2014 Thunder Road confirmed Sat 9th August Woodbridge

[jameshsv]

007 VXR said:

Are those tears of fear of the N/A cars

[007 VXR]

jameshsv said:

007 VXR said:

Are those tears of fear of the N/A cars

iam on holiday

[jameshsv]

007 VXR said:

iam on holiday

It will be ashame you wont be there 007.was looking forward to seeing your car run.

[TheLeatherman]

So is there any chance we could (if anyone is willing to give such info) compile a list of competitors from last year and their trap speeds and what their mods were during those runs??? Would be good to see the benchmarks and then your predictions for this year along with the upgrades completed since last year. I love seeing all the true data as opposed to dyno sheets and TR is completely new to me. we used to do a lot of this stuff at the drags and it made for interesting reading.

Something like this:

Forum Name:
2013 Mods:
2013 TR mph:
New Upgrades:
Predicted 2014 TR mph:

I have no idea what my Monaro will run in truth; all I can give is a trap speed at the drags back in 2005 which was in full weight trim driven to the track in pretty unfavourable conditions where it pulled over 112mph. In 2006 I got my ute (LBT) and concentrated on that and allowed the Monaro to sit and look pretty.

I'm hoping we can get to 160mph, but who knows!!!! All I know is a good launch off the line will definitely help in TR to squeeze out the last few mph.

Cheers

Leatherman

[pah250]

I didn't have the car last year so can't join in here, but boy am I looking forward to it

[ARAF]

I can't find the table - though it is around here somewhere.

Slowest was just touching 150mpg, then there was a cluster below 155, before the serious competitors.

[stigmundfreud]

Launch in 2nd gear ignore 6th

of for Araf. Put it in D

[ARAF]

stigmundfreud said:

Launch in 2nd gear ignore 6th

of for Araf. Put it in D

'S' you pleb.

[mikeyb1987]

Forum Name: mikeyb1987
Car: Monaro VXR LS2
2012 Mods: sports cats/ Catback/SvedeSpeed OTR
2012 TR mph: 157
New Upgrades: headers, cam, LS3 heads
Hopefull 2014 TR mph:170

Edited by mikeyb1987 on Thursday 31st July 21:29

[TheLeatherman]

Sorry - should add it would be good to know what engine you are running and if it is a Monaro or VE or whatever.

Cheers

Leatherman

[jameshsv]

I showed those FI guys

[stigmundfreud]

ARAF said:

stigmundfreud said:

Launch in 2nd gear ignore 6th

of for Araf. Put it in D

'S' you pleb.

its also got an R and a 3 so be careful!

[mikeyb1987]

TheLeatherman said:

Sorry - should add it would be good to know what engine you are running and if it is a Monaro or VE or whatever.

Cheers

Leatherman

Good idea! Added to mine above.

[EmmaJ]

Forum Name: EmmaJ
Car: Monaro VXR LS2
2012 TR mph: ste due to stock gearing
2013 TR mph: ste due to using loan LS1 engine
Mods: forged and sleeved LS2 engine with MF "turbo" cam, Garrett twin turbos. Tick performance lv5 T56 magnum gearbox plus a whole lot more
Hopefull 2014 TR mph:180+

[TheLeatherman]

EmmaJ said:

Forum Name: EmmaJ
Car: Monaro VXR LS2
2012 TR mph: ste due to stock gearing
2013 TR mph: ste due to using loan LS1 engine
Mods: forged and sleeved LS2 engine with MF "turbo" cam, Garrett twin turbos. Tick performance lv5 T56 magnum gearbox plus a whole lot more
Hopefull 2014 TR mph:180+

What is stock gearing over here then??? In Oz it was either 3.07 or 3.46

[EmmaJ]

TheLeatherman said:

What is stock gearing over here then??? In Oz it was either 3.07 or 3.46

3.46

I still have the standard diff but the gearbox was built with CV8 ratios in 1st 4th and a lower ratio 5th and 6th. Pulls quite strongly in all gears now

[stigmundfreud]

a 3.71 diff would be the optimum

[Xpuffin]

stigmundfreud said:

a 3.71 diff would be the optimum

Based on what?

[stigmundfreud]

Xpuffin said:

stigmundfreud said:

a 3.71 diff would be the optimum

Based on what?

based on its not as short as a 3.9 set and its not as tall as a 3.4 set (also HSV would appear to agree!). Would have thought switching the rear gears would have been an easier option

[KMud]

stigmundfreud said:

based on its not as short as a 3.9 set and its not as tall as a 3.4 set (also HSV would appear to agree!). Would have thought switching the rear gears would have been an easier option

It's only a 3.7 in the '04 VXR.