2015......

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Tet

1,196 posts

204 months

Saturday 14th February 2015
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robc3303 said:
Also, any improvements at the Pod? Its always incremental I know but nice to see any upgrades, big or small.
Something is being (has been?) done to the gantry at the top end, but those in the know are staying very tight lipped about it.

Tet

1,196 posts

204 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Tet said:
I have plenty of plans, just no means of funding them! If I get to the point of having something to announce, you'll be able to read about it here and on Eurodragster.
Well, here's that announcement: http://www.eurodragster.com/news/news.asp#march22

quarterpounder

166 posts

206 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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That's great news Tet, I bet you can't wait to get started. Good luck with it and I hope you have much better luck than last year!

Mark13

403 posts

178 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Good news Tet......you kept that one under your hat.

Turn7

23,608 posts

221 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Nice job Tet, best of luck to ya.


NitroWars

661 posts

211 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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All the best from me too. It's a difficult path to take whichever route you take but I hope this is the right one for you.

Benni

3,515 posts

211 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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Congratulations Tethys, here´s hoping for some great runs.

Will you be crewed by Fat Attack or have your own crew in the Erbacher pit or some other plan ?

Tet

1,196 posts

204 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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I have my own crew, although obviously Robin will be tuning the car and we'll be overseen by some of the Erbacher regulars.

tom405

38 posts

110 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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You must be very chuffed with that! Out of interest, how do you think it will compare to last years ride, are there any significant differences?

Tet

1,196 posts

204 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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The team obviously approach things differently, so there will be differences in procedure. But the car itself is pretty similar. The rules are sufficiently restrictive[1] that one fuel car is much like any other. There's very little that you're allowed to do differently with the engine and clutch, for example. There are some differences in chassis construction, which can affect how likely the car is to stick to a straight line. I'm hoping this one will be more obliging than the one I drove last year, which had an alarming tendency to lurch to the left at around half track.

[1] On balance, this is a good thing. Yes, I'd love to allow innovation of the sort you see in the bike classes. But innovation costs money and the realistic effect of that would be to kill the class, as only a very few would be able to afford to compete.