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Ii just bought the lastest issue of Auto Salon. :Oops:

Why? Well it has a Street Machine knock off car of the year thing going, and part of the criteria was lap times at Wakefield.

LOL...looking at the lap times they are a bit on the ordinary side when you consider that one of the top SAU Lap Times is an almost STD R33 GTST about 2 seconds quicker then the eventual winner (A Trust powered R32 GTR)

Some of these cars had over 400rwkws (GTRs etc), the cars may look trick, have huge dyno numbers, but getting the whole thing to work as a package sure can be expensive. :)

Doesnt take away fromt he fact that im sure the owners fo the cars are the happiest blokes on the planet, but may explain why they are not always raced as they firstly cost a fortune and too many ppl waiting for the cars to demolish records, be it 1/4 mile or lap times....and when they dont you get hillbillies like myslef walking around with a big grin sayinmg "my car is quicker" :whackit:

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Is it still at ice?

:( can i retract that comment. Car isnt ready... i was supplied an NA head so all got bolted back together and engine is pinging its head off :rofl: Ice have been good about all of this but its now well past a joke, i NEED my car back for work as my lack of transport is meaning things arent getting done and i have a big audit in 9 days time.

I reckon they should stop pretending their bling bling Dyno Queens are *wicked* road and track machines. They may feel like they go fast, but only same way it feels fast driving an Excel with the windows down...perception and reality are worlds apart.

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Have been thinking if I should responsed to this thread, I feel it needs a alternative veiw posted.

I bought this mag also, not just to read that article (but also to see a photo of my car and my name in print!!).

The contest is called "Street car of the year", not 'driver of the year' or 'wakefieldpark expert of the year'. I liked the idea. Not only do I love some of those car's, especially Daniel's gold Supra, but I also admire and respect the work that these guys put into their cars.

Sure maybe my car could beat most of them on the drag strip, and maybe you or your mates could beat them at Wakefield park, but thats only a very small section of the competition.

Take my car as an example, in the right hands my car is capable of at least a high 10 second pass, but because i have only done an official 12.10 pass does that make the CAR a sh1tbox ,i think not. Same with these cars/guys.

I'm sure if someone drove gerry's GTR around wakefield who knew the track and the car,and also took it down the strip at 10/10s.......it could be a better result. Remember, the purpose of the competition.... 'street car of the year', if you think your car is better then i suppose we'll see you with next years trophy. These guys take a risk by putting themselves and their cars out there. Lets admire that!

Have been thinking if I should responsed to this thread, I feel it needs a alternative veiw posted.

I bought this mag also, not just to read that article (but also to see a photo of my car and my name in print!!).  

The contest is called "Street car of the year", not 'driver of the year' or 'wakefieldpark expert of the year'.  I liked the idea. Not only do I love some of those car's, especially Daniel's gold Supra, but I also admire and respect the work that these guys put into their cars.  

Sure maybe my car could beat most of them on the drag strip, and maybe you or your mates could beat them at Wakefield park, but thats only a very small section of the competition.  

Take my car as an example, in the right hands my car is capable of at least a high 10 second pass, but because i have only done an official 12.10 pass does that make the CAR a sh1tbox ,i think not. Same with these cars/guys.  

I'm sure if someone drove gerry's GTR around wakefield who knew the track and the car,and also took it down the strip at 10/10s.......it could be a better result. Remember, the purpose of the competition.... 'street car of the year', if you think your car is better then i suppose we'll see you with next years trophy. These guys take a risk by putting themselves and their cars out there. Lets admire that!

hey stacey, saw u at drag combat, and just wondering why the sluggish 1/4 mile time? it's a friggin awesome car, it just looked like u didn't give it much< like 13 secs or something?

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hey stacey, saw u at drag combat, and just wondering why the sluggish 1/4 mile time? it's a friggin awesome car, it just looked like u didn't give it much< like 13 secs or something?

Hi there and thanks KILL HSV

The times at drag combat were consistant 12's. Did my best time of 12.10. I am still having problems with gear selection. Mostly with 3rd. Crunched the gears a few times and sometimes missed 3rd all together (5th!!). At the end, in the final I knew I just had to win, by beating Dave who was only doing 12.9 at his best. So I decided not to push it, just had to beat him over the line.

Hopefully in the near future I will learn, become more confident with smoother gear changes and break into the 11's. Paul (my husband) will be trying to get into the 10's, I feel it is about time he had a turn. Wish us luck!

The contest is called "Street car of the year", not 'driver of the year' or 'wakefieldpark expert of the year'. ... but I also admire and respect the work that these guys put into their cars. !

I said...

Doesnt take away fromt he fact that im sure the owners fo the cars are the happiest blokes on the planet,

Each car is modified for its owner, only have to look at my car, most ppl dont look twice but i love it (when its running :rofl: ) As long as the owner is happy then more power to them, the S15s and GTRs are mega trick, thats the reason i bought the mag to see how they went as i have always wondered why magazines havent encouraged this sort of competition before...get out there and enjoy the cars

Dont get me wrong... i totally respect the fact they were out there giving it a go, because like i said

and when they dont you get hillbillies like myslef walking around with a big grin saying "my car is quicker" :whackit:  

That said you cant deny the fact that these cars are meant to be the ultimate in modified street vehicles, why modify it to go slower, and you cant say they aint modding it on the pretence of more power/performance as they have spent big money on the engine...if they werent chasing performance then they would have left the engine std and just stuck with having trick looking/sounding cars.

The average punter would look at the power figures, the tyres/suspension etc and 99% of ppl woudl think they would eat every car out there...not struggle to keep pace with a std GTST

Next year ill give the contest a go :( but i bet they wouldnt even let my car in the SAS/MAS hall let alone feature it in the mag :Oops:

Hi there and thanks KILL HSV

The times at drag combat were consistant 12's. Did my best time of 12.10. I am still having problems with gear selection. Mostly with 3rd. Crunched the gears a few times and sometimes missed 3rd all together (5th!!). At the end, in the final I knew I just had to win, by beating Dave who was only doing 12.9 at his best. So I decided not to push it, just had to beat him over the line.

Hopefully in the near future I will learn, become more confident with smoother gear changes and break into the 11's. Paul (my husband) will be trying to get into the 10's, I feel it is about time he had a turn. Wish us luck!

nice one, what gearbox, r u using? are u new to racing or just not used to the skyline?

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nice one, what gearbox, r u using? are u new to racing or just not used to the skyline?

We have a standard gearbox, re-built with cyrogenic treated internals. I am used to the Skyline, I have owned it for 3 years, but totally new to racing. Drag Combat was the first time I had ever been to a race track, let alone race the car. I first attempted launching 3 days before the event. (I did a 12.12 on my 2nd ever pass.) The more I concentrated on getting 3rd gear the more missed the gate. I was strangling the stick! Instead of using soft hands!

Currently looking at developing a 5th gear 'lockout' to help me. Cheers

Roy the killer cars at MAS this year were the Winfield GTR and the beasts on the Fang Artisits stand with Leewahs R33 GTR. I don't think anything was nearly as popular except that WRX bathtub. Kept waiting for them to fill it with water and bubbles and put the promo girls in (in bikinis, you filthy man)

Sure bling keeps some people happy, but you and I know that it may be in vain since there is pretty high probability of crumping it bad on the track, so why bother. Neat clean and a clear purpose impresses me much more than chrome. If I want leather and comfort, a Soarer V8 GTLtd does me just fine. I would be troubled taking something special out too as some ignoramus would love to take out their jealousy and damage it.

We have a standard gearbox, re-built with cyrogenic treated internals. I am used to the Skyline, I have owned it for 3 years, but totally new to racing. Drag Combat was the first time I had ever been to a race track, let alone race the car. I first attempted launching 3 days before the event. (I did a 12.12 on my 2nd ever pass.) The more I concentrated on getting 3rd gear the more missed the gate. I was strangling the stick! Instead of using soft hands!  

Currently looking at developing a 5th gear 'lockout' to help me. Cheers

cool, no idea what that cyrogenic stuff is, never heard of it, do u drive ur cars on the road? cos like sometime about a month ago maybe i saw two silver gtrs, on george st. on a friday night, thought it could be u.

the car that one that comp in the mag the GTR was totally street legal and it ran a 12 sec pass now how many of us can say that there car is totally street legal and can run a time like that.

Because im almost positive there are not to many people out there that have had an engineer check everything out on there car.

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