Vid from in my car on the sprint
Vid from in my car on the sprint
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blackiepaul

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1,973 posts

223 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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I will upload the others later but this was me "trying" a 1st gear take off run as an experiment. As you can see it was not the best of ideas particularly when you start to go towards the wall.

I went back to using 2nd to start from then - even with a first gear mess up though I went through in 11: something on the run.

The vid is meant to be high def so i will probably upload it again later, I will also upload the others I took including the quickest of the day.

Once again a big thanks to all that organised and worked on the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5FGtfXasfI

RichardD

3,608 posts

274 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Excellent vid driving. Great quality picture too biggrin


dbv8

8,676 posts

249 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Look forward to watching tonight Paul.
No youtube allowed at work rolleyes

I was going to film runs on the day myself but seemed to have lost my camera battery!

Brummmie

5,284 posts

250 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Paul, what size diff you running, see you had to grab 4th over the line.

markh1

2,846 posts

238 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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It sounds a lot quieter than the other one or two vids I have seen from the outside.

Have you thought about fitting racelogic T/C to it?

softtop

3,172 posts

276 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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That looks rather sandy, you did well with just one swerve. Looked well handled.

blackiepaul

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Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Hi Paul, 3.08 - same as yours i think? It was a crap run and the 1st gear take off did not work so I just grabbed fourth at the end as I was not that impressed with myself. I will upload another one or two when I can and you will see I keep it in third - I really only need third about 135ish. I was nowhere near where I should have changed from second to third either but I had to try and stop the spinning, you cannot hear it but it was spinning past 100 on that surface.

If I would have thought about it a bit more I may have even tried a launch in third.


Brummmie said:
Paul, what size diff you running, see you had to grab 4th over the line.
Hi Paul, 3.08 - same as yours i think? It was a crap run and the 1st gear take off did not work so I just grabbed it at the end as I was not that impressed with myself. I will upload another one or two when I can and you will see I keep it in third - I really only need third about 135ish. I was no where near where I should have changed from second to third either but I had to try and stop the spinning, you can not hear it but it was spinning past 100 on that surface.

blackiepaul

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Tuesday 7th September 2010
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markh1 said:
It sounds a lot quieter than the other one or two vids I have seen from the outside.

Have you thought about fitting racelogic T/C to it?
Thought about it and may give it a go next year or over the winter.

blackiepaul

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Tuesday 7th September 2010
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softtop said:
That looks rather sandy, you did well with just one swerve. Looked well handled.
Thank you stranger - hope you are well mate?

markh1

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238 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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blackiepaul said:
markh1 said:
It sounds a lot quieter than the other one or two vids I have seen from the outside.

Have you thought about fitting racelogic T/C to it?
Thought about it and may give it a go next year or over the winter.
I went in Boosted cerbs LS cerb and that had racelogic. I was very impressed, it was very adjustable so you have a bit of back end fun out of a junction if you wanted. It also had a launch control function on it. It was very smooth and did not feel invasive at all

RichardD

3,608 posts

274 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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blackiepaul said:
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If I would have thought about it a bit more I may have even tried a launch in third.
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On the surface that seems a mad idea, but since 3rd accelerates at more than a 10mph increase per second with your level of power (which also has the ideal delivery as it isn't an on/off turbo motor either), it isn't as initial wheelspin would be eliminated and also time wasted changing gear would go too nerd

Another reason to get everyone on the strip smile

(Where is BoostedCerb nowadays?)

dbv8

8,676 posts

249 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Friday 17th till Sunday 19th at SHakespeare county raceway Stratford.
See you there

D14 AYS

3,696 posts

239 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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A few of us guys are doing the Brighton speed trials on Saturday (11th) I will post up the times here as the surface/conditions will proberly be similar, just hope its dry thumbup

dbv8

8,676 posts

249 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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D14 AYS said:
A few of us guys are doing the Brighton speed trials on Saturday (11th) I will post up the times here as the surface/conditions will proberly be similar, just hope its dry thumbup
I work in Portsmouth but need to go home this weekend otherwise i would have come to watch. See you there racing next year in mine

ajp70

543 posts

215 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Impressive runs Paul. Those walls look scary and I saw the one where your spinning wheels started to push you towards them but you didn't 'bottle it'. Nice one.

blackiepaul

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Thursday 9th September 2010
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ajp70 said:
Impressive runs Paul. Those walls look scary and I saw the one where your spinning wheels started to push you towards them but you didn't 'bottle it'. Nice one.
Hello, you should have popped over and said hello, hope yours is going well

blackiepaul

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Thursday 9th September 2010
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dbv8 said:
Friday 17th till Sunday 19th at SHakespeare county raceway Stratford.
See you there
Dereck, can you send me details??

5.0ltr

2,834 posts

228 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Nice vid, thanks for the link and great terminal speed. Shame even your engine note failed to drown the PA announcer! laugh

dbv8

8,676 posts

249 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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blackiepaul said:
dbv8 said:
Friday 17th till Sunday 19th at SHakespeare county raceway Stratford.
See you there
Dereck, can you send me details??
All you need to know here Paul, hope you can make it. I will come say hi

http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.com/eventdetai...