Who's Heading Down To Calder?

[silva33]

Morning All!

Is anyone going to be at calder tonight??

Im going down, so you see the silve R33 GTST then come and say hi!

Cheers

[Robo's]

Good luck mate, remember to heat those tyres up

[silva33]

Good luck mate, remember to heat those tyres up

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Thanks buddy....

I got a set of semi slicks last night so ill be heating those babies up!!!

Any tips??

[NickR33]

yeah don't stage with your back wheels LOL

good luck!

[Robo's]

Thanks buddy....

I got a set of semi slicks last night so ill be heating those babies up!!!

Any tips??

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I dont know, i havent ran mine yet those RA1's.

Give it plenty of revs, ease out the clutch and then slam those gears. I wanna see a 12.

[silva33]

I dont know, i havent ran mine yet those RA1's. 

Give it plenty of revs, ease out the clutch and then slam those gears.  I wanna see a 12.

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Id love to see a 12... i know the car is capable, it will just be the driver that isnt!!!

[Bobbygill]

good luck mate, smoke those tyres up, might be down there, but ill be there definately next saturday for the AME at calder

[Al]

With semi's i would have thought a 12 was a sure thing. How did ya go?

[silva33]

Didnt have a very good night at all....

Ran a 13.8 best time and had about 12 runs!!

As stupid as it sounds i must have been backing off before the end because mid track i was really moving but by the end the numbers just didnt work out...

I ran another R33 a few times, only mods he had were exhaust, cooler, safc and .8 bar boost... pulling 190rwkw!

It was good to compare, here was one of our runs:

Me:

60ft 2.375

660ft? 85.41

Et 13.813

Mph 105.38

Him:

60 Ft 2.436

660ft? 78.35

Et 14.157

MPH 105.55

As you can see I had a better 660 ft? or 1000ft time not sure which one it was but he had a better ET.... it doesnt make sence...

That was a bad run for me, i had a best of 2.1 60ft and 660 or 1000 ft of about 87mph but the Et was never under 13.8 sec??

Any suggestions? I think im going to have to go down again soon and this time keep the power down after the time posts and beyond!

The car seemed drive fine and pull really hard... mid track it was really moving compared to other R33's....

Any help is appreciated guys..

Cheers

Edited September 26, 2005 by silva33

[Robo's]

You where backing off, dont worry, we all do it

[Al]

Why where you backing off? Did you know where the finish line was? Always aim to back off at least 2 car lengths after the finish and use the 2nd exit to gradually slow down.

[silva33]

It was my first time and by the time i realised i may be backing off short it started to rain... so i guess i wont know till i run again which will be soon!!! but im positive i could see the time flash before i backed off...

Then again i didnt keep an eye on the boost guage so who knows, it may have been a boost problem!

Anyway, ill have to wait and see on the next Calder trip!

Edited September 26, 2005 by silva33

[riggaP]

With 105mph, it doesnt seem like you were backing off. 105 is good for very low 13s or high 12s...

60ft time seems to be your problem considering you were using slicks. Practice your launches

[silva33]

With 105mph, it doesnt seem like you were backing off. 105 is good for very low 13s or high 12s...

60ft time seems to be your problem considering you were using slicks. Practice your launches

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105 isnt bad but i was running another R33 GTST with stuff all mods and he was getting higher ET's... the figures dont add up as he only has 190rwkw and i have 244 rwkw!! surely my ET would blow him away even with a worse 60ft time... i also had a better 60ft time and got a 13.8 where he go a 14.1 and his MPH was still better!

Mid track my Speed way quite a bit higher than his and by the end he was just faster than me... so there is either something wrong with the car or i was backing off becasue i was redlining every gear....

I would have expected a mid 12 with a good 60ft and at least a 110mph pass...

It was my first time and was great fun so im going to head down soon to get me that 12 and learn how to launch her!

Edited September 26, 2005 by silva33

[Robo's]

Definately you where backing off with 85mph half track, my best was 89mph half track and i finished with 113mph. I've done it before as it doesnt really show you where the finish line is as there are 3 sets of lights.

Might head down with you if you wait a few weeks and im planning on a real low 12 or even possible 11

[inark]

yeah somethings not right seeing as my gfs soarer with nothing but a catback and pod ran a 13.8 and my R32 with stock cooler, stock engine and just 14psi, ecu tune and exhaust ran a flat 14... all with crappy street tyres.

[silva33]

Yeah, im going to head down some time soon Darren if your interested give me a call and ill go with you and i might even get you to drive it for me if im still an unco behind the wheel!

[Al]

Give me some early notice and i will come down too, would like to see how i go with the latest mods.

[silva33]

Sounds like we should orgainse a Calder drag night!

[Robo's]

New turbo has arrived so im putting it on as we speak, give me a few days!!!!!1