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hahaha, well yer its was my first time, dont tell anyone b ut my other two runs were 17 and 19 :D but oh wel i did mgood on my last one i was running against ash and he got mid 13s which i think he was happy with, but his car should do 12s i think, dunno, i think he was still running it soft coz of his fuel pump

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Originally posted by inark

u should still be able to hit 14s... next time u will be  a lot less nervous and should be able to get 14s.

yer i cant ****ing wait lol, but ill have my cooler then and a lot of shit fixed (was misfiring on the way home, not sure if it was doing that when i raced, it felt fine but whether i jsut didnt notice coz of the surroundings or not is another thing)

:D i was rushing off my head when i went for the first time... the first time i went was with sam and steve and was only meant to watch... they coned me into doing it and i was shaking like a mofo!

15.325 on my first run... beat a supercharged VS V6 and the second run dumped clutch a little too much and got beaten by a VT SS 5.7litre by half a second :( was so much fun... i wish i could have gone tonight... but no cash... im looking for 14s.... shouldnt be that hard

Great night guys, good to see predator, R31Nismoid, phat32 and Al having fun on the strip. Jet-33 you p***y you should have had a go, no traction - EXCUSES!!!! Practice makes perfect!!. Good to see predator dip into a 13, he must be happy with that.

Anyway after a few crappy runs, the best time achieved was 12.3 @ 107mph. Quite happy with that considering the mods I've got (full exhaust, pod filters, adj cam gears and 12psi boost). Clutch was slipping like f**k on the last run so nismo twin plate is going in next week.

Pity we didn't get to see more of you guys out there having a bit of fun....

i came away with a 13,85 ... can't remember the MPH.

around 100 i think.

But that was changeing at 6 grand or less cause the fuel pump is still stuffed.

if i take it to peak power at 6600... it'll drop more.

Full street trim too

13.981 was my best @ 95.93mph

Did about 4 runs - surprisingly my first was my best! Was trying a few more things on the other ones I guess, so maybe slower. Think with a good run and slight change of setup i can get a mid-13

Good fun anyway! And good to see quite a few of the SAU guys there such as phat32, Al, dj_lethal, jet33, r31_nismoid, hotsky, sniffy, jagr33, horus, r32_envy, and prolly some more.

So looks like i got the best run that night of the SAU GTS-T boys so pretty happy about that.. suck it down :P

good fun yeah.. definitely ! Every time a bit nervous, but only real comp i had was that one next to me that pulled a 9.. that was funny.. rest were just slower commonwhores and things. Would have been to line up directly against SAU guys but its a bit hard, it was generally just line up to whoever was next to u in he line

..and i know i can do better and prolly setup my car slightly different next time so its all a learning thing.

Hardest thing is just listening for wheel spin with a dumb-ass helmet on which blocks out much of the useful feedback u need.

andrew u may be a big bloke... but ur a soft little marshmellow puff... what a *****... cant believe after all ur ranting about it u didnt run!!!

if i was so scared of being beat down id bitch slap u :D

i alsways go out there, dotn always run my car

maybe i wasnt paying attention but your skinny ass wasnt even there...unless u were standing sideways and i couldnt see u :shake:

y would i bother thrashing my car at the track when it hasnt changed (in mods) in 2 weeks since i last went there....just common sense i think..i prefer to look after my car than thrash it 4 no real reason....

its like dumpin the clutch adn quick shiftin off the lights when some idiot in a riced up honda wants to run or sumthin...

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