OUR HORNEY MOTOR!!

OUR HORNEY MOTOR!!

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VENOM500

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Thursday 19th February 2004
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SARAH and Tom`s Viper in full 1997 Le Mans Chamberlain strip.
Thanks for the very professional graphics goes to Neil.
Just a few finishing touches to go on from the USA and Birmingham!

VENOM500

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Thursday 19th February 2004
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Yep,cutting out that center vent was a bit trick...ey!I,m gonna post another pic when final mods are on,like splitters, venture,roof vent!Le-Mans here we come!

venom500

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Friday 20th February 2004
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Thanks for your concern John but 1. I,m not in the MSA and 2. Was parked next to P.C Plod at the light last week and got the thumbs up!So can,t see the problem?More so if your not speeding. Having numbers on my car doesn,t mean i,m gonna be road racing ,i can buy a Nova for that,and not bother with numbers.As an X hill climber i am aware that if in membership with MSA/BRDC etc things can get a bit dodgey(membership rules state you can,t go to and from meeting without crossing your race numbers).But thanks for your "very valid point" ,I will keep you all posted and until i,m nicked for them they will stay on!

venom500

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Friday 20th February 2004
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Thanks Neil!I,ll do that.....Not!

venom500

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Sunday 22nd February 2004
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vetteheadracer said:
WHAT he isn't John Lydon? There was me thinking.....
Oye! Bl@@dy watch it you!I,m not here to make up the numbers and this isn,t some kind of freak show so bog off!

venom500

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Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Hey,only joking!Love ya all !Stop press news>>>>>>>>>Car has gone!Shock!Its gone for a holiday at a well know tune shop in London and won,t be back for a week....but when it comes back all its goodes should be fitted,(if all goes to plan!So i,m not counting my chicks just yet!)and near on 800 bhp will be on tap!(on paper thats fine,but on the strip i maybe a tad scared!).Will post update pics when its back!Oh ,.....and Joel....if your reading this be afraid....very afraid....coz i,m gonna whip your ass boy!Hope you like the pics of our verrrry comfey seats in the Viper,thought you,d like to see what a "Proper" Viper seat looks like!Not your rinkey dink orginal things!(Me thinks the Vipers nest is gonna be well shaken up when the snakes come out to play later in the year!)

venom500

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Friday 27th February 2004
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As long as its pumping out 800bhp who cares!!!!!!!!!!

venom500

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Friday 27th February 2004
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Just came off the phone from PowerEngineering,its ready to collect !Yes can,t wait!According to the teck (Chris) its the most "Violent car by far" they have ever driven eclipsing a Twin Turbo 7LTR Cobra (COB1) and some others by "FAR"!And weve got to road test it tomorrow....wish us luck!Its pushing out about 800bhp and its only on its "second size jets"!two more larger ones to go when were up for it!!!!Arrrrrhhhhh,I,m very scared!!!!Joel you should be scared to coz when we hook this sucker up were gonna whip ya ass boy!

venom500

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Saturday 28th February 2004
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Well we have the car back and the finish of the install is fantastic with a few built in safety devices that were not with the kit(system shuts down if incorrect bottle pressures are sensed)the only thing that can,t be allowed for is a blocked fuel jet,but then nothings fool proof.I must say looking at the car i,m wondering what kind of monster has been created,it looks like something from a mad professors lab in the boot of the car!!!!Now the bit you all want to know .....THE POWER...We set up the Performance Meter with all the correct data and i know its not spot on the last readings it gave for the car were very close to the times at Elvington,the conditions were very poor and we still had a almost illegal tyres still on the car.Gentle on the throttle through 1st into second still without hitting W.O.T then into 3rd gear and foot to the floor!Ooh My Goodness...it WAS just like fast and furious,instantly into 4th 1/4 mile completed!Than Goodness as i never realy want to try that again on the road with naff tyres.It will light the tyres in 4th gear!It was a very very scary experience like nothing i,ve ever felt,a runway is the place to learn with this power me thinks.The times ........we were showning a 10.89 at 141mph for the 1/4 and the 1 attempt was more than enough for one day,as they say "POWER IS NOTHING WITHOUT CONTROL" we have a very steep learning curve ahead before we can jet up the large size.Mark,s (SNAKEBITE) Viper should be increadable if our is anything to go by.Shall not be running it again untill were booked onto a runway track day.This all begs the question is our Viper the first to run NOS and is it the first 10 second Viper to be run in the U.K?Does anyone know different?Neil?

>> Edited by venom500 on Saturday 28th February 19:10

VENOM500

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Saturday 28th February 2004
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If you check out the U.K Viper site i think the best time Nad ran was a 11.6 at 127mph.But im not sure if that is an old time?

venom500

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Tuesday 9th March 2004
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Spent the weekend and this morning emptying out a very large bottle of NOS on the queens highway and now we have got to grips with how best to use it the car has been booked back into "PowerEngineering" for a few more tweeks(larger jetting) as despite what i said before its now not fast enough!!!!Funny how you can never have enough of a good thing.....NEW STICKER for the back of the car(sorry Neil yet another sticker job!!!Ahhh)to read.."800 BHP+ IS NEVER ENOUGH"

venom500

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Tuesday 9th March 2004
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Even better we like that!
It was Sarah that drove the NOS beast this morning while Tom checked that the pressures were optimum!
Was awesome the acceleration was like a rocket put a BIG grin on my face!!Want more power, love the adrenalin rush!!!

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Thursday 11th March 2004
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snakebite said:
What was the result of the dyno test before NOS and will you be taking back for a test with NOS

Going back to be rejetted in a few weeks plus more NOS,(all gone!!!)so will try and get some readings then but at the moment we are going on the BTW figures plus the 560bhp we started with on top,but we are also running different jet sizes(larger LPG to give safer A/F Ratios) so maybe up slightly on TOM,s figures.The back of the car now read...."NEVER ENOUGH TRACTION",thanks Neil and z064life.Just one other thing ,running on Khumos and using NOS in 3/4 gears at 3000rpm, you can still feel the tyres trying to break away and spin!Fantastic....but still learning a lot about best settings and what does,doesn,t work.Happy to give advise if required to anyone interested,just call me.

>> Edited by venom500 on Thursday 11th March 21:33

venom500

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Friday 7th May 2004
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Glad u like it ! Must say were very happy with the "almost",finished result....Le Mans here we come!

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Friday 7th May 2004
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Many thanks Neil for posting new pics for us.And thanks again for all your help with the "Le Mans Project GTS/R replica",does the Viper gang give it a thumbs up or down?

venom500

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Saturday 8th May 2004
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Thanks Dave,glad u like it!

venom500

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Saturday 8th May 2004
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Cool !

VENOM500

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Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Pure Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!Glad u like it ,thought u might like the quote u came up with stuck on the rear!

VENOM500

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Tuesday 11th May 2004
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All depends on how my pants hold out!No way am i going for a NOS launch at 150+ but Sarahs not wearing any so shes going for it!(Don,t tell her i said that!)