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Best pass for the car was 12.8. But my reaction time was 0.7sec lol noob. 177kph terminal. So 13.5. I had major troubles hooking it up and had really bad tramping and wheelspin. Never done the 1/4 before. I tried dropping it at 4000.then 3500. Then 3000. And 2500 like traffic lights. Had 34psi in those shit Achilles tyres so nuff said. Lesson learned. Any tips or advice? Apart from new tyres or lower psi learned that the hard way. It only has the tein basic coil overs when I got the car it was on the deck and hooked up ok and left 11's on the road, but i raised it to 100mm all round for the police jockey wheel. through lifting it it has compressed the springs and is hard as all round. I was a bit disappointed with the times but even with a very mild launch it just tramped all the way through 1/2 under not full pedal and hooked up in 3. Bummer. Virginal. I launched it hard on the way home and it just hooked up and went with a tiny bit of tramping perfect. I thought the track would have way more grip than the street but total opposite. Live and learn. Was driving it through the the d/s window a couple of times. It has a full hicas delete but is obvious the tyres are crap with too much psi. Bummer. 4 wins and 1 loss with no Sau sticker. I got torched off the line by nearly everyone but 18psi in 3/4 sorted it. Bit embarrassing but there you have it. No traction at all. I reckon even with 100kg of sand bags in the boot would have been sweet.


If you don't have 4wd you can't just dump it. Gotta be mean to the clutch.

Mickey Thompson et streets if you want to get off the line faster and a pair of rims to stick them on if you can't swap tyres cheap/easily.

If you can soften the rear it will help and or get some subframe bushes from Lachlan if you don't have aftermarket ones to help it squat.

Relatively cheap changes to get you leaving the line better.

Roughly every 0.1s you can reduce the 60 foot you will be 0.2s faster overall. So if your 60 foot is terrible as it sounds like it is, you can gain a lot by sorting that out.

19 hours ago, Beyond Blue R33 said:


Boost night next Wednesday is going to be awesomeness when Sau shows its colours and we're all down there with our cars tools spare drag tyres, air compressors and a full range of knowledge and what not. Can't wait too learn from you guys and front up as a team so we can out perform everyone! I've booked the date in my calendar even though I'm busy at work. Can't wait!

are we?

 

ill probably be there but no racing for me...ive got fuel dilution and need to sort it out before i spin a bearing

4 hours ago, colin.ssc said:

@Hank Scorpio recommended camber arms brands? Thinking of getting Fast&Furious set for the 36 but not sure if the cost of getting it is of any benefit lol

fyp mate

3 hours ago, Manne said:

Thanks!.

It's all fixed, took it for a test drive, parked it up over night with a fresh sheet of cardboard underneath. We shall see in the morning.

wanna come do my cam seals while your in the mood?

31 minutes ago, t_revz said:

are we?

 

ill probably be there but no racing for me...ive got fuel dilution and need to sort it out before i spin a bearing

I can't do wednesdays.

 

Also, I was never in the mood, it just had to be done.

2 minutes ago, Manne said:

kind of, on top of shitty working hours and days, on Wednesdays I have training, to help manage my knee problems.

how is the knee?

 

and hows the harrassment from the 2IC?

12 minutes ago, t_revz said:

how is the knee?

 

and hows the harrassment from the 2IC?

My knees are ruined dude. I had the call from HR where they brought up the fact that it's permanent, and that they are still trying to "figure out" what to do.

We also had a shake-up with management in my store, so... we'll see where that leads.

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15 minutes ago, Manne said:

 I had the call from HR where they brought up the fact that it's permanent, and that they are still trying to "figure out" what to do.

can you work from a gopher? 

 

get one that pops wheelies... that'll sell more stuff!!!




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