is any one up for a little coupe session at the pod on the 4th?

ive been wanting to run my car for a while but never got round to getting my but down there!

so it would be even better if we could ge a few coupes down there and make a day of it!

http://www.santapod.co.uk/calendar.php

any one else coming?

im up 4 it was there last wk end for jap show .. well if i can fix my probs before leighton maps on the 2nd. Whats a good time for a stage 1 coupe 260 bhp ish? my previous cars pulsar was 13.1/ type ra was 12.5/ sunny gti 14.6. Have seen some really quick coupes up there prob some of u lot looks such fun fwd turbo.. really cant wait to blow m8 s in their scoobs in a fiat as its rwyb i will have the chance hopefully if not some of you higher powered guys can cant wait to see their faces ha ha i now hate jap turbo crap....

I'll be there.

i ran 13.9 at 249.6 bhp stage 1 its hard to get into 13s cuz its soooo hard to launch at pod, my coupes at a bodyshop at the minute so im not sure if I will come but maybe, looking forward to see marco's time.
Marco is your coupe more than 250.4 yet?

With 260bhp, anything in the 13's is a good time, but its ALL in the launch, which is far more difficult than you would think.

There is lots of traction at Santa Pod, but a turbo FWD car will still break traction easily, so you have to get the launch just right - 3,000 - 4,000rpm, lift the clutch quite hard, don't let the revs bog down, but don't let the revs flare up either, moderate the throttle to keep traction and once you've got past the first 100 feet or so, its simply flat out all the way to the line. If you're brave, you'll still be in third gear, but very close to the redline

Nigel your like a mind reader!!!
i was going to say ive been messing around with remp to launch at and found being a little brutal dont really hurt to much and at bang on 3500rpm you can get a 90% perfect launch!

found 4000rpm was a strain on my neck!!

Boostmecoupeup, havent done nothing to the car since the rr session so she is still at 250.4
looking forward to seeing every one there!

i have one question for the pro's...
what tyre pressure do you run on the 1/4mile?

It depends a lot on the make of tyre (some have much softer sidewalls)

On my last runs at Santa Pod, I was down to about 22psi - this hurts the terminal speed, but it helps the launch

wow 22psi!!!

i drive around on 32psi so i think i will try different psi settings and see what works the best!

must remind my self to bring a pump lol

terminal speed dont really bother me, mess the launch up and you have ruined a run! (imo)

i did one run on 15 psi found 20 on the front is best for me but iv got low pros on 18s

i would of been up for this but its a girl i've been seeing's birthday.

if i'm lucky and get out of it i will bring the marea, be interesting to compare her to the coupes!

Ry

yer bring it down or... it you got the minerals, tell the girl your taking to a "nice day out" and bring her to the pod lol

only messing mate!

be nice to see the marea, never seen the full conversation done!

sorry marco, looks like theres no getting out of this one for me, will have to bring the marea next time

Ry

its cool mate!

there are loads of events coming soon so there will be another time!

have a nice day mate!

were coming mate

Nice one!!

think the weather is not going to hold out for us tho....

bad times...

I'm planning to be there too.

looking forward to seeing what a 400bhp coupe will do on the 1/4 mile!!

Hope it holds out will be emmense if its like today

i think i will be there to see what my coupe can do

looks like it will be a good turn out for the italian power!!

so we will have the following BHP coupes there

mine - 250.4 bhp
Squid - 400 and some thing BHP
nath20vt - 260ish BHP
westcoupe -???bhp
eldinho - ???bhp

possible my mate chis with a standard 20vt will be coming also!

any other takers???

I'm a possible

got you in there eldinho!

any one else that is a possible can they also put down there BHP as well!

might help get a bigger turn out!

and gives us all some thing more to look forward to!!

mine - 250.4 bhp
Squid - 400 and some thing BHP
nath20vt - 260ish BHP
westcoupe -418bhp
eldinho - 429bhp

hmmm this looks good...

between all of us we have 1757bhp between us...

and if my mate chris turns us it should be 1977bhp...

oooo it looks like its going to be a good day at the pod!

the problem I have is trying to find one of my mates to come with me and help out with the petrol. otherwise its £60 fuel just getting there and back!

arr man that sucks.

does any one know if sant pod do group/ club discounts?

don't forget me, i should be in the 400 club too

mine - 250.4 bhp
Squid - 400 and some thing BHP
nath20vt - 260ish BHP
westcoupe -418bhp
eldinho - 429bhp
turboJ -400bhp + club

looking forward to the weekend now!

i believe we have hit the 2000bhp mark with a few of the 400plus club attending! (2157bhp)

i really need to find a job that takes more of my time up....

Dont forget to upload some videos. I also wanna see 400bhp Coupe on the drag race.. I have 240whp and my best time was 13,699 Track time..

yer i will bring a camera with me!