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That's either the best RWD 'street tyre' 60ft I've ever heard of, or it was on slicks? In which case it won't count in the HPI drag list :O

Don't worry about the RT Matt. Doesn't effect the ET/TS.

Matt will confirm I'm sure but I was chatting with Mick (Tilbrook's/ ex Subzero) who drove the car to its 11.3 @ 122+ & it was running slicks for that pass.

Regardless of the above that mph is awesome. I'm sure Matt will pull respectable times on road rubber (NT555R's Matt - don't bother with anything less!) Roll on the 31st :O

Yeah it was with slicks, Ill be saving for some Nittos. does anyone know what type of life you get out of them. It also looks like ill be needing to run 540s all the time. It got a 13 with bridgestone S02's still spinning at half track

Matt,

Re NT555R's you're looking at ~$400 to 450 for 275/40/17, or a tad less for 245/50/16. I've been given a contact for Nittos if you're interested.

Have a read here mate - http://www.nittotire.com/mainframe.asp

Cheers Matt, I still feel really bad I know how much you were trying to get into the top 10 of the hpi & I may get there b4 you if I can get the traction sorted. It will be great if we both can do it on the 31st with everyone there:)

No prob's dude.

Hell mate don't feel bad! I'm stoked we've (SA Skyline crew) got another seriously quick car in the ranks. Your new beast!

Getting traction sorted is the hard part that's for sure. With the grunt your hybrid has you should nail a 12 even with a poor launch (providing it doesn't spin @ 1/2 track). Mind you Matty Lowth ran 13.1 @ 119 on his first pass (with ~320rwkw).

With a bit of luck (& some practice) I'm hoping we'll both nail some 12sec passes on the 31st. Maybe even a high 11 for you? As long as our faces look like this - :) - at the end of the day I'll be satisfied.

I guess I look at it like this, the longer it takes & the harder it is to achieve something, the sweeter it is when you do.

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Well siad Matt, remember you have done the hard work yourself were I have bought the car like it is.

:D Yeah she was near stock as a rock when I got her ~3yrs ago. Sometimes the journey is 1/2 the fun. Sometimes!

Nothing wrong with buying a car that someone else has already done a large % of the work for you. Mid/high 20's wouldn't buy an average 32 & bits need to achieve 11.3 @ 122+mph that's for sure. Nice buy Matt! Looking foward to see her in action mate :(

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