The ls is breathing again...

[neal1980]

After sitting in the garage for over 3 years not started due to working on my house decided to make sure she's on the road this year..

Fresh fuel and oil change she fired straight up, god I've missed the sound and all my clothes stinking of fuel!

Will be getting her mot soon then off for some mapping to release the power it's currently only running about 550bhp... Time to start chasing Derek down... The good old days !!

Edited by neal1980 on Thursday 14th January 13:50

[Zener]

Well done Neal, thought you had been off the radar for a while not that long however

[neal1980]

Zener said:

Well done Neal, thought you had been off the radar for a while not that long however

Yes mate time flies! Didn't recognise the name....Hi Simon

[DangerousDerek]

This is excellent news.
Looking forward to racing you Neal. Please get it sorted and come to Melbourne for at least the May meeting this year. We are hoping to organize a proper TVRCC event and have plenty of TVRs in attendance (covid permitting).

Don't let anyone put you off due to the fact its only 1/8th mile at the moment. Its still great fun and a little less strain on the cars. You want to be aiming to top 100 in the 1/8th under 7 seconds although grip isn't great yet. Ive hIt 100 but due to the grip only managed 7.5

Be great to see you mate.

Edited by DangerousDerek on Thursday 14th January 15:34

[hoofa]

Ah well done was wondering what happened , great to see it’s back up and running , now I have some competition as whilst your car been sleeping I have been improving still got the hog roast grills ?

Edited by hoofa on Thursday 14th January 16:23

[neal1980]

hoofa said:

Ah well done was wondering what happened , great to see it’s back up and running , now I have some competition as whilst your car been sleeping I have been improving still got the hog roast grills ?

Edited by hoofa on Thursday 14th January 16:23

Hi nigel,

Hog roast has gone

I've seen a few pics after speaking with mac, looks amazing you have well and truly upped the game in every direction, love to see it.

We all need a meet up again when we can.

[Harlan_Kovacs]

I deeply need to see this car in the metal.

Twin-turbo on an LS!

I can only imagine how much fun this is!

Excellent work!!!

— Mark

[neal1980]

It's fun alright.... Very fun.

Once things are back to normal will be attending as many things as possible from now on.

[Classic Chim]

Excellent.
Fab.
Ripping.
Are you and Mac still playing Neal.
This is great news, gives me some confidence and encouragement

[Zener]

neal1980 said:

It's fun alright.... Very fun.

Once things are back to normal will be attending as many things as possible from now on.

I see this in shake down mode IIRC at the Neil Garner open day just a few years back well seemed that long ago

[hoofa]

I reckon this car could be the dyno buster

[macdeb]

^^^^ This thing is BAD!

[caduceus]

Looking forward to hearing this beast

[LongBaz]

Be great to get the gang together again. Remember having such a laugh. The banter was all part of the weekend racing😂

[Classic Chim]

LongBaz said:

Be great to get the gang together again. Remember having such a laugh. The banter was all part of the weekend racing??

Unless your the fall guy

[DangerousDerek]

Straightliners have announced provisional dates for this year. Melbourne have 7 weekends but there are also a few interesting venues on the calendar that would be ideal for a TVR get together with loads of track time. Some even have 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile and full mile speed testing. Who would be up for a meet up and checking our top speeds?

[hoofa]

Id rather have a dyno shoot out day

[DangerousDerek]

hoofa said:

Id rather have a dyno shoot out day

Only joking! We could do that too.
Me and Barry went to the one at Surrey Rolling Road last year (or was it the year before?).

Some interesting cars were in attendance.

[macdeb]

Classic Chim said:

LongBaz said:

Be great to get the gang together again. Remember having such a laugh. The banter was all part of the weekend racing??

Unless your the fall guy

Bless ya. x

[Classic Chim]

macdeb said:

Bless ya. x

Having been around you racing types most my life I understood it to be a great fear my little standard 450 was nipping at the heels of much faster cars,,
Like boxers trying to get in my head
I went faster on the Sunday too
I even suckered some into thinking I was ste by driving backwards deliberately