1/4 Mile Meet Shakespeare Raceway 3rd April 2011

[claymore]

So who won what. Who was the quickest and fastest of the weekend then. Did you enjoy the day. All valuable feedback welcome please.

First time for me, and all in all I realy enjoyed it, just got to improve my launch, and maby take everything out of the back of the car, can i ask if the chap refilling the nitrous is there every meet?

[smithy]

I was very surprised at how quiet it was in general, wish i had my car ready as you could race with only a few minutes wait, however the weather got the better of us again.

I think our big meet at Avon is going to be 12th June this year with hopefully a good turn out.

Cheers

yes that will be a good meet and our cars will be ready for that 1 to get the best time we can after the york meet because that meet will be test and tune but at avon the cars will have been run and we would of got used to the way they drive.i think the volvos will be upsetting alot of other brands on the 12th and i think the will be a new leader on the quater mile board.

[smithy]

First time for me, and all in all I realy enjoyed it, just got to improve my launch, and maby take everything out of the back of the car, can i ask if the chap refilling the nitrous is there every meet?

yes he is mate and im glad you enjoyed it see you at somemore meets mate

[claymore]

yes he is mate and im glad you enjoyed it see you at somemore meets mate

deffo, I'll take it a bit more seriously next time, and put a bit of gas through it

[T5frankie]

yes that will be a good meet and our cars will be ready for that 1 to get the best time we can after the york meet because that meet will be test and tune but at avon the cars will have been run and we would of got used to the way they drive.i think the volvos will be upsetting alot of other brands on the 12th and i think the will be a new leader on the quater mile board.

yeah meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!???????????

[smithy]

yeah meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!???????????

all i have to say is we will see the is alot of competition out there mate

[LiamT4]

So who won what. Who was the quickest and fastest of the weekend then. Did you enjoy the day. All valuable feedback welcome please.

Good day again, apart from the dodgy english weather ending it early.
They should be more runners next time as we have a few people who's cars are off the road at the min having a few things done.
It was day of running problems for a couple of us, so a bit of a benchmark to see what needs doing and stuff.

[Wobbly Dave]

My car is nearly ready. I just need to get hold of a very busy Swedish tuning guy - tuning 11 year old C70s is not high on his list of priorities & sort out the gearbox (short shift plate is going in the bin).

It appears that I was labouring under a misapprehension. There is a torque limiter but it is not based on each gear. Single map = single torque limiter.

I am hoping that someone can help me with my tired brain to understand how that would explain my losing to Ed. I am not short on power - that's for certain. 15 dead at 103 has never been equalled AFAIK.

Hamish reckons he can get a 13 out of the C70 as is. I feel a wager coming on.

[p fandango]

My car is nearly ready. I just need to get hold of a very busy Swedish tuning guy - tuning 11 year old C70s is not high on his list of priorities & sort out the gearbox (short shift plate is going in the bin).

It appears that I was labouring under a misapprehension. There is a torque limiter but it is not based on each gear. Single map = single torque limiter.

I am hoping that someone can help me with my tired brain to understand how that would explain my losing to Ed. I am not short on power - that's for certain. 15 dead at 103 has never been equalled AFAIK.

Hamish reckons he can get a 13 out of the C70 as is. I feel a wager coming on.

was that a Sconeman shift plate? if so whats up with it?

although i wasn't there sunday, from past meets the starts have been your let down, you need more revs & with the LSD should be able to load up the front with quite a high rpm now

[smithy]

My car is nearly ready. I just need to get hold of a very busy Swedish tuning guy - tuning 11 year old C70s is not high on his list of priorities & sort out the gearbox (short shift plate is going in the bin).

It appears that I was labouring under a misapprehension. There is a torque limiter but it is not based on each gear. Single map = single torque limiter.

I am hoping that someone can help me with my tired brain to understand how that would explain my losing to Ed. I am not short on power - that's for certain. 15 dead at 103 has never been equalled AFAIK.

Hamish reckons he can get a 13 out of the C70 as is. I feel a wager coming on.

i feel hamish has no chance of getting a 13 out of your car unless he does something about the map because the car could be 18yrs old by the time he finishes the map.now im not saying the is not a 13 in the car because the is but not with that map in my opinion whatever that is worth lol

[smithy]

was that a Sconeman shift plate? if so whats up with it?

although i wasn't there sunday, from past meets the starts have been your let down, you need more revs & with the LSD should be able to load up the front with quite a high rpm now

dave did and he was spinning the front wheels i watched him but he has nothing till he gets into 3rd

[Wobbly Dave]

went to 4K. As far as the sconeman plate goes - I like the short throw but with the newly refurbished gearbox issues (long story) I am facing - I am not currently using it.

Gearbox is almost certainly coming off again. I don't want to go into gory detail because it is an ongoing issue & it is unfair to start putting up my grievences/issues before the involved parties have had chance to resolve them. just enough to say that the lack of mechanical leverage provided by the plate due to the shortening of the distance between the lever & the fulcrum is making it difficult to engage the gears properly. This is no disrespect to Sconeman or his products. It is just how it has to be for now.

[Wobbly Dave]

i feel hamish has no chance of getting a 13 out of your car unless he does something about the map because the car could be 18yrs old by the time he finishes the map.now im not saying the is not a 13 in the car because the is but not with that map in my opinion whatever that is worth lol

To give Hamish his dues - it has nothing to do with him. He is not providing the map as such. The guy involved in the process is in high demand & also based in Sweden - so if I want his help I need to be patient. Having had 4 previous custom maps (of which I believe this is the most efficient use of the 19T) I am certain it will be worth the wait. Just may not be ready for York??

I am as you can tell a little frustrated with gearbox issues & am eager to see this map completed.

[smithy]

To give Hamish his dues - it has nothing to do with him. He is not providing the map as such. The guy involved in the process is in high demand & also based in Sweden - so if I want his help I need to be patient. Having had 4 previous custom maps (of which I believe this is the most efficient use of the 19T) I am certain it will be worth the wait. Just may not be ready for York??

I am as you can tell a little frustrated with gearbox issues & am eager to see this map completed.

we are all eager to see you break the 13s like my old tech 940 lol.its not you this time mate its the car

[Porcine_Aviator]

Sorry we couldn't be there, maybe later in the year when we have a bit more money, the gearbox hit the finances hard. But I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves

[smithy]

Sorry we couldn't be there, maybe later in the year when we have a bit more money, the gearbox hit the finances hard. But I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves

try and make the 12th june mate should be a good meet

[Porcine_Aviator]

Can't promise but I'll see what we can do.

[lance]

Cant wait to come along again, last time I went I was in my S4 I did a 14.0 @ 99.97 MPH and she wasnt on top form, unfortunatly I never ran her again. What amazed me though was seeing a 57 plate M5 7 speed running 15s with one high 14 but it was doing 110-115 mph terminals.
I hope to have my V50 running better and mapped for the next one but to be honest I will be pleased to get a low 15 and 95+ out of her cos at the moment I reckon she would run a 16 @ 88!