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quickest 'street' car was Mark Hayes LC - 8.3 and quickest jap 'street' car was Rigoli ute - 7.9?

8.3 > 7.9 ???

I'm confuzzled????

Sorry, didn't read street in your post. I think the Galant - 11.something

dont be like that, it was a shake-down meeting and it was well worth it by the sounds of it. although the ET were dissapointing the MPH is encouraging. Its not easy to get a boat to run 11s. I guess you found that the transbrake is a no-no on radials with current suspension set-up. but wont say i told you so.

Its time for 30 psi and the bottle back...... :)

Fixed. :)
dont be like that, it was a shake-down meeting and it was well worth it by the sounds of it. although the ET were dissapointing the MPH is encouraging. Its not easy to get a boat to run 11s. I guess you found that the transbrake is a no-no on radials with current suspension set-up. but wont say i told you so.

Its time for 30 psi and the bottle back...... ;)

I said at the start of the day that with the current tune-up, an 11.xxx would be a success. Job done. Now it's time for 30psi. Bottle later.

yes the boost will definately help but unfortunately the car will never sixty without the bottle.

I said at the start of the day that with the current tune-up, an 11.xxx would be a success. Job done. Now it's time for 30psi. Bottle later.

i though you were building your car to run in a street tyre bracket where you could be somewhat competative, ie no transbrake and radial tyre. you put a slick on that car and you will brake every component in the rear end and be at least 3 seconds slower than your field. i think you may have lost your way somewhat........ :) car ran quiker with standard turbo and manual box on a street tyre.

how much quiker do you think its going to go?

What do you think the transbrake is for? Shopping for real tyres now.
i though you were building your car to run in a street tyre bracket where you could be somewhat competative, ie no transbrake and radial tyre. you put a slick on that car and you will brake every component in the rear end and be at least 3 seconds slower than your field. i think you may have lost your way somewhat........ :) car ran quiker with standard turbo and manual box on a street tyre.

how much quiker do you think its going to go?

1/ The class you're referring to now allows transbrakes and slick tyres. See www.sportcompact.net.au for details. What's more, they now only run 2 events per year. Not worth building a car solely for that many events.

2/ Slicks will be softer on the drivetrain than radials and you know it.

3/ The car is within hundredths of a second of its PB on its very first meeting out and with a 2.00-sec sixty instead of a 1.6. You do the math and tell me how much quicker it will go by just getting it off the line that quickly.

1/ The class you're referring to now allows transbrakes and slick tyres. See www.sportcompact.net.au for details. What's more, they now only run 2 events per year. Not worth building a car solely for that many events.

2/ Slicks will be softer on the drivetrain than radials and you know it.

3/ The car is within hundredths of a second of its PB on its very first meeting out and with a 2.00-sec sixty instead of a 1.6. You do the math and tell me how much quicker it will go by just getting it off the line that quickly.

you dont need to put a slick tyre under that car dude...that would be wrong!

yes the sidewall of the slick will soften the initial shock loading but the lack of tyre slip will see you turning driveline components instead of tyres.

you are a street dragger and reasonably good at it...fu(k Ray Box's stupid new rules..race Andra Super Street and get the car running 11.0 all day. Thats the best option for you that i can see.

At least with Andra you will get a proper track instead of the debacle at last years Compak. The track was a 330' strip as clearly the rest of the track was unprepped. Watch all of Marks vids...the car was 330'ing quicker than its ever gone and then sideways for the rest of the track after he passes the 330 timing boxes.

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I love racing on street tyres and the Street Car Superstars event was great but I've always said I'll stick some slicks under it and see what it can do and I reckon it's up to me when I do that. Just a thought.

I love racing on street tyres and the Street Car Superstars event was great but I've always said I'll stick some slicks under it and see what it can do and I reckon it's up to me when I do that. Just a thought.

Isn't the car bogging off the line now? I cannot overpower the tyres in my car on radials...mind you i have twice the grip but also double the power. Why don't you run the car as hard as you can first on the SDR's then maybe think about slicks. You can do what you like with your car honestly i couldn't care if you put wheels on its roof and drove it upside down. Just a thought.

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