Santa Pod- run what ya brung 8th March

[MaxTS]

Hi,

Me and a few mates will be heading down to Santa Pod on 8th March for the rung what ya brung event. Will anyone be attending? I doubt I would take the R down but it would be fun to go against my mates stage 1 Audi S4 B5 Avant or Stage 2 TT 1.8T :)

Max.

[p fandango]

I'm tempted to give the Messerschmitt a run down the strip

[MaxTS]

The Messerschmitt, as in the plane?? :flying:

[stribo]

I will if the C70's ready.

[Wobbly Dave]

I wont :cry:

[p fandango]

The Messerschmitt, as in the plane?? :flying:
its the nickname for my 328 Bimmer lol

[MoleT-5R]

I won't be making this one, as the green car will be having this years mods done so it's ready for the shakey meet on the 29 of march, hope you all have a great day, I'd like to do a run at santa pod some time (even if it's just to see if Frankie is right that you'll get your fastest time there) so hopefully later in the year if possible with the full calendar of things I have to do this year, so we'll see

[p fandango]

I'd like to do a run at santa pod some time (even if it's just to see if Frankie is right that you'll get your fastest time there)
well but admit my pb's are 14.557@Santa Pod & 14.779@Avon, although there was a year difference between them lol

[MaxTS]

So if I did take the R down the strip up against my mates Audi S4 B5 specs below, who do we think would get the faster time depending of driver of course. I'd imagine he's shot off the time a car length then the R may possibly creep up again? The S4 has permanent all wheel drive so would result in high tranny losses.

The R-
Rica 302 map
blues
forge wategate
RIP
18T as standard
de cat and free flow exhaust
Walbro pump
rated about 280 plus BHP

The S4-

stage one map
full exhaust apart from the pre-cats
rated at around 310 BHP from the MAF readings.

[T5frankie]

So if I did take the R down the strip up against my mates Audi S4 B5 specs below, who do we think would get the faster time depending of driver of course. I'd imagine he's shot off the time a car length then the R may possibly creep up again? The S4 has permanent all wheel drive so would result in high tranny losses.

The R-
Rica 302 map
blues
forge wategate
RIP
18T as standard
de cat and free flow exhaust
Walbro pump
rated about 280 plus BHP

The S4-

stage one map
full exhaust apart from the pre-cats
rated at around 310 BHP from the MAF readings.
Afraid to say 4wd will beat the wheelspinning t5 everytime

[merc85]

^^^ wot he said, the S4 will smash it, and i cant stand audi's lol

[mitchyboy01]

I would say Audi all day long. Especially if he's prepared to really launch it. I'm pretty sure those Audis are around 1700kg's though so pretty heavy.

[T5frankie]

ive had a standard s4 and they aint quick at all, but a mapped one would go pretty well i reckon

[MaxTS]

Yeah to be fair the thing does really shift especially off the line.

[MaxTS]

So did anyone manage to make it? I didn't see any other Volvo's apart from a couple of tow cars.

I managed only one run due to the weather but it was still good fun plus the have given me a free voucher to run again to me only getting one run.

[stribo]

The C70 isn't ready, so I didn't go. Will be having a full weekend on it, to get it ready for Shakey at the end of the month.

[MaxTS]

Well thing is those cars a so temperamental that they can lose power very very easily and have lots of common sensor issues such as EGT probes, MAF's, recirc valves, and so on. My mates did not feel that quick when he bought it and it had great service history but now since replacing all these sensors and boost hoses it does shift and it turns out it's not even mapped after getting proper readings.

[merc85]

How did the audi do on the 1/4?

[MaxTS]

I think he got 14.4 from the 2 runs he did but again like me a complete novice to drag racing.

[claymore]

So, what time did you get?

[MaxTS]

I got 14.9 seconds with a 1.6 reaction time (damn I'm slow) bare in mind though that that was my first ever time up a strip or anything like that, had a bad start and a passenger. Annoyingly I could only get one run down due to the weather so they gave me a voucher.
Was good fun though.

[jamesy12345]

I got 14.9 seconds with a 1.6 reaction time (damn I'm slow) bare in mind though that that was my first ever time up a strip or anything like that, had a bad start and a passenger. Annoyingly I could only get one run down due to the weather so they gave me a voucher.
Was good fun though.

Reaction time means nothing for RWYB, doesn't affect the quarter time at all - your 14.9 countdown started only when you moved the car

[Jamest5r]

I got 14.9 seconds with a 1.6 reaction time (damn I'm slow) bare in mind though that that was my first ever time up a strip or anything like that, had a bad start and a passenger. Annoyingly I could only get one run down due to the weather so they gave me a voucher.
Was good fun though.

Not bad for your 1st run, Avon is on end of this month if you fancy going again

[Kingsford G]

I got 14.9 seconds with a 1.6 reaction time (damn I'm slow) bare in mind though that that was my first ever time up a strip or anything like that, had a bad start and a passenger. Annoyingly I could only get one run down due to the weather so they gave me a voucher.
Was good fun though.

You should get a good time out of this mate,just fit a good set of tyres to the front.

[MaxTS]

Thanks guys, it's very addictive considering I've only done it the once.
James, what's the Avon event? Is it up Santa Pod?

Kingsford, yeah she's got great potential. And only .2 off my mates R32 DSG using launch control.
Here's my mates video of it if the link works https://instagram.com/p/z-mKfyRCH8/

[Jamest5r]

:) http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?58805-Shakespeare-Raceway-season-opener-28-29th-March