Santa Pod RWYB 26th Oct...joint meet ??

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I've arranged a day up at the pod for the Mitsi GTO owners where I'm hoping my measley 320whp will break into the 11's

I wonder if any of the HSV guys we interested in coming up for the day too ? I know ARAF mentioned he was curious as to how his UTE would do.. it takes off like a scolded cat !!

Anyone up for a fun day out ? £35 for unlimited runs and only helmet and licence needed.

Its the last RWYB for the year.

Edited by fastbikes76 on Monday 11th August 20:41

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S800VXR said:

Count me in....... Shuddering at the thought as the last trip to the pod cost me 14k!

I may or may not spew gearbox parts all over the line ...The short ratio box I run is rated too 400ftlbs, Ive been running 550+ ftlbs for the last 14 months

Also, We are staying the night before as we always enjoy a night of beers and banter before an event. If anyone else wants to stay we will be here on sat the 25th

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Edited by fastbikes76 on Monday 11th August 20:45

Edited by fastbikes76 on Monday 11th August 20:46

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sounds like a good meet in then making

I will have both my TT conversions there praying for a 12 sec pass min, I am literally starting to TT another GT but this time its getting bigger turbos than mine and is auto. If all goes to plan I should have that running and mapped by then ready for its maiden blow up..I mean voyage

The auto should do mid to low 11's on around 370whp all going well. Looking forwards to lots of long evenings ahead

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Im pretty well on track with the 3000GT Auto TT build so it should almost certainly be there for its maiden shake down



Anymore ??

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phew...well its been a mental last 4 weeks (hence my scarceness) with me building the UK/EU's first Twin Turbo auto 3000GT and having a few, ok a LOT of teething niggles The car is now up and running well, Im off to map it on Saturday and should have some numbers soon. Ive only got little tiddlers on for gearbox reliability but should see around 500bhp and 600+ ftlbs

My black manual TT conversion one decided to send the gearbox into orbit on the motorway 4 weeks ago too but as of yesterday I have now fitted a replacement box. This box 'should' last 2 or 3 runs up the strip netting a mid 11 if I don't baby it too much. After that its ack on pump gas and normal boost levels so i dont smash another box. I had to buy a whole running car to get this box

As long as I get to drive one of the cars home im happy

So anyone else up for it ..should the rain bugger off

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ARAF said:

From what you were saying, it could have been a lot worse.

Fb, I'm still interested, as long as the weather is with us. They don't allow you to run in the wet, do they?

Yeah dry track or no running...and being the last RWYB of the year I'd be pretty pi55ed if it rains as Ive worked my backside off to get both cars ready

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ARAF said:

I've seen you swearing on Facebook.

Its not been easy, especially as no one has done it before so the wiring and swapping TT ecu into NA harness was interesting for sure...add to that the autobox strip and build with uprated shift kit and end clutches. Never seen a auto before now never mind rebuild one lol.

Its been a looooong 6 weeks but we are there now.

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SturdyHSV said:

Could be tempted as it's the last of the year. Could be really busy though and the queueing at Santa Pod can be ridiculous!

Will keep it in mind

Probably going to regret saying this but Ive never had an issue with the late Oct one... till now lol

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so far long term forecast looking dry for next Sunday

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ringram said:

Ute not yet arrived so cam not installed

ah no good mate, been looking forwards to seeing it run.

Tbh I only JUST made it with my two cars. My manual shat the box and my auto is only JUST finished today (although it will probably eat the end clutch again knowing my luck !)

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HI mate,

Nice too meet you and chat briefly between runs

Usually it is quiet at the end of the season and you can get plenty of runs. Today they stopped taking entries at 160 cars !! I managed a few runs with upto 1.5 hours wait for one

My two project cars done all right

my wife in the auto GTO with a tiddly 305awhp managed a 12.73 @ 111mph . There was a MONSTER head wind literally blowing straight down the track which wasnt helping but the biggest issue for us was the serious lack of grip We started off at only 7psi on normal road tyres and ran a 12.77 @ 107mph. After a couple of runs with huge wheel spin I opted for the set of Full Michelin Slicks to be fitted. We upped the boost to its more usual 17-18psi and done a AWD burnout first to get them all toasty, rolled up and staged before brake boosting to around 12psi at the line. I was hoping the full toasty slicks would hold fast but the torque just proved too much and light up all four off the line in a mad panic. Sadly this gave us a poorly 2.22 60ft and ran a 12.86 @ 111.54.

I also ran my Manual TT converted car but as the box is torque limited to around 400 ftlbs and I am running around 550ftlbs I didn't run full chat on that either. Im guessing it was around 320awhp today at 1.2bar and did the same as the auto, loads and loads of awd spinning. A baby launch saw a fair big spin before a huge bog on the line, It all woke up again and fired off a 12.47 @ 113.62mph with a 1.89 60ft. Went around later for another try with a different launch approach and succeeded in another huge spin off the line. It spun up in first straight to the limiter and gave a couple of pops before I could snatch second and bury the gas again. It took off like a scolded cat but all the buggering around standing still had killed it for me. A shocking 2.04 60ft saw me drop to 12.59 @ 114.95.

Not a bad day but was hoping for a fraction more. Cant complain though as the diy auto TT conversion was absolutely faultless and for £2600 all in including the cost of the car it rattled out solid 12's all day long.

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ARAF said:

Plus the cost of your time Ringram Fb76.

Cracking results, but you've sweated buckets on that car over the past couple of months.

;)

Yeah its been a big haul doing something new and its been worth it. Sadly there was around a 12.2 or so in it if I could stop the wheel spin. I'm just uploading a slow mo vid and its crackers just how much spin we were getting even on full Michelin slicks