up to race why didnt you say you was off the forum

I think the ink black is Steve_G on here, a GT28R which I mapped back in April. If it is good to see it putting in a nice time, the Bravo is TurboJ with a GT2871R. No idea on the red coupe.

didnt think to kiddo, Im still gutted about my coupe being wrote off and stuggling to find one im really happy with.
U get back ok then!

Thanks flea, the red one wasnt running the quater

I missed the white bmw 135i run anyone see its time?

The BMW ran 13.2 - 13.5 consistantly

thought it would there mena be faster than the e46 m3. I thought it would be 13.3 ish so not far off thats fast for std

The 1/4 mile is all about the launch for the ET. This is where RWD ad 4WD have a big advantage over FWD. That said, the terminals give a very good indication of a cars power and are fairly immune to a poor launch, so you can get an idea of how the time is being made. I'm sure the 135i isn't seeing too much over 100mph.

I didn't see the 135i run, id expect it to be around 99-101 in 13.5 seconds, the e46 was running 13.9 - 14.3 at between 99-103
my coupe ran 13.9 at 102 and a few 14.0 between 101-103 before I fitted my blueflame and I cant launch as well as a rwd car, i want my coupe back, I should of bought the salvage back.

I think its best run was 13.274 @ 106 though I can't be absolutely sure

Ok just got back and the best time I could manage was a 13.4096 @ 107MPH. The only way to get the time down was to find a balance in boost pressure vs wheel spin vs full traction power. I am just wheel spinning most of the way. All of my 8 times were in the 13’s today except my first run where I blew a boost pipe and managed a 16 .

I have noticed a few things that could really improve my time:
1) Falkon Ziex camber tyres don't grip 205/40/17
2) Couldn’t adjust tyre pressures as I can't take off my valve locks so I ran 32 psi instead of 24 ish
3) I need the addon for my blitz to control boost in every gear.
4) It’s all about the launch

Since this was my first ever run I can now take these points on board for next time. My target at the beginning of the day was a 13.2 so I guess that wasn’t bad for a pod virgin.

Westerns car was fully stripped out. I mean fully to the point where he took the bolts that hold on the alarm on, off . He has good Toyo tyres @ 24 psi and with boost gear control with 420BHP. 12.7 was an excellent time but I think with a few tinkers here and there and some r888's flea's 11.94 might be up for a challenge, so well done to him 2day.

Squid leaft very early due to other commitments and only done a few runs. I’m sure he will be on here to give his details later.

Steve_G ran r888’s and a few other tricks to get a 13.8 I’m sure he will be on here later to give his story too.

We got some good HD vid footage so when it gets edited i’ll post it up.

Here is my time slip:

Just a few quick snaps:
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http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6536/sdc10099q.jpg
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5937/sdc10120cce.jpg

That's a lot faster than factory figures, although a remap would be on the cards.

How's your car going Maria after the remap, still enjoying the extra oomph?

Really love my car that little extra torque low down makes a big difference still was not brave enough to have a run today, maybe next time. Oh and you'll be pleased to know I no longer have killer brakes

all over quite a good day. A bit gutted about my times. Only ran 3 times and best run was a 14.2 gave up trying after my 3rd go. Didnt want to push my car with out more supporting mods.
Thinking getting a few bits done next month and go see flea to get a brilliant map sorted! Then i hope to get mid 13's lol

There where some mental coupes, westerns was mental!
Got a few videos so i will upload them soon!

Those brakes, I still regale the story I hope you do take it on the strip, it gets the heart pumping but still all about having some fun with the car

Marco I couldn't get lower than 14.2 with the std 16s on with our power, when I put my 18s on I got more grip and my 1st run was 13.9 so maybe you couldn't get the power down its all about the launch, I bet ur terminals were still over 100? Also did you try letting your front tyres down?
m
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no, i didnt touch my fronts just left the car as it is! After watching the video clips i noticed that it was a traction issue. So i getting so toyo r888 and spare alloys to use at pod and keep them on low psi!
You coming USC mate?

im in cyprus 15-30th july so if its not in them dates then yes.
i missed your runs cuz i thought it was today, i saw your car parked next to a red 20vt though. I thought u might crack into 13s u defo will with r888s that will sort it, also I had slightly uprated suspesion so it wont lift up as much at the front so maybe that helped because yours actually put out an extra 1bhp than mine didnt it so theres no reason you cant get mid 13s also im sure you put out a few extra tourqes.
is usc on the dates im away then, if uv not got your r888s by then we will let your pressure down, run low fuel under a quater, even could empty your washer fluid and get your spare wheel out, thats what I did. Maybe a octane booster ul give you that extra tiny bit you need.