GTI SPRING FESTIVAL - SANTA POD – SUNDAY 11TH APRIL

[GTIjames]

thanks for posting the pics rich and nice to meet you today, you got good skills with the camera

and got to say your pirelli look very smart    probably because you wouldnt stop cleaning it..

[Rich]

thanks for posting the pics rich and nice to meet you today, you got good skills with the camera

and got to say your pirelli look very smart    probably because you wouldnt stop cleaning it..

Thanks mate :)


BUT - all the pictures are from my mate Glenn you saw with me today - he takes all the credit for these photos chaps

[SteveP]

Some of my pics

















Good to see some of the usual suspects and some new faces  

[Saint Steve]

Great photo's Rich and steve!!, and glad my detailer spray came to the rescue rich!.Your mate has taken some very arty pics, the one of the front end of mine looks great and is now on my Desktop

[GTIjames]

thanks for organising the club stand steve and good to see you agin  

was there any results for best stand? i thought ours was mighty impressive, if you can excuse a bit of tape on my bumper  

certainly got a lot of attention esp for nath's,  st steve's and chungsters R

[KRL]

Had a great day out.  Glad I managed to pop over and say hello as I spent most of the day around the ASN stand.  My best time for the day was 13.7 with a trap speed of 103.55 MPH.  Was very pleased with that seeing as the best I could manage last time was 14.2.

[gazjones]

The pics are great! Really good day, was good to see some of the cars in the flesh too 

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

It was a really good day...lots of nice motors... Good to catch up with some of the forum members and have a friendly natter.  

To be honest, I was a bit disappointed with my run times though... best I got was 14.2969 (100.98 mph).  I was hoping for better times. Since the last visit back in March 09 I've had a HPFP, IC, and Stage 2+ remap.

Considering the changes and money spent it's seems like a very small (if any) improvement over the original 14.5.  

I also found it was hard to engage the launch mode this time round...has anyone had similar experiences?

On most occasions I would need to press the pedal a few times for the car to decide it had to rev over 1000 rpm. Is that normal?  Can't seem to recollect that happening last time round.

Is it just me or does the stage 2+ remap also remove the red line limiter...at times my car was at 7000 rpm. Not that it was complaining  

Just goes to show there is a real art to this... and I really need to further reduce wheel hop and increase traction.  Really need some guidance here...  all I seem to be doing was spinning my wheels in 1st and 2nd.

[Hurdy]

Hi Mojo,

Plenty of meat to get the times down there!

2.5 and 2.69 for the 60' times means you are definitely launching wrong. Try launching normally (without the LC and with TC on)) first to get a baseline start, don't simply mash the throttle otherwise you'll end up with a heap of wheelspin and then power loss when the TC cuts in. Once you've done that, try launching with various throttle positions with the TC off and LC on. I've found with normal tyres that around 2.2-2.5k rpm gives me a good launch and I short shift into second if I feel wheelspin coming in. Tyres are a big issue and something like R888's will allow you to launch much more agressively and with little wheelspin.

[GlennD]

Did anyone get a picture of the turbo on the lime green MKII ?

 

[wigit]

Got Wind Burn once again so face is looking very Red currently!!

also suffering with the pod burn 

good to see everyone chaps, liking the R hedge 

[chungster]

my pics are up on a seperate thread...if you haven't noticed

 

[Hedge]

also suffering with the pod burn  

good to see everyone chaps, liking the R hedge  

Cheers mate.

Found this when I got home.


Not bad for a fat old fridge. 

[Greeners]

Good day today fella's 

Great to meet a few new faces today aswell as the usual riff raff! 

Oh and Hedge, Gloss Black Grille FTMFW!  Car looks lovely matey! 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Oh and Hedge, Gloss Black Grille FTMFW!   Car looks lovely matey!  

PICS PICS PICS!!!!Only seen one pic of Hedge's car and was