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Dan, re: burn out & tyre pressure. An official from the plex told me

to run my street tyres at 28psi , much lower and the tyre will deflate from the centre leaving it to run on the outside edges because of the tyre wall ( Slicks have Soft walls). He also said a small 2nd gear burnout to "Clean" the tread of crud picked up in staging & pre stage lanes was good practice.(Dam fine fun too :))

I have no idea how accurate this is , but it seemed to work for me ;)

Cheers

I too am attending tonight on my motorbike, aiming for some fast passes on two wheels as I have done four before. I've been told 12's should be easy and 11's are possible. I'll see if I can hang onto the thing to be able to achieve that! :)

Dan - I got a 13.6 with my stereo in the boot. I think full street trim is the best way to go because it gives you a real indication rather than a magic number. My 2 cents.. ;)

Well id say it was extra Gay.

Blew a ring on the way to the drags doing a test launch and wasnt even pushing it that hard. Launched and changed to second, got to around80-90 kmhr and pop, running on 3cyl again. Must have been a pretty crappy job on the rebuild if it only lasted 3-months and 1 launch.

Thank god for the warrant, maybe they will do it right this time.

Yeh i know that guy, hes a dodgy bastard for that type of stuff. he told me the same thing when i tried to get him to fix my busted shockies in the supra. Also when i told him that when u brake at around 140kmhr it shudders and that the brakes need machining. Second hand dealers have small profit margins so its understandable.

Kinda different situation cause they did work on the engine not just sold me the car. I should be able to do anything to it but pour sugar in the tank or run it with no oil etc.

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