Post 225823 by p fandango on 2009-04-27 19:07:27
my bro & a couple of friends were racing in the VWDRC all weekend
my bro was racing "Notch so fast"
Mark was in Vanarchy, he loves his big burn-outs
& Phil who almost crashed in Pandora's Box (5.7 Chevy V8 in the back)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGEi7lWZJk[/ame]
Post 225824 by p fandango on 2009-04-27 19:23:39
did i read it right yours is a 2.5 not a T-5?
Post 225828 by mk3phill on 2009-04-27 19:49:35
yes mate 2.5L 10v. was awesome weekend as usual. on my 17.2 video i would have been running against pandoras box,.. got a bit worried seeing them huge tyres and the spaceframe under the single piece fiberglass front end haha
Post 225830 by PaulZX on 2009-04-27 19:57:36
ooooh.... I can't bloody wait..... this summer should be fun....
Post 225831 by mk3phill on 2009-04-27 20:01:47
haha i cant wait to go back again,.after my first run of the day i was jumpin up an down in the car like a madman... caried on to see the best i could get out of it
Post 225832 by p fandango on 2009-04-27 20:09:16
[quote=mk3phill;225828]yes mate 2.5L 10v. was awesome weekend as usual. on my 17.2 video i would have been running against pandoras box,.. got a bit worried seeing them huge tyres and the spaceframe under the single piece fiberglass front end haha[/quote]
thats a very good time then, i thought it was a T-5 which is why i never commented before lol
it was Pandora's first run out & as you could tell from the times got a bit of work/set-up needed yet
Post 225833 by p fandango on 2009-04-27 20:10:17
[quote=TheFlyingFridgeMover;225830]ooooh.... I can't bloody wait..... this summer should be fun....[/quote]
your not the only one, been about 3years since i've been on the strip. Going to make sure this year is a good-un tho lol
Post 225834 by mk3phill on 2009-04-27 20:18:53
i though it was a bit funny nobody was posting but meh i had a great time so thats all good. well im sure pandoras box will be putting in some good times once set up right. roll on the next show
Post 225835 by cameron on 2009-04-27 20:20:31
I hope the RWYB DAY @ York Raceway will be as good as this looks :D
Post 225879 by mk3phill on 2009-04-27 23:12:33
haha cheers dude!! only thing tho ive killed the clutch... jus went to asda an it was over revving in gear haha. i dont spose 4K launch's wer going to do the clutch any good such a shame ive got a spare engine :D
Post 225901 by p fandango on 2009-04-28 05:13:10
[quote=mk3phill;225879]haha cheers dude!! only thing tho ive killed the clutch... jus went to asda an it was over revving in gear haha. i dont spose 4K launch's wer going to do the clutch any good such a shame ive got a spare engine :D[/quote]
i've done about 60 1/4mile runs on the original 150k mile clutch & its still going strong, but i don't do burn-outs. The one event when i tried Yoko race slicks they did need warming up & the clutch got hot after 3 burn-outs & started slipping so went back to normal road tyres after that (clutch was fine after it cooled down again)
Post 225918 by mk3phill on 2009-04-28 11:05:20
since i bought the car ive been a bit suspect something was a miss with the clutch.. most days it was fine then there would be odd day tha it jus never bite as normal or the engin would over rev..
guess ive killed it on the strip but like i said it ohh such a shame,.. ill have to swap the engine out for my turbo unit
Post 226291 by Rufe on 2009-04-30 10:51:26
well done phil mate, glad you had fun, and got some good times! :D
Post 226295 by mk3phill on 2009-04-30 12:17:43
cheeres dude! id love to go back do some more since its possible to get that car into the 16's but 16.7 will do me nicely for now :D
Post 226297 by Mrsmopp on 2009-04-30 12:34:06
Thats a fantastic time for a 2.5 ltr!!!!!
Post 226381 by mk3phill on 2009-04-30 20:48:30
haha thank you mrsmopp... i think its quite good with it being the 10v not 20v.. certainly suprised myself when i found out i ran a sub 17... was jumpin up an down in the car like a mad man!! :D
Post 226383 by Rob S on 2009-04-30 20:53:00
I can't wait to do this in May (and June and August............) Cracking times, I'd be pleased to do that in my car without blowing it up.
Post 226387 by mk3phill on 2009-04-30 21:00:04
should have faith in your motor!! im still coming down from the weekend haha was such a great time and only 2nd time ive ever visited/took part in any form of motorsport... first time i went to santa pod was same show 2 years back.. had my 1.0L polo and ran that from a 19.8 1/4m down to a 19.1 1/4m sooo much fun even trying to beat your own times!
hence the large number of runs i manage to get through
Post 226467 by Rufe on 2009-05-01 09:55:50
phill why dont you come up to stratford with us we are staying over night on saturday 16th may, for the RWYB on the sunday. will be a good weekend mate.
Post 226482 by mk3phill on 2009-05-01 11:23:25
ill try an book the time off work tomoro.
My first run was against my mate in his miata... 1.6L 16v 118hp V 2.5L 10v 144hp.... there was still a slight weight issue..
Miata /// Myself
.7264 /// reaction /// .5431
17.1914 /// 1/4 mile E/T /// 17.5563
80.45 /// 1/4 mile MPH /// 80.83
beat me,..but we wer even paced staright off the line i just couldnt catch him then.
run 1 = 17.5 @ 80.83mph
run 2 = 17.3 @ 79.91mph
run 3 = 16.9 @ 80.62mph
run 4 = 17.2 @ 80.46mph
run 5 = 17.1 @ 80.76mph
run 6 = 17.3 @ 79.77mph
run 7 = 17.0 @ 80.20mph
run 8 = 17.1 @ 80.63mph
run 9 = 17.1 @ 80.17mph
run10= 17.2 @ 80.46mph
run11= 16.8 @ 81.07mph
run12= 16.9 @ 80.90mph
run13= 17.0 @ 72.61mph (i missed 2nd :eek: )
[COLOR="Red"]run14= 16.7 @ 72.26mph[/COLOR] :deal:
so im very happy with my barge an have a base line for my turbo engine
two of my runs
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnlgUL_de20[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0C3TTQoA-0[/ame]