Dirtgarage Runs 9's!

[Beer Baron]

hey paul, reply to my pm! need your address

[Boosted Zed]

Yeah go Paul I was waiting for the come back and well done. Yep had way too hard suspension, way back with D2 we were testing, and very average and way too hard for drag racing. I would be chearing if I can run a low 10 and 9's is awesome. 25psi is a lot and how much more do you think it will run as may not boost any more than that?

[Swiper the Fox]

Yeah go Paul I was waiting for the come back and well done.

Well Uncle John what did you expect...i always respond to a smart remark with a clever one.

Thanks for the "well done"

well here's a general run down of things to do

got a bit more of tuning in her (more dyno time friday night as we have nice fat low 11.1 tune in her)

got a bit more boost in her (we used to run the 2530's to 34psi...only on dyno though)

got a few more rev's in her (the 9 sec pass was done without a shift light...was shifting purely by ear and feel)

the suspension setting's have not been looked at yet (im running HKS circuit coilovers)

and ive got a nice blue bottle of spray for her too.

how's the "stealth bomber" going...im sure your tweaking something...or adding more GTR parts to it.

[SimonR32]

well done paul!!!

very nice, you could have gone a 9.999 to make it all that more special haha

are there seriously no gtr's in japan with low mounts that have run a 10?!?

[Swiper the Fox]

well done paul!!!

very nice, you could have gone a 9.999 to make it all that more special haha

are there seriously no gtr's in japan with low mounts that have run a 10?!?

Yes we have several sources over there to confirm this including well known 8sec GTR pilot Tomatsu Miyamae he says no RH9 low mount workshops or 9 sec cars. They simply bolt on the big huffers if they want to go quick. Only a stubborn Aussie (read stupid) would persist in running into the 9's with this set-up.

[2rismo]

Yes we have several sources over there to confirm this including well known 8sec GTR pilot Tomatsu Miyamae he says no RH9 low mount workshops or 9 sec cars. They simply bolt on the big huffers if they want to go quick. Only a stubborn Aussie (read stupid) would persist in running into the 9's with this set-up.

How is uncle Tom these days, Paulie?

And hurry the farken up and spray that biatch or John will add even more GTR parts and hunt you down!!

[SimonR32]

Yes we have several sources over there to confirm this including well known 8sec GTR pilot Tomatsu Miyamae he says no RH9 low mount workshops or 9 sec cars. They simply bolt on the big huffers if they want to go quick. Only a stubborn Aussie (read stupid) would persist in running into the 9's with this set-up.

you learn something new every day

i would have thought that some "individual" over there would have wanted to do it

even bigger props to you...

[Swiper the Fox]

Ran the car again at WSID yesterday....and well what a day.

I now have a very competitive racecar that i can compete with very experienced drivers.

Running the car within a 10th of a second each pass and only have to "learn" the lights a little more to start winning events.

here's the rundown

1st qualifier...stupid me forgets that the boost controller is switched off and only have 12psi of boost

60' 1.595 ET 11.064 MPH 127.35

2nd qualifier...got full boost now, its game on. Run a PB

60' 1.429 ET 9.972 (PB) MPH 138.09

3rd qualifier...run within a hundreth of a second to previous pass

60' 1.435 ET 9.985 MPH 138.76

1st round eliminator...running against an 8sec rotor on slicks and nominate 9.95 dial in. I cut a slow 0.4 light but the rotor driver completely misses the start. I have the run in the bag so back off at 1/2 track and cruise to victory.

60' 1.430 ET 10.828 MPH 91.48

2nd round eliminator...running against a 8 sec mazda with a big NOS guzzling V8 on slicks (Stewie's mate from the gong). Cut a 0.08 light and race is over by 3/4 track...another win to the GTR.

60' 1.479 ET 10.108 MPH 137.72

3rd round eliminator...running against a 2 door Valiant with another NOS fed V8 auto on slicks...very accurate car and a very experienced driver (i have to beat him on the lights). Miss the lights by 0.348 and he wins by 0.341...damn... ahh well did very well for my 1st bracket meet.

60' 1.412 (PB) ET 10.063 MPH 138.83 (PB)

A big thanks to Jim and Con from Croydon Racing for pesisting with the car on Friday night. We had intercooler hoses blowing off on the dyno and had to change all the hose clamps to keep them on. But by 9 o'clock friday night they had it all sorted. This cars results is a testament to their ability to provide us with a car that has repeatable performance. Now that they are playing more of a role with development (instead of just being our tuner) of the car, its starting to pay big dividends on raceday. Soon Jim will be fitting the Autronic ECU to enhance the performance as well as providing us with some much needed data from the runs. A two-step ignition cut launch control will see 60' times fall even further and will see the car 60'ing in the 1.3's. Only Mark Jacobsen 60's quicker than us on radials now.

[gun32gtr]

sounds like a great weekend for the gtr....

[markr34gtr]

well done paul ...and the croydon guys.....for the efforts with the car...

cheers, mark

[2rismo]

60' 1.412

High Five !!!

[NXTIME]

Fantastic day out Paul

Congrats on the PB's all round, too.

[Swiper the Fox]

thanks guys...Charlie you missed a great day

[Abo Bob]

Very nice. Low 1.4 second 60 footers must feel awesome.

[Swiper the Fox]

Very nice. Low 1.4 second 60 footers must feel awesome.

Ohh yeah, its a bit of wheel work to keep it straight but its definately a buzz.

Blazing through the traps at 138+ MPH in the top of 3rd aint too bad either.

[shanef]

paul are you running longer gearing? or is it just the extra revs enabling you to only need to use 3rd?

[NXTIME]

What diff ratio, paul? I'm considering going to 4.3's

[2rismo]

Shouldn't you race it first and decide that stuff later, Charlie?

[NXTIME]

Yes, that is true, Adrian. But since my engine and box is being pulled out his week, I was considering my options. I also need a new front diff so this would be the opportune time to change the diff gears.

[Swiper the Fox]

paul are you running longer gearing? or is it just the extra revs enabling you to only need to use 3rd?

Stock diff gears all round...but the OS gearset has a slightly different 3rd ratio (1.236)and is 1.302 STD...the extra revs help as well. I know that not pulling 4th keeps me under the 140 MPH mark which allows me to keep racing and not have the extra expense and hassle of getting the car fitted with a chute.